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12-10-2012 at 11:14 AM
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How to take care of that hair down there?

Just curious what people are using or have heard of that is safe to use to control the hair down there while pregnant.  Are you using shaving, home wax kits, home hair bleach, or going to the salon? 
 
12-10-2012 at 11:15 AM
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attempting to shave...will need a series of mirrors soon however!

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12-10-2012 at 11:22 AM
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I shave.

I shaved with DD all the way up until delivery. I got pretty good at shaving without looking, lol. 


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12-10-2012 at 11:24 AM
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I shave. Continued to do so throughout my pregnancy with DD, despite not being able to see what I was doing from 30 weeks or so on. But blind shaving is surprisingly easy.



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12-10-2012 at 11:26 AM
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I get regular brazillians, so I'm just continuing on with that.

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12-10-2012 at 11:32 AM
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I plan on shaving the whole way through, although I am a FTM so I assume it will get harder the bigger I get, but all these woman say they did it so I am sure I can too!

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12-10-2012 at 11:45 AM
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I stopped shaving when I couldn't see anymoe. I obviously don't know how to shave because as many years as I have I somehow cut myself. So with DS i tried shaving without looking and I cut myself twice. That burned when I peed lol with DD I just gave up SO was scared to try because he didn't want to cut me. Since he was fine with a jungle down there until she was born he's going to have to be this time around too unless he wants to try.

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12-10-2012 at 11:46 AM
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Shaving, although I can't tell what I am doing very well anymore and it's slightly frightening. 

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12-10-2012 at 11:48 AM
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I was just thinking about this the other day.

I gave up. I have zero sex drive, anyway. I trim, just for the sake of hair annoying me. But even that doesn't get done as much as I'd like. Full figured + pregnant = really hard to maintain everything. 


 
12-10-2012 at 12:02 PM
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I am an esthetcian, and I still wax,  but when I can't see I'll just shave my legs and pay someone else to wax. I've tried to talk my husband into learning to wax everything but he isn't into it.

 
12-10-2012 at 12:04 PM
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kellimare:
Shaving, although I can't tell what I am doing very well anymore and it's slightly frightening. 

This!  Thinking about either enlisting DH's help, or saying "screw it" and going au naturel for the next three months.  It's just pubes, oh well. 


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12-10-2012 at 12:06 PM
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when not preg I shave it all off. When I am preg I don't let it go WILD but I do shave blind (carefully) and leave a little at the top. It just grows so fast I can't keep up with it and I am not interested AT ALL in waxing. I know I couldn't handle it. My skin is sensitive when I'm pregnant.

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12-10-2012 at 12:21 PM
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I use one of those trimmers, and just try and keep everything manageable down there without getting too close to my skin.  I figure that looks better than a wild bush would!  And I have no interest in shaving (itchy, & dangerous when belly gets too big!) or waxing (OUCH!).

I'm still a little self-conscious about the hair that's a little harder to reach (you know, the stuff that progresses back beyond your lady bits.. that the doctor and nurses will all get a good view of during labour!) but I'm not about to maim myself in an attempt to get rid of it, so better learn to live with it instead :) 

 


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12-10-2012 at 12:29 PM
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I go get waxed, as of now. 

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12-10-2012 at 12:42 PM
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jerseygirl81:
I get regular brazillians, so I'm just continuing on with that.

This.

 
12-10-2012 at 12:53 PM
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I have always been a "landing strip" kind of woman.

So, I have been able to keep up with shaving the sides (though certainly not very well at this point since I have to do it mostly blind).  Once I got to the point where I couldn't see to be able to trim the strip, I had DH do it.  Only with the trimmer, though, I don't let him come at me with a razor.  He does a really good job, almost too good and brought it down a little shorter than even I normally would, but I wasn't about to complain. 

My hair isn't growing out of control this pregnancy, so I've only had to have him do it once, though I will have him do it again soon.



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12-10-2012 at 12:58 PM
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skio:
I shave. Continued to do so throughout my pregnancy with DD, despite not being able to see what I was doing from 30 weeks or so on. But blind shaving is surprisingly easy.

This! Is no one nearsighted? I shave daily without being able to see what I'm doing...


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12-10-2012 at 1:03 PM
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I've always just trimmed on the lowest trim setting. I'm still able to and should be able to fairly well throughout my pregnancy.

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12-10-2012 at 1:29 PM
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jerseygirl81:
I get regular brazillians, so I'm just continuing on with that.

Ditto.


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12-10-2012 at 1:34 PM
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I shave until I can't see anymore.  Then either DH helps me or we go au natural until after the baby comes.  lol

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12-10-2012 at 2:05 PM
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i talked with my hubby about this a while ago. he said he would help me put nair on my legs but he wasnt going to help shave down there...he doesnt want to chance cutting me. so if i cant do it blind it wont happen.

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12-10-2012 at 2:21 PM
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I typically just use a trimmer to make things neat and tidy (though I shave the bikini area during bathing suit season), so I will continue to do that with the help of a mirror if need be. I feel like it is pretty hard to hurt myself with the trimmer though.

As for legs, I hope I will be able to keep shaving throughout. If not, the Hubs will have to help!


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12-10-2012 at 2:24 PM
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I shave. I am doing it partially blindly at this point, but I just do the best I can. When I get out and actually see what's going on down there, it's not always pretty, but it's usually like, "Welp. There that is." and I move on. 

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12-10-2012 at 2:40 PM
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jane.says:

skio:
I shave. Continued to do so throughout my pregnancy with DD, despite not being able to see what I was doing from 30 weeks or so on. But blind shaving is surprisingly easy.

This! Is no one nearsighted? I shave daily without being able to see what I'm doing...

 

LOL. I'm nearsighted, but still the belly is worse than my normal "blind" shaving! Thinking I may tackle it when I have enough time to go slow. Quick morning showers don't work.


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12-10-2012 at 3:37 PM
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I was trimming, but now I can't and I'm not doing anything. My DH doesn't care, so I'm not going to worry about it

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12-10-2012 at 7:09 PM
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Thanks for all of your responses!  I can see as the belly grows it can become more challenging.
 
12-11-2012 at 7:21 AM
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I am another trimmer.  I can't stand the itchy feeling after shaving (did that for a while and felt that it looked like I always had crabs or soemthing with how much I was grabbin' at my snatch), so I use a trimmer on the shortest setting.  I shaved the bikini line when I went on vacation to FL in October b/c we were going ot the pool a lot.

I'll just keep trimmin guntil the end.  I had no problems doing it with my first one.


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12-11-2012 at 12:10 PM
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12-11-2012 at 12:28 PM
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I shave and DH shaves the spots I missed.  

 
12-11-2012 at 2:40 PM
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I wax.

Just as a PSA as a former postpartum nurse, it isn't the best idea to go all au natural for delivery. Just remember that labor is messy and someone will have to be checking you OFTEN and will also have to help you clean up in the bathroom the first couple of times. It isn't pretty and your nurse will love you if you take care of yourself at least once before you deliver.  


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