Getting rid of pubic hair during pregnancy

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I'm embarrassed to say it's been a while since I've done it 😬 and it's now at a point where's it's too long and actually quite itchy. Pre pregnancy I preferred it hairless, but I find it so difficult to shave due to size of bump/getting in the right position etc. I can't reach all of the places that I need to.

How do others do it? I'm worried about the risk of infection but it really needs sorting. I've got hair removal cream, I'm thinking of maybe trying that tonight.

Yh you can't call if creepy.

Post menopausal women often have no pubes either.

Also a vagina that has had regular sex or past out babies is not going to look like a child's.

Its painful for me in the upper middle when the hair is too long and find it catches on my underwear.

So many things aren't natural, like cutting your nails, using soap, the Internet, abortions, microwaving food. I mean how far do you want to go.

That's weird - the midwife shaved me before my c-section in 1998 !

Imagine the responses If OP was posting gere to say her DH told her to just leave it, it's natural... surely she can cope with hair she doesn't like or even want.

Oh, I've never tried the talc tip but will give it a go. Also another tip (as I do shave the sides when I have a spa day and the like) a quick sweep over with Dove dry stick deodorant and you get no red bumps (apparently strippers and dancers use this method 🤷🏼‍♀️)

Leave it be? Who actually shaves and waxes normal hair that’s there for a reason?

I didn’t remove it but did get dh to give it a trim with his clippers I think !

Most people.

When so pregnant they can’t see it?

How do you know it’s ‘most people’?

I used hair removal cream but looking back I can't believe I bothered, now with a baby I hardly ever have time to shave and I don't care at all but it was definitely something I was conscious of beforehand.

If its itchy you could always use conditioner?

Lots of conditioner as shaving cream, sharp razor and a mirror. I went blind towards the end, very carefully.

I don't think most people do.

Ha you're funny with your passive aggressive comment trying to make women feel shit about having choice in their own body hair. Memo: it's up to us as individuals if we want a wild muff or not.

Can you 'older mums' read?

She said it's itchy and uncomfortable. Nothing to do with her partner's preference. Or yours.

You're going to be pushing a baby out of there, not in a beauty parade

Agree to disagree then but there's a massive market for hair removal products.

Trimmer

You won’t cut yourself or continue the shave/itch cycle

It’s itchy cos it’s growing through, TBF. That would pass.

Maybe, maybe not. It didn't warrant a comment about her being a creep.

I assume you don't shave your legs or armpits either?

What a weird thread to end up in a good old-fashioned MN bunfight

I assume you are new to MN?

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Can't you read yourself !  

I didn't say she was a creep, only that it is a creepy thing for her DP to want a hairless vag at this time.
Being itchy is a minor annoyance while pregnant and why bother? really weird as currently pubic hair is seen as "unclean"
Though before my time mums were shaved before giving birth. I am not sure why.

Don't they just!

DH was shaving me for the last few weeks of pregnancy. I know it's nothing to be embarrassed about. Pubes are natural blah blah, I just don't like the look of them, I find them itchy and uncomfortable and I feel more comfortable with no hair on my vulva. Nothing to do with sexualising, I got rid of my hair way before I was having sex.

Some people just don't like having hair down there and prefer being a baldy and that's okay, some people love having a bit and some people love a bush, and that's okay too.

OP - just get your partner / husband to shave you. I did she felt a million times better!