Very embarrassing question:( TMI warning!!!!

[JasmineDeMilo]

Hi! I'm new here. I'm pregnant with my first baby and I've been thinking about the birth. A LOT.
I worried about the most silly thing. I am hairy down there (sorry) and particularly in my ummm, bum. I will be waxing/shaving my pubic hair around the due date but I don't know what to do about the hair in my bum! It will look so weird to be clean around the vagina but have hair in my bum:(
I'm going to have a CS but they will still need to check down there and administer pain relief via suppositories. In case I go into labor early, they might need to check for dilation. Then there is the post natal check up.
I know the hair should be the least of my worries but somehow it embarrasses me so much! I can't stop thinking about it.
I'm sorry if I have disgusted anyone. If anybody else is a gorilla like me, please tell me what you did about this.
And btw, I'm not joking. This is a genuine post.It may sound strange but it is something that is making me so stressed out!

I am a gorilla.

They've seen it ALL, believe me. Hairy bottoms are well within the range of normal.

And by the end there is no way you will be able to 'do anything about it'.

Just try to focus on something else. Really.

(and congratulations, by the way!)

Lots of people have hairy bums. When people go for a Brazilian wax down there the beautician expects to do their bum crack. You can remove it, if you want to, with all the usual methods, wax, cream, shave etc.

But seriously, wouldn't it be worse to have someone WAX YOUR BUTT CRACK than just have hair there?

It's not disgusting, it's a normal distribution of hair that we all have to a greater or lesser extent. It really is true that doctors, nurses, midwives will have seen far hairier people and not noticed or batted an eyelid. Let's face it, these are not attractive parts of the body at the best of times (I should know).

If it is making you anxious about the birth then by all means look into some sort of hair-removal. If you are having a CS then you should be able to time things fairly effectively. But it reminded me of a friend of mine who was fake tanned and waxed all ready for her due date only to go two weeks over due and turn up with a patchy tan and stubble rash! She still laughs about it now and honestly says she didn't give a toss once she was focused on delivering her DD.

You won't think about it when the time comes, but you probably won't believe me when I say that. Good luck with everything.

I too am a gorilla and was under the impression that I would be able to have a quick tidy up with a razor around my due date. Oh how I laugh about it now . Shaving is impossible trust me so if it really bothers you then get your waxing booked in now. Having said that I guarantee it will be the last thing on your mind! Oh and many congratulations

My first DD was prem so I was not organised, hairy legs and every thing else. Your mind will be on other things. No one said to me ohh your so hairy they where to busy looking after my DD and me.

Good god, you call that TMI? You haven't been on MN long, have you?

Basically, don't worry. Just prepare for the birth (you can get hypnotherapy CDs for c-section if you think you'd benefit from a bit of relaxation and calming - Maggie Howells is great) and look forward to meeting your lovely baby.

The midwives will not give a flying fancy about the condition of your ladygarden or any other hairy material!

Good luck!

"But seriously, wouldn't it be worse to have someone WAX YOUR BUTT CRACK than just have hair there?"

I completely agree!I'm definitely not going to a salon. I do my own bikini wax, believe it or not.

I thought I was the only one with hair in my bum
Thanks everyone! You've been really nice. I thought I was going to completely disgust everybody.

Actually, I've reported your thread to MN Towers because you've deeply offended me.

Hope the birth (hairy or not) goes well!

SpeedyGonzalez I'm a bit in love with you! Thanks for your posts. I haven't laughed like this in so long. My pregnancy has been so awful thus far and its good to have a giggle.

Welcome to MN.

For further giggles, guffaws and all out wee-dribbling (have you been doing you pelvic floor exercises?) check out the MN Classics threads.

I like the honesty on this thread-ladygarden my arse!! Tend your garden well my lovely!!

I have to say there is no way I would have been able to do my own bikini wax and I measured small. I know some

*someone who tried and had to have her DP rescue her

"Lady garden my arse"! [snort] PMSL - very appropriate!

Never mind lady garden, if i didnt trim I'd have knee braids. Truly, most of us are hairy, it's natural and it's OK. The midwives are concerned with our and our babies' health and wellbeing. They couldn't care less about our grooming.

BTW be warned that (a) you can get increasingly sensitive during pregnancy, and a bikini wax at the end of a pregnancy can be somewhat more painful than usual, and (b) by the end of your pregnancy you may not be able to reach down there to do your own waxing.

Relaaaaax...

SouthGoingZax, Thanks. Its been quite a welcome;) I've been doing kegels like a woman possessed. I do them all the time. Once while watching telly, I had a look of such intense concentration that DH asked me if I had to go to the loo.
I must ask something since we are all being so frank here. Is it normal that DH really annoys me? Ever since I got pregnant I'm just so angry with him.

Oh dear me. I just realised that by the time I have to have the CS I won't be able to do my own wax! I cannot believe this didn't strike me
In the words of Keith Lemon, I feel like a "dingbat". Good god, DH is going to have have to groom my lady garden. Eeeek.

Dont worry! By the time you give birth, you will have bunch of grapes piles and varicose veins as well as a hairy arse crack! But it will be fine, because A/ you wont be able to see them by then
B/ You will be having a baby, and you really wont care!

Seriously though, it really doenst matter. Nobody will be remotely bothered.

Can I recommend a slicker brush for DH. It smooths and removes tangles in one smooth action.

"Dont worry! By the time you give birth, you will have bunch of grapes piles and varicose veins as well as a hairy arse crack!"

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. Kill me now.

"Can I recommend a slicker brush for DH. It smooths and removes tangles in one smooth action."

You have a mean streak ;)

No advice, just this: You won't be worried about it when you have your second child, so don't worry about it now.

Im sorry, I dont really mean it. honestly, Ive given birth twice, and not even noticed I had a hairy arse crack! Nobody mentioned it! And really dont worry about the birth. You will be so wrapped up in the moment, the sky could fall in and you wouldnt notice. Ive done it twice, and I would give my right arm to do it again.

Saggyoldclothcatpuss Really? All the women I know say "Thank god we never have to do it again!"
Besides, if I were having a VB I could have understood being wrapped up in the moment. With a planned CS (even though I wanted it) it seems like one has so much idle time! You aren't focusing on contractions or pushing so I assumed there would be more time to think about what the people in the theatre can see. I suppose it doesn't matter, though! I'm going to take everyone's advice and relax:)

Honestly. Im 36, DCs are 15 and 12. Id love another baby. Sometimes the urge is overwhelming! Im sure even if you have a CS, you will still be far to busy with whats going on to care!
And you know what they say, its whats on the inside that really matters,... and they will be far too busy looking at your internal workings to worry about your external ones!