pubic topiary maintenance

[ladycarlotta]

I'm 26 weeks now and usually keep my pubes trimmed, but it's getting harder and harder to reach/see with the bump in the way. Is there any solution to this? Feel a bit weird asking DP to do it for me. I don't like having a full bush but I also don't like being absolutely hairless - nevertheless I'm tempted to just get everything waxed off periodically for maintenance purposes.

Are there any tricks I'm missing here?

Not easy is it. I have a big mirror in my bathroom and just do what I can lol. X

Also don’t like a bush - I just go for it in the shower with a razor and lots of shaving foam. It’s not as tidy as I’d like but it’s better than nothing.

I just get my hubby to do mine it’s much easier that way 😀😀

I'm currently 33 weeks and have resorted to using Veet. Trimmed everything very short then used it for the prescribed 10 mins...it didn't take everything off straight away but I applied it again a few days later (they recommend leaving it 72hrs between uses) and now I just keep on top of it

I have some haircutting scissors. I VERY carefully feel with them and trim it that way.

DH tells me it ends up a little patchy but it does the job!

Thanks all! So I think the consensus is just do what you can and risk a patchy Catweazle finish? Veet is quite a good idea @pumpkinspice22 - the regrowth from that tends to be better for me than waxing.

@Stephisaur - snap!

I'm going to let DP attack it with his beard trimmer soon. I figure he's going to see much worse than that shortly!

Why can’t you do it in a mirror?

Hi @ladycarlotta! I get sugaring done and find it lasts much better than waxing. I get 4-5 weeks out of it.

This is definitely the time to pay a professional!

I tried veet and Jesus Christ the burn 😭!
I’m 34 weeks and I just go for it with a razor now and hope for the best, it’s not perfect but good enough 🙈

Another vote here for Veet! I use that around the edges and then trim the hairs in the middle as best I can by feel. I don’t think the end result looks brilliant but I feel cleaner this way than having loads of hair there!

oh god, the idea of blades around my nethers at this delicate time freaks me out no end. I do clipper but have had a few - lol - close shaves lately. Veet, waxing or sugaring feel a bit more reassuring. It's time to spoil myself, dammit, I'll get a professional to pull all my hair out at the roots.

@racecardriver very mumsnet delivery, thanks. I think I'd need a system of mirrors to see round the bump tbh and suspect it would be more complicated than just going in blind.

Ah, that sounds unfortunate. Maybe if you go into a waxing place you could pay them to just trim it?

I gave up the shaving game when I got to about 7 months. It did mean a midwife had to shave me before my emergency c section, which was interesting!

Ugh I'm 32 weeks and tried to prune the bush the other week. Went in shower and done it blind just by touch, felt like I'd done a good job till I got out and looked in the mirror...I'm now the proud owner of a mowhawk

I gave up. I decided I was in enough pain from being pregnant, the last thing I needed was more pain or itching. Then I gave birth and my pubic hairstyle was the least of my worries with regard to what it looked like down there!

I did no maintenance before DD was born (usually use a men's beard trimmer so just keep things tidy) and I regretted it hugely. Keeping things clean with that much bush (about 12 weeks of growth) was really hard. I remember freaking out in my first shower thinking I had stitches everywhere, and realised later it was actually hair matted with blood opting for an ELCS for DC2 but keeping on top of bush maintenance to make postpartum easier!

@pumpkinspice22 veet? Does that stop irritating regrowth or do you still get that. I've gone wild during the later half of pregnancy because I just can't bare the thought of being huge, in pain, hot, and itchy and uncomfortable and was planning to get a professional wax prior to birth but just dawned on me getting an appointment in a salon on December might be a big ask

@smellsofelderberries argh where's the screaming emoji?! I hadn't even considered post-partum fallout. That's reason to maintain if ever I heard one.

@FirstTimeBumps one of the reasons I never bother shaving everything off is the horrendous regrowth and ingrown hairs I get from it. In my experience that hasn't been a problem with Veet, but then I've never used it on the whole thing.

@FirstTimeBumps not as much of a problem with regrowth as waxing. I'm too much of a wimp to bother with waxing in general, and I hear it's a lot more painful whilst pregnant due to increased sensitivity (because of increased blood volume? )