I hope this doesn't come out as me being vain lol I have super long, thick hair, that lately has staying in a high pony tail because the heat is too bad to actually wear it down and fix it up nice. Knowing that TONS of pictures will be taken when I am in labor and giving birth I want to look good, but not be uncomfortable with my hair---I'll def. want it out of my face for sure! I just can't decide how I want to fix it so that it looks good, but also is out of the way! My mom has warned me numerous times that when she gave birth to my brother and had long hair, she wore it down and it go super tangled and was horrible lol Surely don't want that to happen!
So...tell me, what kind of hair style are you going to do, what would you recommend for me and my long, super thick hair?! Include a pic if you can!
Re: How will you style your hair for labor?
The days after I showered and got ready... Those are the pictures I display.
My hair is not super long, but I plan to just throw it in a pony tail. It'll keep it out of the way, is low maintenance, and looks pretty good.
If your hair is really long, I'd think about putting it in a braid so it is even more out of the way.
yep. pony tail and I will use a head band to keep my layers/bangs from falling out and into my face.
after I shower we will get some good display worthy pictures
Seriously?
I'm sure that having a nice hair style and keeping it nice will be the last thing from your mind when you are labouring and delivering.
I dont think your crazy...lol.
I am having a repeat C-section and my Hair will be done and makeup on!!!
My pics with Aubrey are horrible....16 hours of labor and a csection....but i didnt care! I really dont now but since I am going in early might as well shower and get ready....kwim?
I'm having my stylist meet me at the hospital so that she can replace every stray hair for me while pushing.
I'm sorry, but seriously? I get it that some people want to look good for pictures after delivery...but for labor? Who in the hell cares? You're birthing a child, not entering a beauty contest.
Shower and do your hair after delivery...but I guarantee you wont' give two flips what your hair looks like during labor. Even in the photos. Because that's *real*.
Ooooh a headband is a good idea!
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Well, I guess I'm as nuts as you are then, b/c I have thought about this a lot too. Obviously I realize its not going to be pretty, but there will be pictures and I'd rather attempt to have a half way decent look then not.
My plan is to braid my bangs to the side and then do a pony tail--at least they'll be out of my face and maybe look cute too.
Oh, you didn't mean that kind of hair, did you?
The pictures I have of myself after delivery - honestly, without looking at them I couldn't tell you what my hair looked like. But I can tell you that I looked sweaty, and somehow my neck disappeared so I resemble Jabba the Hut. But I was also crying with happiness so THAT is what makes the pics. It's not like anyone else but us will see them - because honestly, people don't want to see your in labor or directly post labor mess.
Just get your hair out of your face and out of your way. That's far more important than how you look.
Although vajazzling is a brilliant idea!!~!!
DMoney will be a kickass big sister
Well I don't think you're crazy! If you have family and friends like mine, they will find it highly entertaining to take pictures of every second and post them on FB and tag you in them. They will not care what you look like in the pic. So I understand where you are coming from completely. That's why there won't be any pictures taken of me until the next day or something. Take a billion pictures of the baby, or other people, I don't care, but there's no reason all my FB friends need to see me like that.
As for your question, I would definitely do a ponytail or messy bun with a headband to hold back strays or bangs. I can't stand my hair in my face when I'm working or whatever, so I'm sure I will feel the same during labor.
I'm just doing my usual ponytail to keep it from annoying me. I'm not worried about how the pictures will look. In every brand-new baby picture I've seen, the mom looks beautiful and happy. I don't even notice the hair.
How about something like this...It'll even keep you cool if you turn the propellers on.
My hair is a little past my chin and I have packed a barrette to just pull the sides out of my face and a rubber band, but my hair doesn't stay in a ponytail very well.
I don't think you are crazy, I have thought about this b/c I hate having hair in my face while working out or doing stuff around the house and I am sure it would drive me crazy to have it down while I am in labor. Also, I am one of those people who wears at least a little make up whenever I leave the house, it makes me feel better. That being said, I know that I am not going to care what I look like right after labor, but I know myself well enough to know that when I have some time to clean myself up and freshen, I will put on some make up and want my hair to look somewhat normal. I have done this after other surgeries I have had and it actually made me feel more like "me"
Lol I have to admit that I am loving some of these replies!!!
With my DD I had my hair and make up done before I left for college and my water broke. By the time I made it through labor most of my make up was wiped off but the hair wasn't too awful bad (I only had 3 hours of actual painful labor - rest of the time I was in the vehicle while my mom ran errands lol). I still LOVE the pics of my birth because they are so special : ).
This time around we go in for an induction TOMORROW morning!!! I will have my hair done (like normal) and my make up on. Plan on bringing a ponytail holder to put it up in a bun with (I have pretty thick hair so it will HAVE to be put it). We have a birth photographer coming but i'm not worried too much about how horrible i'll look after ; )! It's part of labor.
I had my hair up in a ponytail. For some reason, the ponytail started to bother me when I would put my head onto the pillow to rest in between pushes, so I pulled it out. I have the ponytail bump in my hair as a result in all pictures. I had been wearing light powder only, so I wasn't really wearing makeup that would run off. The pictures taken of me and DD right after I gave birth show my ponytail bump and red eyes from crying. I am not ashamed of how I looked. I worked hard to get her out, kwim.
I do have a cousin that went in for a RCS. Her pictures and mine look completely different. She doesn't have a single hair out of place and is in full make-up (bright eyeshadow and mascara). Meh...different birth experiences and different preferences. I love my pictures as much as she loves hers.
Pretty sure my labor will be a NO pictures allowed kind of event. Before and after, yes, but during? No thanks.
I will have my hair in a ponytail and a headband to keep the flyaways out of my face.
I used to think the dumbest idea I'd heard on these boards were those fancy hospital gowns. But... this tops it.
Some of you are absolutely ridiculous.
After 2 days of labor, IV fluids, pitocin, and 3hrs of pushing, the last thing on my mind was my hair or any part of my physical appearance. My eyes were nearly swollen shut and I burst a bunch of blood vessels in my face. My hair was matted to my head like a wet dog. My feet and ankles were unrecognizable. The pics are still beautiful because they are authentic and raw.
Good luck with beauty school!
Why don't you french braid it?
I think it's so funny people are getting so bent out of shape that other people care about this. And yes, some of us will/did care what we looked like at one of the best moments of our lives .
Luckily with my 1st, I only pushed for 20 mins, never broke a sweat. I had taken a shower and done my hair and makeup before I left the house when my water broke. After the baby was out (16 hr later, mind you) and cleaned up and my family came in for the first real family pic, my mother handed me a hairbrush and some lipstick and told me to put it on. It took 2 seconds. I felt alot better about myself in that first picture because of it and it's displayed in my house. I can promise you if I looked like sh it, no matter how I felt about the moment, it probably wouldn't have ever been framed. Call me vain, but as a photographer, I know how most moms are too. If they don't look good, the picture doesn't get bought or shown .
I take a shower and put gel in my hair and scrunch (what i normally do) when I go into labor. I blowdry what I can, I put it up and put one of those stretchy head bands in (the ones that go around your whole head).
It's something to do and focus on when you're going through contractions. And I'm not the least bit vain person, and I could usually give a crap less what I look like.