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emmakate
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Topic: waxing the girly bits... Posted: 30 June 2008 at 3:19pm |
hey all.
i just made an appointment to get a brazilian wax next week... i had them regularly until i got pregnant with my daughter (wow that's a while ago now...) so know what i'm in for...i think...!!!
my question is to those who have had them during pregnancy...how did it go? i've heard all the horror stories of dodgy comments from the 'waxer' to the 'waxee' about the appearance of their vaginas... hmmmm.
pretty much i'm super nervous now i've made the appointment and need some reassurance!!!
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Natalie_G
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 3:24pm |
I have never had a wax down there, but considering it near when bub is due, just to make it look hmmm nice lol sounds werid but oh well, and since I wont be able to see down there cant do it myself.
Let me know how you get on, will be interesting.
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 3:30pm |
It will be interesting.....even though I cant offer any reassurance.....please let us know how it was.
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emmakate
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 3:34pm |
okay...i'll take one for the team and do it!!!... will keep you posted! eeeeeek!!!
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 3:57pm |
This is a funny one, I care what I look like 'down there' my friends think I'm nuts. I can't wait til I can trim my own bikini line and shave my legs again!
I'll be getting my partner to have a go with the bikini line trimmer soon but no way will I be getting a brazilian OUCH!!!
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 4:06pm |
I still had them whilst pregnant  *hoping no OB girls that know me read this*
Anyway it wasn't bad and I had been going to the same women since before falling preg and she was great about it PLUS she had to be, if she said anything mean I probably would have got up and smacked her one  I was a grumpy preggy lady.
It will be fine trust me! The waxers do it for preggy ladies all the time  Good luck chicky
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 4:22pm |
yah let us know- will be interesting- ive always wondered what our bits were suposed to look like at birth- i didnt know if we were supposed to be bare, natural or wat! so for my first i went for the in-between look -trimmed!
which was very wierd as im usually bare! (TMI)
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 4:29pm |
Hey emmakate, I'm much earlier in my pg than you (so not sure if that makes a difference with comments from the waxing lady!) but I kept my waxing appointment last week and it didn't hurt (any more than usual) and the "waxer" knew I was pg so maybe she didn't dare make any comments
I always figured, they have seen it all before so why comment. But a friend of mine was telling me once how her waxing lady commented on how "young" she looks ...??!?!?!? WTF? Weird.
Good luck with your wax! I'm sure it will be fine.
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 4:48pm |
he he ha ha...I always wondered how my bits should look at birth...and like MrsHouse I was trimmed......funny but my DD never came out that way!
With this one I too am wondering what I should do...however I never wax my bits before...sounds painful!!
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 5:02pm |
Roksana wrote:
he he ha ha...I always wondered how my bits should look at birth...and like MrsHouse I was trimmed......funny but my DD never came out that way!
With this one I too am wondering what I should do...however I never wax my bits before...sounds painful!!  |
Hehe my daughter never came out that way either lol
I think its easier to errm maintain after birth if there is no hair there JMO
Also the pain isn't that bad, well the first time it's a lil bad but after that its all good
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 5:12pm |
okay... good to know i have cheerleaders now.... i really can't back out!!!
same as the girls above my last pregnancy i kept myself trimmed up.. but this time i am going to experiment!!
i'll just remember to *breathe*....
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 5:14pm |
I'm a beautician and waxing should be fine. Just uncomfortable lol
Some beauticians won't wax that late in pregnancy if you havent been getting them done regularly. But I'm sure you would have mentioned that at appointment time.
Also the size of some ladies (which im sure your not as you didnt mention this) can cause a bit of a problem while pregnant. For example a lady who is overweight already (esp with an overhang tummy) needs to help make the skin taught for the waxing,,,and if they are large with the overhang tummy they need to pull it up and push (hope you kwim).. in this situation close to EDD it wouldnt be advisable.
Hope this helps :)
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 5:24pm |
hey Nefertiti thanks for the info! i did explain to my beautician lady that i was going to be 38 weeks, (she has just done my facials in the past... now she gets the other end!...ha) she mentioned that it will be a little more "uncomfortable" than usual (..hmmm doctor code for "it's going to f**kin hurt!)
fortunately i'm pretty much just all belly in this pregnancy , and you can access the area (if you know what i mean...)
phew! what an interesting topic this really is!!
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 7:10pm |
I remember during my last prenancy, someone told me to "tidy up"! down there so as not to look like a bush woman!! Didn't get a chance as Leah was born that week, not that she came out that way anyway! This time have trimmed already (while I could still reach...ha ha) and will see how its going closer to the time. Not doing the waxing thing though
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 7:23pm |
I don't get a brazillian but did continue to have a bikini wax during my pregnancy and my last ended up being only 5 days before Jack was born. If I remember the most uncomfortable part was lying on my back.
DH did say after Jack was born that I should have got a brazillian though as it would have been tidier during the birth! I think next time I won't get a brazillian but I will get the clippers out for the "in between" part
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 8:02pm |
I'm a trimming girl, no Brazilians for me.
Doesn't it itch like crazy when it all grows back?  The shave for the cesarean was bad enough!!
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 8:08pm |
Doesn't itch nope....shaving on the other hand does!!! I will continue with the waxing when I'm pregnant, just because I prefer it.
*goes and hides in the corner again*
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 8:11pm |
nah - doesn't itch at all for a brazilian, unless you shave it yourself!
i used to get them regularly before i was pg, but heard that it heaps more now and that combined with a tightening budget has put me off a bit...
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 8:23pm |
Nah it doesn't itch at all growing back T.
I didn't have them done when I was pregnant but done afterwards. But I did however do it myself with a razor before I had the boys.
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Posted: 30 June 2008 at 8:37pm |
I had brazilians throughout both my pregnancies
I thought it hurt a bit more than usual, but didn't have any comments from my therapist. The only thing she said was about how many other pregnant women who had come in lately and new mums with their little bubbas who sat in the capsule while mum had it done. That's where I draw the line - six weeks after the birth and I'm definitely not keen to get another one done yet! Enough pain down there for a while I think!
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