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GTKY Weekend Edition: Hygiene!

keikilovekeikilove member
edited August 2020 in Trying to Get Pregnant

What’s your upkeep routine? Who is shaving just for FW or a visit to the RE? Is waxing still a thing during Pandemic Times? 
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Re: GTKY Weekend Edition: Hygiene!

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    keikilovekeikilove member
    edited August 2020
    I’m a “Clean it up before FW!” kinda girl.😄 MH made a comment recently that the RE gets more smooth action than he does😬 so I think I need to step up my game. 
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    emeraldduchessemeraldduchess member
    edited August 2020
    @keikilove me too, although I am usually pretty good about shaving my legs in the summer.  :D  I fully admit that I cleaned up the bikini area before my egg retrieval!
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    DoubleUp8DoubleUp8 member
    I usually clean it up around the FW, but do some minor maintenance the rest of the month so things don't get out of hand...


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    mindyb2019mindyb2019 member
    I’m a keep it up all the time girl. I'm super picky about my legs and other areas being shaved constantly lol I like being smooth all the time 😆 No waxing for me. 
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    Kenneylynn3Kenneylynn3 member
    I'm lazy. I'm usually apologizing for hairy legs to DW ( I maybe shave them once a month, or if we are visiting family and my legs will be visible) 😂. Granted, she does as much, if not less, maintenance. 🤷 

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    emeraldduchessemeraldduchess member
    I have a funny story about bikini waxing. Years ago, I was painting my grandmother's nails and she told me I should think about being an esthetician. I said I didn't think I'd be comfortable giving bikini waxes, particularly Brazilian waxes. Well, my 85 year old grandmother didn't know what a Brazilian wax was and insisted I explain it to her. Let's just say she didn't believe me at first and her reaction was priceless. :D 
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    chindimples04chindimples04 member
    I do not shave for my FW. I only shave for my midwife, when it gets too itchy, and when I wear a swimsuit. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Everyone is luckier than DH. 🤣
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    acleverusernameacleverusername member
    edited August 2020
    @chindimples04 🤣🤣🤣

    @emeraldduchess you really need to give us specifics about this conversation with your grandma. 

    I’ve really let myself go during the pandemic. I used to shave my legs every few days but now it’s like every 2 weeks. I’m embarrassed but I don’t even apologize to DH anymore. He doesn’t care. Well, not true, he says he doesn’t care but I know he likes it when I’m smooth for him. 
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    krash_krash_ member
    I do my own Brazilian waxes at home  :#  I got a wax warmer and hard wax beads on Amazon and I do it myself usually every month after AF is gone. I actually have an eczema patch in my pubic hair which gets itchier with long pubic hair and irritated by shaving so waxing is pretty much my only option. 
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    asf0613asf0613 member
    i missed this fun weekend GTKY so i am jumping on!
    i am very much keep it clean all the time.  had to give up the waxing for 3 months during pandemic, but literally went back the week they opened.  i time the wax for right before FW so its nice ---unless there is a swimsuit occasion at a different time of the month, then that gets priority.  legs i do every few days, or obviously if wearing shorts/FW i do on each of those days.  @krash_ i could NEVAHH do that to myself though!! go you!
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    inthewoods23inthewoods23 member
    I'm always a clean it up down there for FW kind of gal. Lately I haven't been bothering with my legs - honestly a few weeks ago may have been the first time I shaved all summer.
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    akorosakoros member
    I've been trying to shave once a week, my husband doesn't mind it that much but part of me feels badly for slacking off. I'm actually debating "dressing up" a bit more (i.e. might put on some makeup occasionally, maybe wear the new clothes I bought for no particular reason), just to change it up. I've been enjoying giving my hair and skin a break, but kind of miss looking pretty. 
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    babyfeverbelieverbabyfeverbeliever member
    I usually do some serious maintenance twice a month because I can't stand it out of control. Bikini line has been taken care of a couple times a week because we have a cottage and are in bathing suits every weekend. That's also the reason I shave once a week. 

    I had a golf outing this last weekend and we didn't go up to the cottage so guess what? No shaving took place. lmao. Oops...it just takes so LONG! But I will admit I do love the feel of smooth legs! 

    @inthewoods23 I'm impressed that you went months without shaving your legs! Winter is on it's way so I will be at that point soon.

    @emeraldduchess That is is amazing. I have never had any sort of wax except eyebrows, but I would be open to waxing just about anything to minimize the overall time I have to spend grooming. 

    @chindimples04 #marriedlife right? "I'll shave when I have to." :smile:

    @krash_ Was it hard to get yourself to actually pull the wax off the first time? I feel like I would just freeze in terror lol. However, I said that about injections and I give myself those now!
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    krash_krash_ member
    @babyfeverbeliever it definitely took a "one, two, three, deep breath...PULL" the first time. After a couple times the hair is finer and more sparse so it's not as bad. 
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