Excessive shedding during period

I'm due for my touch up next week so I've been trying to be really gentle with my hair. Been really gentle and consistent with my regimen the past couple of weeks. Don't have a lot of breakage, in fact it's been getting less and less. Then all of a sudden BAM! My hair is shedding A LOT. There's more than twice the usual amount of hair on my comb. It was so sudden and I don't believe it's from a product because it happened between wash days. Then I realised it was that time of the month. Could this be the cause? I've never really payed attention I guess, coz my hair's usually braided and I rarely comb it. Does anybody else experience more shedding during their periods?

you should find out if youre anemic, you may need iron.

@bella and tatee I take a multivitamin daily and I went to the doc for a for some bloodwork a couple of months ago because I had an undetermined allergic reaction. They said I had no irregularities in my blood other than a high ammount of white blood cells due to the reaction. So def not anaemic.

@Veemack My hair is relaxed but still kinky so I have the same prob. It does look like a lot of hair! Lol. But yea, I usually gather my hair from the comb, stretch it and twist it rather than roll it into a ball. The 'rope' I twisted was nearly 3 times thicker than usual. And it was also a little longer so I could tell it was mostly shed hairs.

Hey @luvmybiga$$fro I'm no stranger to shedding after unbraiding. I unbraided my hair over month ago and the massive shedding usually stops after 2 washes.