to not want DP to see me naked?

[Lauralee5]

I've always been a very confident woman and have a deep love for my body. I'm now pregnant and find the changes fascinating. Only problem is, I'm suddenly really quite hairy. I have a load of fluffy hair on my belly above my belly button, and my pubes (thick black things) have started growing up to my belly bar! It's horrid. I can't shave them properly as they're back the next day and look like black stubble. AIBU to just not let DP see me without my top on? Anything I can do to minimise these hairs? I worry about when my bump is huge and I can't see what I'm doing down there...

I’d try very hard to embrace it. Or make alternative depilatory arrangements. It’s a bit mean to exclude him.

It's all part and parcel of being pregnant. Yet another suck symptom. In my first pregnancy it came as a shock that I appeared to be turning part gorilla but this time I expected it and at 21 weeks I'm firmly fluffy.

If you are really self conscious about it then wear a top, but if you've never been self conscious before your DP will ask why. Pregnancy isn't glamorous and if he's going to be at the birth, chances are he'll see much worse than a hairy stomach.

If it helps mine went back to normal pretty quickly after giving birth to DD.

What are you going to do when giving birth, ban him from the room?

And take the belly bar out!!

@Battleax what are the alternatives? I can't afford things like waxing but anything else would be great to know about!

Immac? That’s safe in pregnancy, I believe.

@LifeBeginsAtGin no of course not and I think I'll have bigger things to worry about at the birth. But right now it is bothering me considerably.

Why should I take my belly bar out out of curiosity? I'm not showing that much yet and it's not causing me an issue.

@Battleax googling now! Thank you.

It's helpful to accept the face that your body is going to change a lot before and after birth. Personally I'd just share with your DP as he is very much part of the journey to, but it's your body and you choice.

There's no need to take your belly piercing out, if it does start to look it feel stretched later on you can buy flexible keepers to wear until after you give birth, but you probably know that anyway.

Thanks @GobblersKnob - I don't know why it bothers me so much. The fluffy hair that I'm completely covered in isn't too bad, it's just the mass of pubes growing up my belly that I can't stand

Belly Bar - I thought there was something on here some time ago about it. Perhaps get one that will allow your skin the stretch.