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When it comes to waxing for childbirth, those videos of foreign births, natural with a swollen vagina for birth and full of pubic hair without even being trimmed for the occasion, come to mind. This is completely normal in countries with a culture of keeping it as natural as possible, but I also think it is because it is a bit complicated to shave alone at this stage. However, for Brazilian women this can be a completely different conversation!
In the country where the super-dipped bikini lives in fashion, waxing is famous for being super up-to-date and well-dug, often without any hair in the intimate area to give the air of grace. However, not all women experience hair removal so intensely.
Types of Hair Removal
The types of hair removal are varied and completely different for each woman. There are those who like to shave with a professional experienced in waxing hot wax. There are also those who do daily waxing with cold wax at home, or use the famous “razor blade” to get rid of hair.
Also suitable devices for the process like the electric epilator that promises to remove the hair by the root. However, waxing for childbirth is a separate matter. We must remember that pregnant women should not use certain hair removal techniques , such as laser with continuous or pulsating light and even depilatory creams .
Ideal Hair Removal For Each Type of Childbirth
Epilation for normal delivery is not essential. As we see in several videos on the internet, regardless of whether your hair removal is up to date or not, delivery will happen without any major problems. However for personal hygiene and also visual, repairing epilation can be adopted, this removes the excess around the groin and trims the longest hairs.
If you are unable or unsure of doing it yourself (the tummy can be very disruptive) you will have to ask for help from a professional or even from your husband. From the husband? YEA! In the maternity ward, and on the three occasions that I had a baby, it was common for women to say that their husband helped with epilation for childbirth !
Believe it or not, it is a constant account even today in the conversation with the new mothers. Some experts do not recommend total waxing or even the most dug, so talk to your doctor what should be done if you want a normal delivery.
Hair Removal For Cesarean Section
What about epilation for cesarean delivery? This requires greater care, since the cut of the surgery will be done in a region full of hair like the bikini line. Doctors and nurses used to preparing women for cesarean delivery, say that a lower waxing of the bikini line , close to the beginning of the division of the labia majora, is sufficient for delivery.
However, if you want to take more hair than this region is possible, but it is not entirely necessary. Epilation for childbirth can be done with hot, cold wax, dressers or even razors. Total hair removal is not necessary, it is at the discretion of the pregnant woman.
When to Epilate
Epilation should be done up to 2 days after delivery with hot or cold wax. This is because the follicles that remain open due to the removal of hair can cause the accumulation of bacteria that will occasionally bring some type of problems in childbirth.
Hair removal with blades should be done on the same day of the procedure, because the hair growth is very fast with this type of epilation for childbirth. It is important to remember that in case of cesarean section, epilation can be performed at the time of the procedure, trichotomy is not exactly a depilation, but a way to clean the area to be performed the surgery .
Some salons have refused to do total hair removal in the last weeks of pregnancy due to a myth that has emerged, that the sudden removal of hair would anticipate labor, but there is no exact relationship between the two. It is only advisable to avoid repeated skin pulling. So this is it, if you don’t want to look like a closed jungle during delivery, the minimum to do is to trim the hair very short, but the choice is yours (less in cases of cesarean section where epilation is necessary). However, total hair removal is optional.
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My name is Dr. Alexis Hart I am 38 years old, I am the mother of 3 beautiful children! Different ages, different phases 16 years, 12 years and 7 years. In love with motherhood since always, I found it difficult to make my dreams come true, and also some more after I was already a mother.
Since I imagined myself as a mother, in my thoughts everything seemed to be much easier and simpler than it really was, I expected to get pregnant as soon as I wished, but it wasn’t that simple. The first pregnancy was smooth, but my daughter’s birth was very troubled. Joana was born in 2002 with a weight of 2930kg and 45cm, from a very peaceful cesarean delivery but she had already been born with congenital pneumonia due to a broken bag not treated with antibiotics even before delivery.
