Is there a medical reason why?

I ( with both my pregnancies) have less body hair on my stomach and breast while pregnant and breast feeding





Sorry to talk about such a taboo topic as women and body hair but could this be linked to hormones and if so which ones..... Has anyone heard of drinking spearmint tea to curb body hair

Is there a medical reason why?
Every woman has different experiences when they are pregnant and breast feeding.





What is normal is not what happens for everyone. Generally, during pregnancy, many women find that body and/or facial hair actually increases due to increased levels of hormones called androgens. As well, often women think their hair is thicker during pregnancies because increased estrogen levels during pregnancy cause women to lose less hair.





However, after childbirth many women start to lose the excess hair after giving birth. Often facial hair that only occurred during the pregnancy will go away 3 - 6 months after childbirth as estrogen levels go back to normal and their hair is less thick as they start to shed more hair after giving birth.





I've pasted the link to an article with more information about spearmint tea but apparently there is some research that says drinking a couple cups of spearmint tea a day may lower certain hormone levels that are responsible for increased hair in some women and may help to lessen the hair..
Reply:The only cases I heard of like this were when women were not getting enough nutrients or vitamins in their diet. This can lead to hair loss, brittle nails, and wearing down the enamel of teeth.
Reply:Less hair? I thought women typically got more hair? It's a leftover from our hairy ape-like ancestors, who carried their babies in front of them for the first three months, with the babies grasping onto the mother's hair. That's also why babies have such strong grasping reflexes. After 3 months, the babies would be strong enough to cling on to their mother's back.