Waxing

[Boglin]

Can you get your fanjo waxed whilst heavily pregnant? I would quite like a tidy up before baby comes and I can't reach or see well enough to tackle it myself. I have had waxes in the past but not for some time so I imagine it will be quite sting-y. Do they hurt more when you're pregnant? I have something in the back of my mind saying the skin is thinner as well and don't want anything to rip (saving that for the birth!). Are there any rules on which waxes you can have, ie bikini is fine, hollywood is not?

I have a regular wax (im 16 weeks) and it does hurt a little than usual but nothing too bad. I have a full bikini line and leg wax, and it's fine. :) It all just depends on you and what you can put up with. Speak with the beautician and ask for your peace of mind, i did

I had a "normal" bikini and leg wax at 29 and 34 weeks, I usually epilate but reached the stage where I couldn't see what I was doing anymore! I'm booked in again for next week and I've just turned 39 weeks. The therapist is an old friend who has children herself and hasn't expressed any concerns - she does get me to lie in slightly different positions as the normal ones aren't always so comfortable when you're pregnant. I've not noticed it hurts any more than I would have expected it to !

Hi just to add yes I waxed up until about 35 weeks..I'm 38 weeks now :) I did find it more painful though..so plenty of soothing moisturiser kept in the fridge and that helped!

I had a bikini wax a few days before my section when preg with DD, thought this would be helpful on the day as it would give theatre midwife one less thing to do but I've read that you're not actually supposed to in case you get an ingrown hair which causes a post op infection! So will have to ask what to do this time.

Don't remember the pain being abnormally bad though.

I've just started getting bikini waxes done - the hormones have made things go crazy down there - and I found the first one absolutely fine. No worse than getting my eyebrows done. Got another appointment booked for tomorrow (23 weeks) and will continue up until the birth probably.

This place has a blog post on pregnancy here

Thanks all, I can't decide what to do for the best. My whole undercarriage feels quite achey and sore so I don't know if a wax would make it worse. And I am prone to ingrown hairs so that could be an issue. It's not likely I will need a c section but you never know I suppose! I'll pop into my local salon and speak to them and see what they say. If its a no go I could see if DH will immac it for me.

As a midwife I'd say it was pretty rare to see a fully fury fanjo these days so it must be bearable!

*reikizen - Only if you see it on second time mums and know they were waxed first time. Otherwise it might just be proof that by the time they realised it hurt like buggery it was half off and too late to turn back.

My sister somehow persuaded me to let her wax me with those at home strips you can buy. She put one on me and I suddenly realised the implications of what was about to happen and freaked out! Anyway, it had to come off and while it did hurt a little more than usual it wasn't too bad. What did happen though was loads of the blood vessels burst and it looked like I had been punched!!! This was about 3 weeks ago and I can't see down there so not sure if it's gone! I'm getting induced on Monday so I'm booked for a Brazilian on tomorrow.

I'm planning one too pre-birth while I still actually care about such things, and any extra pain I will put down to 'preparation' for the pain that is to come

Two words ladies... Hot wax.

It's different to the usual strip wax. They put loads of warm wax on you, then once it's dried they rip it off!

It's not even half as painful as a strip wax, a full Hollywood takes no more than 5 minutes and the results are better and last longer too.

Thank me later ;-)

Snaveanator agreed, much more pleasant experience, but for me it took about 20 mins and I'm not very hairy...

DontBeBlueBeARainbow oh gosh really? Where I get mine done the lady covers the entire area and rips it all off with 6 rips, then moves on to the east dignifying part! Considering I'm mixed Arab and Mediterranean, well, you can only imagine how bad it gets down there!

Snaveanator oh wow, that sounds like a good strategy. My therapist tends do put it on strip by strip, so you're waiting for each to cool a little while, all the while with your pants off - it was mad the first time but got used to it, haha