Sep 20

“A Moderate Bikini Wax Or Shave Can Keep Things Clean and Fresh Down There…”

“A moderate bikini wax or shave can keep things clean and fresh ‘down there.’ This is one of the best pieces of advice you will get before delivery.” -OB on her website, advertising her “spa services” for expectant and postpartum women

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Kat had this to say, Sep 20, 2009 @ 10:26 am (Quote)

I saw this posted elsewhere. My first reaction was “If that is THE BEST advice you have about birthing, honey you are in the wrong line of work.”

We haven’t forced a shave on laboring women in decades, it’s no longer hospital standard procedure because *evidence based* care showed shaving during labor could actually cause infection, and does not prevent it.

I have never had a desire to wax or shave, and the state of my pubic hair was really not the first thing on my mind while I was bringing my children into the world. Maybe I am just odd that way, but based on conversations I have with my fellow moms, I don’t think I am THAT unusual.

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Dou-la-la had this to say, Sep 20, 2009 @ 10:32 am (Quote)

Oh THANK YOU for sharing this bit of balderdash. Are we allowed to identify the source, since it’s public anyway? (I was about to say who it was, but then thought there might be restrictions & didn’t want to get you in trouble.)

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My OB said WHAT?!? had this to say, Sep 20, 2009 @ 10:39 am (Quote)

@ Dou-la-la If you want to comment and include the source in your cmoments, go ahead! though do you really want to drive traffic to the person who has this on their website!

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A had this to say, Sep 20, 2009 @ 11:10 pm (Quote)

While I did find that a trim downstairs helped me feel cleaner with the lochia and all, I’d have felt TERRIBLE in the first week postpartum without SOME pubic hair – it was a nice buffer against water when I showered. I was so incredibly sensitive and sore, what with having two labial tears and having had a catheter twice, once during labour and once postpartum. I’d rather have lochia in my pubes than have hot water painfully hitting my sensitive parts…

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Naomi had this to say, Sep 21, 2009 @ 4:52 am (Quote)

It is the woman who is on ‘The Doctors’ TV show who also encourages you to not take any responsiblity for your own birth but to give it to her (and all OB’s)

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Jill--Unnecesarean had this to say, Sep 22, 2009 @ 2:46 pm (Quote)

Ah, yes. The “medical spa.” http://bit.ly/3rqEe

I wonder how long before (or if) the wording gets changed on that site.

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yep had this to say, Nov 20, 2009 @ 11:08 am (Quote)

ummm….everyone should shave

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Kat Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 1:39 pm (Quote)

Why “should” everyone shave?

To deal with razor burn, ingrown hairs, and rashes on their pubic area? No thanks.

To be “cleaner” then, perhaps? I have soap and water, they’ve worked fine for me for over 30 years to get me clean. If you felt the need, I am sure you could even use shampoo on the rug as well as the drapes, if you know what I mean.

To “look nicer?” What is it about reverting my pubic area to a pre-pubescent hairless state that makes it “nicer” than the womanly appearance of having pubic hair? Perhaps some women or men find it preferable, but removing the pubic hair is certainly not so vitally important that *everyone* absolutely should do it, even if they don’t want to.

I don’t get it.

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Molly Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 2:54 pm (Quote)

I’ve always thought it was a bit sick that some men like women to be without pubic hair. Do they really want us to look like we are 6 years old? Something not right about that.
Im lucky my husband can appreciate a woman who keeps her body natural.

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Aunt4God Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 2:51 pm (Quote)

I’ve seen information on other websites that shaving down there before birth can open you up for infections afterwards as well. When you shave you get tiny, tiny little cuts and openings that can get infected. No thanks, don’t want to deal w/that on top of recovery and takign care of my new little one. I tried shaving down there a couple times, and it’s so much upkeep, and hurts and itches when it grows back. Ick! And who’s gonna see me there other than my hubby? My OB? I’m sure they’ve seen so many in many different states of care that my hair is not gonna shock them.

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Molly had this to say, Dec 9, 2009 @ 12:46 pm (Quote)

Was this OB trained in, like, 1950? Did she also advocate douching with bleach?
Gimme a break. If thats her best advice before delivery, I’d say she’s qualified to be a beautician, not an OB.

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