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Brittni Rimmer · April 2009

What do you do "down there" when you can't reach it? Is it okay to get waxed when you're pregnant? Hope I don't get flamed, but I'm really wanting to know.

Thanks

EMTX · April 2009

You can wax - you can do whatever you want, but it will be even more painful than ever.

That entire area is more sensitive as it's full of more blood.

GL!

ellemoney:) · April 2009

Is it out of the question to have your DH groom you? ?:)?

I wouldn't do the waxing thing... too painful at that point. ?

Brittni Rimmer · April 2009

ellemoney:):
Is it out of the question to have your DH groom you?
I wouldn't do the waxing thing... too painful at that point.

haha...no its not but sometimes I really don't want him down there...I just want to get it done...but good idea!

marivalentine09 · April 2009

Oh my.... I had not even thought of this until now!!! Oh no!!! I think I will just put up with the pain and wax.

butterfly1979 · April 2009

I hear a lot of women say they either have their hubby do it, use a mirror, do it blind, or just leave it alone. Personal preference I guess. You can wax, but heard it's more painful during pregnancy.

policewife08 · April 2009

I had the same thought! Like what do Drs. think when I go get my annual...what is normal? Embarrassed

shainababygirl · April 2009

My mom, who used to work prenatal health care, assures me that being hairy doesn't scare the doctors at all. If you're clean, you're good.

With all the different kinds of STD's and yeast infections that they commonly see, being a little hairy is a welcome site.

She has shared stories with me (pre-pregnancy when I had to go in for cysts and were concerned about being hairy) that I will not share here, as thinking of them makes me want to go vomit. Just trust me, being a little hairy is fine with the doctors!!

JARbaby · April 2009

Meh, waxing is not so bad I just took a Tylenol as usual and I was never NOT able to reach to shave that area or even my legs...even at 40w with either pregnancy.

skinnursemandee · April 2009

If you lay in the tub on your side you will be able to reach from the back to get under the bits and then you lay on your back and be able to get at least the bikini line, then get a man's trimmer and just trim down the rest short so its not 70s style porn star bush.

You will be okay

JARbaby · April 2009

policewife08:
I had the same thought! Like what do Drs. think when I go get my annual...what is normal?

They don't care, your va-jay-jay aint nuttin special to anyone but you and your DH.

snsgurl728 · April 2009

I haven't decided if I'm going to continue getting bikini waxes yet, but DH said he'll take care of it for me if I decide to not go back. It's not really a pain issue, since everyone said how terrible bikini waxes are and I didn't find them that bad at all---I'd recommend to a friend, it's an issue of rather spending the money on baby stuff

JinglesChic · April 2009

policewife08:
I had the same thought! Like what do Drs. think when I go get my annual...what is normal?

Really they've seen everything so they don't think anything of it. I worked as an Emergency Room Technician for a couple of years before starting physician assistant school and I once asked a couple of doctors what kind "do" do they see the most. They said they actually don't know because they don't think much of it, to them it's about going in, examining, and then move on because there's usually more patients to be seen.

Now me, since I had to chaperon the exams, noticed that the younger crowd (teens to twenties) tends to have it completely shaven (as my mom calls it, like a baby's bottom). Women in their 30s are either bushy with the biking zone shaven, or have the landing strip going on. I don't remember many 50 year olds getting a pelvic exam but from assisting with foleys, they are natural. Preggers about to pop are usually all hair. Rarely did I see an exception to this rule.

bim38106 · April 2009

I was never not able to reach anything.. I just blind-shaved in the shower every day! LOL Never got any cuts or anything, it wasn't a big deal at all

And it's fine to get waxed.. I was just too scared to

PreggoEggoLA · April 2009

As one in the healthcare field, I can assure you that we do not blink an eye at whatever you've got going on down there; it really doesn't even register. We see so many patients a day, every day, that we're completely desensitized and task-oriented.

ajgreez · April 2009

Last time I went in, she said that it's best to keep it up if you're planning to wax at the end to keep the pain threshold down. She said as long as you keep waxing throughout the pregnancy it shouldn't hurt any more than usual toward the end. She also said she does people days before their due dates all the time!

Of course, this may just be an attempt on her part not to lose a client

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