The Hair Down There - Page 2

[~Adorkable~]

I certainly understand the increased blood flow, but do you really feel that the skin is thinner? More sensitive to touch yes, but I don't feel it any thinner at all. I'm going by how abraded I sometimes feel after sex and I have noted that although sensation has increased, any after soreness has not at all.

I would trust a good waxer down there for sure, now with that said there is a ton of really bad waxers our there!!!

[mistymama]

I have resorted to taking a compact mirror into the shower so I can see what I'm shaving. It works good enough to keep things looking decent .. although it's going to be wonderful to have this baby and really trim/shave well down there!! I don't like much hair at all, but some, and it's hard to maintain when you can't see what you are doing.

[Dichotomy]

Thanks for the replies ladies.

I'll have to invest in a little mirror. Im not brave enough to wax, and especially not brave enough to start during pregnancy!

Might look into getting an electric razor, too.

[BeanyMama]

I can't do a bush, either. I don't mind the look of it but all the hair bothers me being there. I'm only 12 weeks, so I can still see my nethers but when I can't anymore, I usually have DH go at it. He's a pro and it's pretty hot. Waxing is tempting but I'm usually so swollen and sensitive I've never had the guts.

Another idea is a little beard trimmer with a small guard for safety's sake!

[Qbear'smama]

Dichotomy, thanks for this thread, yesterday I found myself balancing one leg on the bathroom counter trying to see enough to clean things up with electric clippers, thinking, "there has to be a better way to do this!!" I thought abt actually climbing up onto the bathroom counter to use the big mirror, but not sure I'm agile enough for that move (or whether it could take my weight!) I am also going to invest in a small mirror, too! Clippers work fine for me, but there is a risk of getting pinched if they don't have an attachment on. I might just do some trimming then use a razor? I've waxed it myself before, but not sure I can manage that at the moment! Mistymama, is your mirror the non-fogging kind? Wouldn't it fog up otherwise? Kudos to those who can do it by feel, that is talent!

[Lady Lilya]

Don't get a little mirror. Get one like I have that is rectangular and about 8" by 10". If you go too small, you have to get the angle more exact. With mine, I can lean it on something like my foot.

[mkmoro311]

Make sure you are all trimmed up before labor cause it will be a while before you do that kind of upkeep in that area after the baby comes!

[Galatea]

I have the world's most sensitive skin and I have kept up with my Brazilian waxing at a salon. If you don't go once a month, it will hurt, but doing it regularly is easy and quick. Anyway there is no reason not to wax while pg.

[PrincessWinnie]

I sit myself on the bathroom floor, leaning against the tub, prop up a little mirror and use a trimmer/groomer (it's actually my husband's old beard trimmer). It's not "bikini-ready" but it's better than crazy wild hair down there.

[MaerynPearl]

I cleaned up down there today... did it by touch then made DH come in and look to make sure it didn't look horrible (since he should be the only one caring about how it looks anyway... lol)

[GracesMama]

I just use an electric shaver, like the kind a guy would use. It has a variety of settings (you can do a close shave or use a setting to leave it a bit longer). When my belly gets so big that I can't see, I just use the bathroom mirror.

[WithoutWax]

Normally I shave but since have gotten a wax at 37 weeks with each pregnancy ~ hurt like crazy but totally worth it... the idea of giving birth hairless and keeping the area clean post birth with having to trim a bush sounds heavenly.

[NewMaMaZenLovin]

HAHA! Am I the only hairy one on here?? I mean I trimmed the other day but no waxing and no shaving. I am the hairiest ive ever been and I love it. I actually think its kinda sexy (DF dosnt seem to mind.) Now that ive left the hair on my body alone (except for the bush trimming) its all soft. I never have to deal with ingrown hairs (which is a 150% garuntee with shaving) and I really cant afford the wax every month. I do think i will opt for a bikini wax before the birth for some reason. I havnt cared up to this point so i dont know why I kinda care for then. There isnt going to be anyone there I dont know sooo..... hmmm..... am I really the ONLY hairy fairy mama on here?

