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Is anyone losing hair while pregnant?

Im 12 weeks and my hair is falling out. Im worried I dont want to be balding. I love my hair can this be asociated with the pregnancy or something else?
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This happened with my first pregnancy. This time my doctor recommended taking prescription prenatal vitamins, I guess they're higher quality than the OTC kind. So far, so good, no hair loss yet. And bonus, the prescription ones are totally free with my health insurance. :)
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It happened to me when I was pregant with my second.  
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Make sure your doctor checks your thyroid levels. That happened to me, and it turns out I had hypothyroidism. I just take a little pill every day and its gotten a lot better.
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I have long hair that is very healthy but I noticed it falling out way more than usual and having a lot of hair in my brush. I didn't have this with my last pregnancy but this time I started noticing it around 10 weeks and I've heard of it happening to other people as well.
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