Shaving your lady area

[mumma_lion]

Shaving your lady area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What do you think about having a shaved lady area when pregnant and of course when you give birth?

Do you think that you should let it grow?

Love to hear from other peoples experiences.

[HotI]

Whatever you are comfortable with. I wouldn't change for other people.

[alish]

i shave, im finding it hard though with my growing belly that im contemplating waxing but im scared!
me personally i will keep it bare but each to their own!

[PumpkinZulu]

I've never kept it bare, I don't like to feel like a little girl, and I do if there's no hair down there I keep it trimmed short and neat. When my belly started getting in the way I gave up a little, but DF is happy to trim it for me when I ask. Doesn't really bother me though.

[Charlotte91]

In terms of shaving because you're going to give birth, I never did because I knew I was having a c/s. So I just let it grow up a bit.

I shave most of my lady area, keeping the rest trimmed... I have to shave around my c/s scar as it gets sooo itchy.
So basically I just have a moustache lol. Nothing wrong with cleaning yourself up down there if you want to.

[Glamourcide]

I've always kept everything fully shaved, that's just my personal preference and I wouldn't change it for the benefit of anybody else (including midwives etc). If you normally keep things trimmed/shaved downstairs, it can get a bit trickier in the later stages of pregnancy when your belly gets in the way, but I never found it to be too much of a hassle, just a little extra effort (I found sitting down in the tub was more comfortable than reaching around under my huge belly lol). I don't think there's any harm in keeping it 'maintained' during pregnancy and birth, just as there is no damage done by keeping hair down there if that's your normal grooming habit. If something happens during labour and you require a c-sec, the medical team will shave what they need to, I have heard some people say their midwives/Ob preferred them NOT to shave or wax prior to due date in case of infection but that seems a bit strange to me. Like I said, I kept everything off (and would usually save my shaving day for the night before antenatal appts etc because I get ingrowns a few days after shaving and preferred everything to look nice, not all pimply and stubbly lol) for both pregnancies and labours (lol I actually shaved in between contx with DD2 because I was about to go to hospy to give birth and didn't want any unsightly patches lol) and never had a problem.
Ultimately, the choice is yours - no harm is done either way, if you shave normally then just be careful (ask DP to help out or use mirrors to get those tricky spots!) to save yourself any painful nicks, otherwise, just do whatever you normally do!

[~Stoked~]

I get waxed every four weeks and continue through the whole pregnancy. Soooo much easier for someone else to deal with the hair!

[~TT40~]

from a midwives point of view, there is no difference, truth is ive never even notice if someone is trimed or shaved or al-natural.

do what ever you are comfortable with!!

[mzcatieboo]

i shave untill the point i cant do a good enough job or my belly to round then DH takes over.

[DANNIIM]

I like to keep all trimmed up so to speak and i must admit when i had DS2 was much better being pretty bare down there with the loss afterwards... just felt cleaner or something!!

[RhiChiChi]

Kept getting waxed & made sure I was waxed around DD due date.

[Shanti]

Mine was getting a bit wild down there of late seeing I'm 36wks pg and can't see a thing!! Dh helped me tidy up last night haha it is much better....

[Lily Dust]

I keep it trimmed short and neat.

Yeah that ^^^^. Even though it was kept short, when the Dr stitched me up, hair kept getting in the way! So if you want to avoid that get rid of the lot but really, what ever you are comfortable with and with others seeing when you birth