Totally do. I remember there was an episode of Oprah where an OBGYN complained about how many women do not!!
ETA - like wipe yourself, not talking about hair!!!
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Most def!!! I don't know what I'm going to do latter half of pregnancy!
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I assumed they would just be used to that. But I do. I didn't when I was super pregnant though.
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Yes! In fact, I get way more cleaned up for the gyn then I ever had for my husband!!
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Yep! I'm always waxed/shaved too!
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@artbee: i think she meant wiping yourself up. not hair or anything?
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@twodoghouse: HAHAH nice....
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@Andrea: Wait, I thought you meant shaving/waxing. Do some people just walk around NOT clean/wiped up in general? Ew!!! And this is why I could never be a doctor (among other reasons, obviously)
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@chopsuey119: I know, he is such a lucky man!
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@twodoghouse: i don't think it had anything to do with hair!! other...yuckies!!!! yuck!
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I always take a shower before going to the doc.
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Yeah, a shower before.
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@Andrea: oops! Yes I clean up, gross!
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Yes! I always go to the bathroom at the office before the exam to make sure I'm super clean.
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I always do!! Wipe AND shave! I managed to shave everything the entire pregnancy, but it did get pretty tricky at the end lol
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hahaha yes.
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I'm so weird about it-- I won't even go to the OB if it's late in the day... always within an hour or 2 after showering... I'm paranoid about that kind of thing...
Also, I make sure to shave my legs before hand... and bring an extra pair of socks if I happen to be wearing flip flops, so my feet aren't all "by the doctors face"... kind of weird I know!
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I definitely do! I like to go to the bathroom when I get there to make sure it's extra clean. I also shave too, and shave my legs.
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I always shower and shave. I shave every time I shower anyways, but I make sure I am extra trimmed up down there. My first OB appointment (when I was 17) I sprayed perfume down there!
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I thought everyone "freshened up" down there before an OB visit! I don't mean hair just basic stuff!
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@Andrea: Yep, I do! Also remember that episode. The doctor was Filipina and they were taking about douching, but she was like PLEASE CLEAN UP DOWN THERE, it smells!
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I take a shower and I trim down there. Wait... There are people who don't wipe???!!??
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I'm so confused here - there are people who walk around NOT clean? Like, NOT wiped up? Eeww?!?!
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EW - who the heck doesn't wipe? so grossed out..
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@Clementine: omg. well, i have never gone so far as douching....did she tell women to douche as well???
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@Clementine: Wait, I thought we were specifically told NOT to douche by many doctors, especially before PAP smear...
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@Andrea: @Clementine: my OB says not to douche! how weird that different drs recommend such different things! confusingg
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@sorrycharlie: yeah, i have read in magazines not to douche!
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no no....the Oprah episode was talking NOT TO DOUCHE but then then Filipina doctor was like I'm an OB, plz wash down there it smells!
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@Clementine: hehe. ok, that is what i remembered! it was hilarious!!
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@Clementine: ohh LOL ..kind of sad that she has to tell people to just wash up!
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I don't do any extra cleaning. Just shower in the morning and regular wiping when I use the restroom. Do you ladies use a wet nap or something to clean yourself before the appointment?
My coworker told me a story of a girl she knew who thought she had sprayed one of those vaginal perfumes before her GYN appointment. It turned out to be her daughters glitter hair spray. lol
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@mrskc: hahaha! Just a wet nap if I cannot shower beforehand.
LMAO about the glitter!!!! Did she go to the doc like that?
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@mrskc: OMG. Glitter?
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I give myself an extra wipe while waiting for the doctor! Lol
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Yeah she went to the doc like that! She said the doc made a comment like, "well this is special" LMAO! She didn't realize it was glitter until after her appointment.
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@mrskc: oh that's brilliant... The things doctors see!!
Definitely shower before each appt, and trim hair too. Clearly a bit of hair isn't going to freak them out, if they've to see people who are actually dirty! Yuck yuck yuck!
Minor thread jacking here- anyone's hair seem to be growing way faster down there while pregnant? My leg hair has slowed to a crawl, so it's a little confusing! -
@mrskc: omg, mortifying!! i would have changed doctors after that one.
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