labour - the pube debate - what is normal?

[ThatllDoPig]

Ok. Just wondering . .
Last time I just gave up and there was a wild and natural forest down there. The midwife and baby had to fight their ways through somehow.
This time I have shaved, but haven't been able to see what I'm doing, past bump,for a while, and I actually feel more embarassed about it, as it is probably a lacerated, harry potter scarred, plucked chicken, hideosity. Will the midwife think I am a selfharming pregnant porn star!!
I know in actual childbirth there are more important things going on, but what does everyone else do?
I can't believe everyone goes and gets a professional job done. It's expensive when you're on a budget, and embarassing, and painful, and everything grows back so quickly.

I go au naturel but then I always do no MW has ever thought it strange.

MWs will have seen every possible variety of pubic hair.

There is no medical requirement to remove it (though if you know you'll be having a c-section, it might be worth removing the hair from the scar/dressing area, simply because it hurts more to take a plaster off a hairy area.),

i went for a wax the week before- decided on a trimmed landing strip glad to know i am not the only one who worried about this!

( however, there was stubble, she was a few days late!)

You can do it yourself, but you'll need a mirror!!

Gawd, I'd have needed a periscope and a set of shears.

I've been wondering about this too. Mine's like a forest at the moment!

I never gave it a thought. HTH.

I never gave it a second thought and I'm like Amazonian rainforest down there .

Midwife won't be bothered either way.

I used DH's beard trimmer on number 4 or 5 and stood in front of a mirror so I could see what I was doing

I got DH to trim mine with a pair of sharp scissors. Not for the faint hearted. I kept roaring 'don't cut my flaps, watch my flaps'

I veeted in the mirror whilst contracting violently. DP was laughing at me and saying don't be so silly. I was vindicated when hrs later I was being prepped for an EMCS and they didn't need to shave me!

I HAD an emcs, it was all still there afterwards.

Search for the myriad other threads there have been on this very same subject in the past year or two? Some good points on those.

Mine is like a forest and the MWs will just have to put up with it, I'm not contorting myself into a weird position to shave or forking out for a wax for their benefit. I attempted to tidy up when I had DD and it was way too much hassle. I'm pretty sure they've seen it all before.

And I'm not doing my legs either

thanks for replies all!

eaurouge girl after my own heart. Legs and fanjo are WAY to far to reach.

Pubic hair isn't an obstetric obstacle, so don't feel you'll be doing the MWs a favour by giving them an uninterrupted view of your flaps.

Urgh! Sounds like a total hassle to me - just leave it to do it's thing! I'm waiting for the poster who admits to full waxing and a Vajazzle for their big day!!

I've abandoned mine - what I can't see I'm not worrying about. Tbh if I tried shaving down there I would be more scared - I don't need any more trauma in that area than strictly necessary!!

Given my time again I'd get myself groomed. I thought I'd be in the birthing centre with a midwife who couldn't care less. Instead I ended up with a forceps delivery by a very charismatic obstetrician, with two other doctors present, along with two midwives and a gaggle of medical students (warning: if you tick the box saying you consent to medical students bear in mind that you might end up with a little audience that shows up right at the end with no introductions and no warning). I did have a nice pedicure but that was as far as I'd gone. I'm still a bit mortified by the whole thing.

I got myself all sorted out professionally about 2 weeks before my due date, mainly because the mw had said I would be early, DD was then just over 2 weeks late, so by the time I got to actually having her it had all grown back, won't be bothering next time.

I shave mine anyway. I kept shaving even though I couldn't see because I have clotty horrible bleeding, and the last thing I want is to be picking clots out of pubes, like I was until I was 14 and figured I didn't have yto put up with it if I didn't want to. Nothing to do with porn - in fact I was considered weird by my peers for shaving it off and wasd still a virgin when I started.

Oh my God, I'd have to groom. I made sure muff was done, legs shaved and eyelashes dyed yes I know, I sound like a bloody loon.
Was glad though, as like Oscalito I had an audience.

See I have been wondering this too.

I have just left it for now but it is a bit wild down there and I am also having an ELCS so I feel a bit funny about being shaved with an audience in theatre.

I think I am going to have a go but I can't see anything and if I do a really shit job, they may have to have a go themselves anyway.