Pregnancy is the most amazing time in every woman’s life. And it seems that nothing can overshadow the elevated state of mind and dampen the sparkle in her eyes. However, no one has yet canceled the hormonal changes in the body, so mood swings still happen and cause a lot of trouble not only to the woman herself, but also to her husband and relatives. Anything can upset: both the pigment strip and abdominal hair during pregnancy. After all, first of all, the expectant mother is worried about her baby, it seems to her that the appearance of such unpleasant symptoms only indicates that something is wrong with her body. To dispel the myths of a pregnant woman about enhancing hair growth on the body will help our article.
Causes of excess hair on the body of a pregnant woman
To understand the causes of hair on a woman’s body, you need to remember what happens to her body during pregnancy:
- At the beginning of the first trimester, the level of the hormone progesterone produced by the corpus luteum increases significantly. He is responsible for preparing the uterus for pregnancy and helps to preserve it. The same hormone affects mood changes and the natural strengthening of hair. In some women, progesterone causes the delicate cannon on the stomach and chest to turn into a thick and dark hairline.
- Increased levels of testosterone (male hormone) can also contribute to an increase in the amount of hair on the body. The growth of this hormone can even be dangerous when bearing a pregnancy, in some cases, drug treatment is required.
- Genetic predisposition. Despite the fact that gynecologists are skeptical of this fact, it should be noted that how densely the hair on the abdomen will grow during pregnancy depends on genetics. This explains why some women have a light fluff on the body, while others have a whole hair carpet.
Do not worry!
A disease in which active hair growth is observed on the human body is called hypertrichosis. It is worth noting that it occurs not only in pregnant women, but also in ordinary women, as well as in men. Due to the adjustment of the hormonal background, the light fluff on the body begins to darken, the hair becomes thicker and stiffer. It is noted that pregnant women with dark skin and dark curls are more susceptible to this disease.
Abdominal hair during pregnancy usually begins to grow after 12 weeks of pregnancy and indicates its normal course. It was at this time that the male adrenal hormones androgens began to be produced by the adrenal cortex. Do not worry. Usually, after pregnancy, the hormonal background is leveled, increased hair growth will pass by itself.
Dark stripes on the abdomen during pregnancy
Usually, hair growth in pregnant women is not enhanced on the entire surface of the abdomen, but only in a certain part of it, and more precisely where the pigment band passes. This "decoration", located along the white line of the abdomen, is called hyperpigmentation and is still associated with hormonal changes in the body. This line is present in absolutely all people, but in the usual state it is not noticeable and does not cause any aesthetic discomfort.
There should be no reason for worries regarding the appearance of a pigment strip in pregnant women. This is just one more proof that the pregnancy is developing normally. A strip usually appears after 12 weeks, and disappears after childbirth. Moreover, the pigment line begins to brighten gradually, and may not disappear at all, but only become less pronounced.
There is a sign that with each subsequent pregnancy, the pigment line appears earlier, and disappears later. In addition, some women are trying to find out by stripes who will be born to them - a boy or a girl. Signs during pregnancy indicate that there is no connection between this phenomenon and the sex of the child. This means that women with strong pigmentation do not necessarily have boys.
Abdominal hair during pregnancy: boy or girl?
Most mothers, long before the baby is born, try to find out his gender. And even if the ultrasound showed a child of the same sex, women try to double-check it and find out who is sitting in their tummy: a boy or a girl.
Signs during pregnancy are associated, first of all, with the appearance of the expectant mother. They try to determine the sex of the child by the shape of the abdomen, by the condition of the skin of the face, by the color of the pigment line and by the increase in hair growth on the woman’s body. It is believed that if hair begins to grow intensively on the stomach and chest of a pregnant woman, then under the heart she wears a boy. But in fact, the reviews of women who have already become mothers completely refute this theory.
What to do if abdominal hair grows during pregnancy?
Despite all the assurances of doctors that increased hair growth and pigmentation during pregnancy are absolutely natural phenomena, and after childbirth they will disappear by themselves, women are looking for different ways to get rid of the increased vegetation on the skin. Some women begin to pull out the hair with tweezers, but they not only reappear, but also often grow into the skin. Other pregnant women use a razor or use more radical means.
Abdominal hair during pregnancy becomes less noticeable when exposed to hydrogen peroxide (3%). It is enough to lubricate the zone of enhanced hair growth with a cotton moistened with a solution in the solution.
It is strictly forbidden to resort to methods of electrolysis, hair removal with a laser and wax.
Time heals
If the thick hair on the stomach causes severe psychological discomfort, then you can try to get rid of it using gentle methods. But most often, a strip of hair on the abdomen during pregnancy does not look as terrible as women themselves draw it in their heads. In this case, this is just an excuse to attract attention, especially since there is absolutely nothing to worry about.
Like the pigment strip, the hair will become lighter and thinner after the birth of the baby, and by his age of one you can completely forget about these troubles. At least until the next pregnancy.