Has anyone stopped shaving down there? I got this in a hospital newsletter.

Jocelyn&Dan · January 2010

No need to shave
If you are in the habit of shaving your pubic hair, or near it, AORN, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, recommends that you stop at this point until after your baby is born. Shaving and other hair removal techniques can occasionally traumatize the skin and lead to infections. If a cesarean section is required, or any other procedure that might require hair removal, the removal should be done at that time according to the hospital?s policies and procedures.

Yikes! I'm not sure if I can go without shaving for 2 months.

AFWife1229 · January 2010

I haven't stopped...don't plan on it either.

rinny25 · January 2010

My OB told me the same thing.

scubaspot · January 2010

That is not happening. I hate hair down there. It totally grosses me out and in the case that I don't have a c/s (fingers crossed) I don't want to have all that mess to contend with.

naflmj · January 2010

Interesting but my doc never said anything so I will continue to shave...probably only be able to once more without hurting myself

kdiaisfly · January 2010

I stopped shaving a while ago, SO actually doesn't like it clean shaven. I prefer it well groomed but bc I can't even see down there it's gone wild, way too wild...

gunsofbrixton · January 2010

AFWife1229:
I haven't stopped...don't plan on it either.

Ditto!!! Yes

Kie310 · January 2010

Yea... I wont be stopping - I may not do the best job anymore 'cause I can't see --- but if I go more then 3 days it gets way to itchy for me!

k.martell · January 2010

I don't like the 3-6 day post shave stubble. I trim to an 1/8" instead.

rubbaduck · January 2010

hmmmm.....interesting. I can't really see anything down there, but still I'm shaving with a mirror. I'm going to ask my dr about this tomorrow.

What about trimming not shaving? That might work. (Scissors are scary though)

sleepingbeauty825 · January 2010

I WISH I would get this letter. Then I could stop trying to decide shaven, unshaven, trimmed...

anabell0920 · January 2010

Blehh I hate hair down there! I don't shave as often (used to every day) but I can't take a hairy vag! lol

jmlushbough · January 2010

I get mine waxed, and will continue to until the bitter end...

monj76 · January 2010

Every time I shave I tell myself this is the last time. Then a week later I look in a mirror and hit the shower. The clipper idea sounds good though, we have a set of clippers for our 'down there trimming' and one for DH and DS heads.

Carmela752 · January 2010

At the hospitals I have worked in, we switched to clippers/trimmers instead of razors for pre-op hair removal.

NJBride4-8-05 · January 2010

I trimmed but whatever. But they had me on the table and had the razor in hand and put it away, I had nothing up where they cut so it was a non issue. So maybe you will be as lucky and not get any extra hair shaved. My normal growth pattern worked for my C/S.

blambert98 · January 2010

I stopped for about a month, and then a few days ago I tried to shave again....it was SOO hard. I'm all gapped up now Embarrassed

But it feels much better than having all that hair!

aocain02@yahoo.com · January 2010

rinny25:
My OB told me the same thing.

Same here. I'll shave for the last time sometime this week.

Iheartkevi · January 2010

I'm not anymore. I can't see the fur forest and DH doesn't care, so why bother.

marinewifebarker · January 2010

oh wow...thats crazy! I never thought they would make you stop! I'm not sure I will stop though. I haven't been talked to about anything like that and am gonna pretend I had no idea haha

murfygirl · January 2010

I went to the dog groomers AKA DH shaved me just last week. Thats it though I won't shave again. I am not a super hairy person so it wont be very overgrown in 5 weeks anyways.

ckstokes · January 2010

i haven't stopped and don't plan to. My sister has had a baby, I have not. She strongly recommended trimming (just between the discharge and then the heavy period, etc). She says it's "gross enough down there, you want to feel clean". So, I bought a cheap trimmer and LOVE it. I can't see down there anymore, so I can do it "blind".

https://www.quattroforwomen.com/product_trimstyle.php

Battlebaby09 · January 2010

I just groom around. That is interesting though. I have no problem letting it some until LO is born.

Mrs.Meyer · January 2010

Whatever, I haven't stopped and won't stop. When I was in labor with dd, the nurse unceremoniously lifted my gown to look at my crotch and said "oh, good! you already shaved!"

MrsHub · January 2010

manda3987:

AFWife1229:
I haven't stopped...don't plan on it either.

Ditto!!!

YUP, no way. I still shave(clipp) my hoo ha and shave my legs every two weeks can't see down there but I have done it so much I can do it with my eyes closed.

erinkate23 · January 2010

Um.... no.

I haven't had a full bush since high school and I'm not going to have one when half of the hospital staff could see me. Nope nope nope.

smittysoup · January 2010

I heard it's fine to shave up to about a week before. You just don't want to have any open cuts down there.

dib · January 2010

I can't see down there, so what I can't see, won't hurt me. I'm going au naturale!

mom2micah · January 2010

I can't even see down there, so when I do try to shave or trim, I'm afraid it looks all jacked up... On the flip side, I can't stand the hair!! What to do, what to do?

tuicatmama · January 2010

You are some committed ladies!

I think of it a insulation...hee hee...

melpoteet · January 2010

my OB told me the same thing. My regimen was to shave every weekend and she cut that when I was about 3 months pregnant. She suggested I trim with an electric razor. They scare the crap out of me but I have been using a combo of scissors, electric razor, and regular razor and then had to add a mirrow to see what I'm doing which is getting more and more difficult..may give up as time goes on.

Gomez322 · January 2010

I haven't stopped... and definitely will Not stop... there is no way I'm going to the hospital with a hairy vag !!

Angelzkisses · January 2010

Every nurse and MD I work with encourages you to shave! Not wax because of how sensetive the skin is, but to at least shave.

My OB/Gyn recommended it and so did the nurses teaching he classes I've been to. They say it can be uncomfortable, and smell extremely bad once the blood starts to clot there, and it will get matted as well.

lizbi0407 · January 2010

oops didn't get the memo....

Has anyone stopped shaving down there? I got this in a hospital newsletter.

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