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Contributor: tigerkate tigerkate
A while ago I was actually talking with a friend about this! I was curious.. and she had been a nurse with an OBGYN. She said that it didn't matter, shaved waxed trimmed or natural! She mentioned how they see women 8mos pregnant, who are probably not going to be able to easily groom

Personally, I normally end up grown out just a little. It's a weird coincidence I've noticed. I guess the no-sex 24 hours before I see my gyno most times makes me less inclined to shave for a few days before.
10/04/2010
Contributor: VampKitty VampKitty
I shave it all of every now and again, but since my bf isn't around right now, I don't shave it often. My hair grows back very quickly so I tend to just keep it trimmed. I prefer it that way.

My gyno doesn't comment about it. He's the most well known gyno where I like when not at school, and has been practicing for over 20 years(I believe). So I'm sure he's seen the style preferred change with the generations.
10/08/2010
Contributor: Danielle1220 Danielle1220
I let it grow back just a little. I had a female gyn doc give me a speech about it once, so i've had male gyn's since.
10/12/2010
Contributor: missmandy27 missmandy27
Honestly, it depends on if I have time to shave. If I don't, it doesn't bother me. It's my doctor, not my boyfriend and I have no reason to impress her. I think as long as you keep yourself clean and shower before your visit, hair or no hair your doctor won't care.
10/13/2010
Contributor: onehotmomma onehotmomma
I have never actually thought about it until I read this post lol. Next time I go to the dr. though, It will be in the back of my mind.
10/15/2010
Contributor: Serendipity Serendipity
One time I felt shy because it was a young (like just out of school young) male doctor and I hadn't shaved my legs in a long while. I felt self-conscious until he said his girlfriend doesn't either and he doesn't mind it.
10/15/2010
Contributor: socceras socceras
Quote:
Originally posted by Sammi
I was curious, since a lot of people shave or trim their private area, judging from a previous poll. When you schedule your visit for your yearly exam/physical, do you let it grow back before you go in?

Discuss why or why not below, if ... more
idk what the reason would be to let it grow back
10/18/2010
Contributor: VanillaFreeSex VanillaFreeSex
be yourself! besides, they've dealt with things that are hard to deal with. I seriously doubt a smoothly shaved pussy is hard to deal with or upsetting or shocking in anyway.

on the other hand , I had a nurse tell me an ER story once about the opposite. a patient that was ALL natural in a very bushy way. (ya so much for HIPPA)

i worry more about my legs not being shaved. (ER trip where i heard the above story)
01/14/2011
Contributor: Cowboyssweetie Cowboyssweetie
i let it grow naturally
01/14/2011
Contributor: BadassFatass BadassFatass
I just go at whatever stage of growth or smoothness I happen to be at. If my doctor has nothing better to worry about than my pubic hair, she's got some issues.
01/17/2011
Contributor: brandalynn brandalynn
I figure if they are a gyno, male or female, they have likely been in the business long enough to see every type of pussy. I keep mine shaved and never had a doctor comment. When I was pregnant, it was too difficult to shave and the nurse ended up shaving me for delivery anyhow. I kept thanking her for saving me the trouble.
01/22/2011
Contributor: kawigrl kawigrl
don't usually change my habits i just go in for the exam
01/22/2011
Contributor: lamira lamira
I shave it before my exam. It's cleaner and I don't want my doctor to try to find my vagina in that forest of hair.
01/22/2011
Contributor: A Good Girl A Good Girl
I'll usually let it grow a week or so, but it's still pretty obvious I shave. No one has ever said anything to me.
01/25/2011
Contributor: PussyGalore PussyGalore
My doctor schedules paps on certain days of the week and it's always on my date night so I'm usually shaved. Even if it weren't my date night, I would probably go in shaved. I have a couple of freckles really close to my labia and inner thighs and I think he needs to be able to see them and I also think it gives him a better look at any irritation or anything else that might be going on. I have ridiculously sensitive skin - my shoe rubs my toe the wrong way and I get dermititis on my big toe, that kind of thing. He has never made a comment about it nor have any of the nurses. I think they realize it's the in thing to do these days.
01/25/2011
Contributor: LavenderSkies LavenderSkies
Quote:
Originally posted by Sammi
I was curious, since a lot of people shave or trim their private area, judging from a previous poll. When you schedule your visit for your yearly exam/physical, do you let it grow back before you go in?

Discuss why or why not below, if ... more
Whatever it looks like for that day, I roll with. I don't really mind how they see me.
01/26/2011
Contributor: CS2012 CS2012
Quote:
Originally posted by Sammi
I was curious, since a lot of people shave or trim their private area, judging from a previous poll. When you schedule your visit for your yearly exam/physical, do you let it grow back before you go in?

Discuss why or why not below, if ... more
No, I keep it shaved and don't worry about it.
01/31/2011
Contributor: Mlee Mlee
When i go to the doctor i make it a point to shave before i go
01/31/2011
Contributor: GoodMorningSunshine GoodMorningSunshine
Quote:
Originally posted by Sammi
I was curious, since a lot of people shave or trim their private area, judging from a previous poll. When you schedule your visit for your yearly exam/physical, do you let it grow back before you go in?