[MaerynPearl]

Originally Posted by NewMaMaZenLovin

HAHA! Am I the only hairy one on here?? I mean I trimmed the other day but no waxing and no shaving. I am the hairiest ive ever been and I love it. I actually think its kinda sexy (DF dosnt seem to mind.) Now that ive left the hair on my body alone (except for the bush trimming) its all soft. I never have to deal with ingrown hairs (which is a 150% garuntee with shaving) and I really cant afford the wax every month. I do think i will opt for a bikini wax before the birth for some reason. I havnt cared up to this point so i dont know why I kinda care for then. There isnt going to be anyone there I dont know sooo..... hmmm..... am I really the ONLY hairy fairy mama on here?

lol no... just that this is a thread on hair removal so the ones that don't remove really don't have much to say.

I agree it feels so much better once it gets long enough to get soft though... but I still cant handle discharge/blood clumping up in the hairs between my legs, so even when I let my leg/pit hair go for a few months, I still have to keep myself at least trimmed down there (I never go fully bald, just keep it clean where the discharge/blood gets stuck the most.)

[gummibears]

Ahaha this thread reminds me of when Dh was born. I shaved by braille (LOVE that term we should really coin it) and when he was born my MIL cut the umbilical cord. Can you imagine lying there just having given birth and thinking "did I save right because there she is front and center and boy that'd be embarrassing!"

Well, needless to say, this time around things haven't become hard.... yet, but I'll once again shave by braille and hope for the best. LOL Hubby never seems to mind how I keep my shop, so I do as I wish and well, if I miss spots, he never seems to mind, nor should I.

[Galatea]

Originally Posted by NewMaMaZenLovin

HAHA! Am I the only hairy one on here?? I mean I trimmed the other day but no waxing and no shaving. I am the hairiest ive ever been and I love it. I actually think its kinda sexy (DF dosnt seem to mind.) Now that ive left the hair on my body alone (except for the bush trimming) its all soft. I never have to deal with ingrown hairs (which is a 150% garuntee with shaving) and I really cant afford the wax every month. I do think i will opt for a bikini wax before the birth for some reason. I havnt cared up to this point so i dont know why I kinda care for then. There isnt going to be anyone there I dont know sooo..... hmmm..... am I really the ONLY hairy fairy mama on here?

It's totally okay to be hairy! I enjoy it at times! It's just that being so pg, I am very gooey, and being hairless really keeps me feeling drier.

[Qbear'smama]

ITA. I really haven't bothered much in the past little while with the landscaping, but then I realized it was more comfortable in the summer (things were bushy and sweaty in the brutal heat) and might be so for the delivery, too. DH has never expressed a preference, but we do have a laugh when we both let it go and it gets wild down there. And DD was offering her opinion on the hairiness of my nether regions (nosy 4-year-olds ). I tend not to keep it trimmed regularly, just as the feeling strikes me, but at this point, it has to be more strategic in terms of how to go about it!

[MegBoz]

Originally Posted by NewMaMaZenLovin

I am woman, hear my hairy vagina ROAR!

Hilarious!

I remember this so vividly. It took me by surprise. I just hadn’t thought of it. Shaving my legs was never a problem, but I struggled with the bikini area until about 36W. I didn’t gain a lot of weight & my belly wasn’t really huge, so I managed sometimes to push the belly sideways so I could see, or have a hand mirror on the lid of the toilet to see (a foot on the sink right next to the toilet), and get some of it done. At 36W, I just gave up & said, “Ah forget it!” it was such a hassle.

As soon as DS was born, I didn’t realize how much the belly would flatten out immediately & I had a clear view down there for the first time in what seemed like ages. I actually said, “WOW, I’M HAIRY!” I remember the MW laughing with me. I have pale skin & dark hair so it’s that much more apparent & icky, IMO.

I have no advice for you, just empathy. I totally understand how you don’t want to just let it go, but your other options are to keep struggling with a mirror (huge hassle), pay someone at a salon for waxing or shaving, or ask your DH or, if you’re that close, a sister of friend. I found all those options so unappealing, but ‘let it go’ was the least unappealing of those options. (& My DH even offered once, but I just wasn’t comfortable with that mentally.)

So I was definitely not happy with my hairy vagina, but I just accepted it as a side-effect of pregnancy.

I have a personally trimmer & always use that but even NOT PG I nick myself a lot. Maybe I need a new one? So I would personally never do “shaving by Braille” with that either.