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I was hairless when I delivered! Good thing too since Dh took pics of Lo coming out of my vagina! (am I allowed to use the v word here?) haha

I'll probably trim before giving birth. If I can't see down there, I don't want to take a razor anywhere near the under parts!! Oh and I've never been waxed down there and never plan to.... I was reading my Mayo Clinic book last night and passed by a topic on shaving. Someone asked if they shave you for birth. Essentially the book said, they have seen it all so don't worry about it. What matters most is that little baby coming out of there.

I got a brazilian two or three weeks before delivery, and liked the fact that I felt like it was less gross and messy when I was all bloody and leaking for the first week or two after having the baby.

Clearly I am a different generation as I don't get the absolute dusgust of pubic hair. God forbid you should look like a woman who has passed through puberty.

Anyway, I digress. I don't think the hospital staff care one way or the other. I trimmed before, basically the same as I had through pregnancy. I'm fairly sure my OB wasn't grossed out.(especially as OB's don't generally recommend brazilians). He didn't care that I pooped so I'm sure some hair wasn't an issue

I seem to be allergic to most every type of wax going so that's out, and we mustn't use depilatory creams in case chemicals get into bloodstream, (stoopid restrictions) and I think the itch would drive me insane if the shave fell more than 24 hours pre-hospital, so I think a nice tight trim will just have to do. They're going to see poo, blood, tears, snot probably, so I think some hair won't kill them:)

I'll probably trim or keep it natural. I've shaved down there before and it was nice until the hair started coming in. Yup, I don't think it's worth it... all that itching! Haha. Good thing, the DH doesn't like it all shaven down there.

@cupcakemama: i'm only 23, and i don't get it either! i want to look like a woman--not a 10 year old! i don't get the whole hairless trend... but to each her own.

i figure, everyone in there will be seeing you split in two and pooping, so why bother? maybe a trim up for sanitation purposes, but are you really worried about how it looks to the doctors and nurses?

I have a trimmer at home--I can't see what I'm doing anymore, but I can't hurt myself doing it either. It's not the most even, but it's less itchy for me than au natural.

Also, the doctors and nurses have seen it all. I actually had my OB/GYN several years ago practically yell at me for shaving because it was giving me little red bumps which might become ingrown hairs and could lead to infection--so the doctors/nurses might appreciate au natural more than anything else.

i usually trim, but honestly, i can't see anything down there and i don't want to cut myself.

I couldn't see anything but shaved by feel. My midwife told me that it was fine to trim but be careful to leave your perineum au natural because if you tear and need repairs the last thing you want is for it to be itchy for the time you can't shave while everything heals in that area.