Discuss why or why not below, if ... more
It's really funny to see this because usually I'm pretty lax about shaving regularly. When it gets close to an exam time, though, I make absolutely sure that I'm bald. I wasn't aware people felt differently! I thought I'd get funny looks if I let my hair grow D:
02/01/2011
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by GoodMorningSunshine
It's really funny to see this because usually I'm pretty lax about shaving regularly. When it gets close to an exam time, though, I make absolutely sure that I'm bald. I wasn't aware people felt differently! I thought I'd get ... more
Nah, doctors and nurses couldn't care less.

I'm a nurse and have worked OBGYN and Post Partum and Maternity. If you are comfortable shaving, go ahead (unless you are pregnant, then you are safer NOT shaving, as shaving opens up micro cuts which can cause infection close to childbirth and can be very dangerous. This is the reason good modern hospitals NEVER shave pubic hair of women in labor and only very carefully shave the bellies of those needing C Sections. This is done only to clear a sterile field because the cleaning solution and plastic sterile wrap placed over the field can pull and tear out women's belly hair.)

Those who work in doctor's offices have seen every kind of pubic hair, and most of us started working when we rarely if ever saw shaven pubic areas, so really it isn't a big deal to anyone in your doctor's office.

"Getting a funny look" for any reason is completely unprofessional of any staff member. In years of working, I have never seen anything "get a funny look" with the exception, until recently, of the doctor giving the nurse a faint raised eyebrow if a woman was shaved. There was a belief, (and in some older doctors there still is) that women who shave are somehow involved in Sex Work. (Strippers, prostitutes, porn models.) It isn't true, but doctors and nurses used to believe it, and some older ones still do.

You aren't doing anyone a "favor" by shaving, but if you are more comfortable, go ahead and do it. It makes no difference to your Health Care Professional.
02/01/2011
Contributor: indiglo indiglo
So funny, I have thought about this before. But I figure they've seen it all. So I just go in as I am - if I've trimmed/shaved recently fine, if it's grown back in a little fine. My dr has never mentioned it or anything. (If it had grown all the way back in all wild and free, I'd definitely trim it back some though.)
02/01/2011
Contributor: indiglo indiglo
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
Nah, doctors and nurses couldn't care less.

I'm a nurse and have worked OBGYN and Post Partum and Maternity. If you are comfortable shaving, go ahead (unless you are pregnant, then you are safer NOT shaving, as shaving opens up micro ... more
Nice to hear that from the voice of experience.
02/01/2011
Contributor: Cream in the Cupcake Cream in the Cupcake
Ive worried about it too. I just go with the flow, which ever length it is. I wont go out of my way to shave just for an exam.
02/02/2011
Contributor: AU AU
I don't really go for exams (save the preaching, I don't know how to tell you I know my risks...). But the time when a doctor did get a good look was when I had a Bartholin's Gland cyst drained. Despite my discomfort, I shaved prior. I know about doctors "not caring" (I realize, though, that they are also are only people...), but I just like to feel well-groomed when going out in general. If people see my face, it's clean and made-up. If someone sees the region of my wobbly-bits, it will also be groomed.
02/02/2011
Contributor: A Closet Slut (aka nipplepeople) A Closet Slut (aka nipplepeople)
It don't care. Come on, it's all "working material" to them
02/05/2011
Contributor: Valentinka Valentinka
I guess, I've never ever worried about that...
02/05/2011
Contributor: Kayla Upside Down Kayla Upside Down
I am very anal about keeping up on my area. I don't care who it's making an appearance for, whether it be DH or the Dr. I keep it shaved all the time. I think I would feel more embarrassed if I went in with my happy zone looking like the jungle...I agree with the other ladies in term of it being like a courtesy as well.
02/05/2011
Contributor: idunshire idunshire
If anything I trim a little more diligently before a doctor's visit...
02/05/2011
Contributor: Miss Jenn Miss Jenn
Quote:
Originally posted by Nashville
I like to keep it trim, I don't want to risk ingrown hairs because I've actually had a gyno chastise me. (Not for shaving but for not having the perfect shave.. and no matter how hard we try it can never be 100% perfect)...


When I ... more
Funny, When I was pregnant and about to go deliver, i shaved anyways. Im like I dont care! I ended up needing a c-section, The operating doc and nurses said "good shave!" while I was laying on the table. They had to cut low on me, and they were gonna have to shave the upper area of the pubic area, and they ended up not having to shave me.. Wooo!! lol
02/07/2011
Contributor: Miss Jenn Miss Jenn
Quote:
Originally posted by Sammi
I was curious, since a lot of people shave or trim their private area, judging from a previous poll. When you schedule your visit for your yearly exam/physical, do you let it grow back before you go in?

Discuss why or why not below, if ... more
The doc has seen everything, and I am pretty sure my ob/gyn has seen many shaved, waxed, trimmed, and probably a few lightening bolts, stars and tattoos down there. I have no need to be scared for her to see my bare floors. lol
02/07/2011