In the aftermath of giving birth, there are probably few things further from your mind than the state of your pubic hair.
I mean, after having just heaved a human baby out from the same region, whether your “hair down there” is…groomed, or not is probably the least of your worries, right?
Especially since, you’d assume, anyone medically involved in delivering babies would have seen it all.
Well thanks to a forum thread on UK site Mumsnet, as it turns out, one woman’s immediate post-birth experience involved an actual conversation about the state of her pubic hair.
…With the midwives, as they were stitching her second degree tear.
Yes, you read that correctly, and yes, we are not the only ones horrified by it.
The bush is back! Post continues after video.
Posting on a thread in which women were discussing bikini waxing and shaving, the mother wrote:
“The MWs who stitched up my 2nd degree tear were both discussing my “full head” and how unusual it was these days and my women’s health physio said the same.”
Umm, what?
Firstly; is it really that unusual? And secondly; WHY WERE THEY EVEN DISCUSSING IT?!
Fellow posters were equally as shocked by her admission, with one responding: “I hope you told all three of them to shut the f*ck up and then reported them to their superiors?”
“Agree, it’s not on for them to comment,” another added.
While the woman didn’t add anything further to her original comment, others piped up, continuing to comment on the sheer unprofessionalism of all the midwives and physio.
“Holy crap, did they come out with that or did you prompt the comments? If you didn’t, they were seriously unprofessional to make those comments even if they don’t offend you!” one said.
Another added what some of us might be thinking: “OMG I’m due no.2 in April and I will be mortified if the MW starts discussing my full bush!!”
While another simply said: “How completely inappropriate.”
Indeed.
Top Comments
Who the hell cares about that stuff when you're ready to pop?? I'd always shaved, mostly for myself. I've been single for a long time and I still do it. But at that point, you can't even REACH down there to take care of it, and who, that heavily pregnant, really wants to lie down to get a wax? Come on, ladies, let's stop this crap
I remember being wheeled into theatre to be delivered of my first. I had endured 67 hours of labour since my waters broke. Hadn’t slept. Had ended up with an epidural and had passed out for a few hours. I clearly remember hearing the staff discussing amongst themselves “is she shaved?” as I was being wheeled. I had been very particular to do all that myself during my pregnancy and to keep things trim. I was horrified but then almost all of the hospital experience horrified me. To be fair, I would imagine stitching someone up who is hair free is probably easier and a better result. They wouldn’t be able to stitch cleanly if there was a huge forest of hair. Because you need to be able to see what you’re doing. They would shave the woman I would expect if they are having to stitch and there is a mass of hair there.
If by 'delivered' you mean via Caesarean, they don't care about the state of the labia, rather the incision site which needs to be shaved prior to surgery. An infection from a stray pube isn't ideal. They would have been discussing it as they'd need to get razors etc. If you had a 'full bush' they still would have only shaved the incision site, anywhere else would be unnecessary and inappropriate.