Ladies before your visit with the OBGYN....

This thread is awesome. I was always curious if my Dr. thought I was weird for shaving to see him. I will feel much more comfortable during my next visit knowing that the majority of you all do the same

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- I've been wondering if I should totally grow it out before my upcoming surgery, because I didn't want to be judged or give the surgical team any extra reasons to laugh at me while I'm unconscious. This thread has assured me that nobody cares and it's very common these days . I just had this mental image after the plastics guy told me that he'd be removing the extra skin and fat and then lifting what's left up to the navel area - my bald kitty will not longer be hiding, but what the hell....nothing to worry about.....that's so silly.....I am so going to shave it ...thanks for this thread, kids..... oh, and then the next time I shave I might actually be able to see what I'm doing for the first time in decades.

I always make sure I look "better than average." On average I shave my pits daily and anything else weekly. If it's been longer, I may have a 2nd shave that week to catch the ones I missed. So that means the doc gets shaved pits and up to 3 days' growth everywhere else. It's not a date. It's clean, it doesn't smell bad. I do not mask my natural odors with strong perfumes and lotions, since those are more likely to make me fell unwell, and will also mask anything the doc may be on the lookout (smell-out?) for. If you feel compelled to baby-wipe the hell out of yourself multiple times a day, there may be something actually wrong, and you haven't allowed your doc to catch it. I actually asked her once about shaving, and she said it's totally a personal choice. "If you like it better with less hair, then by all means shave or trim. Don't use soap, and make sure you rinse well."
Pedicure, pumice, special lotions? Heck no. If my feet don't stink and I wouldn't be mortified for anyone else to see them, they don't have to look special for her! But the clothes get folded semi-neatly onto a chair with the underwear either tucked into the pants or between. The bra also between. It's only because I'd get incredibly grossed out if they slid off the chair and touched the floor. (Aww damn. There's _my_ oddball obsession.)

LOL no. I'm not wasting my freshly shaved snatch on a speculum.

lol I do the same thing :laugh:

i do the same thing the OP does

Ummmm.... seriously? Hair is normal, and it's your DOCTOR! Do you really think that it's something they care about?

Nope, but it's something I care about. I don't want my vag looking like a hobo

LOL!!! EXACTLY!

hey - while we are at it...

http://jezebel.com/5900928/your-vagina-isnt-just-too-big-too-floppy-and-too-hairyits-also-too-brown

Nope, but it's something I care about. I don't want my vag looking like a hobo

bahahahahahahahahaha. oh my gosh. you just made my day.

Viewpoint from the person on the OTHER side of the speculum....we don't care if you have hair (sometimes we have to tell people to stop shaving because of the terrible razer burn they are getting) and to the person with the piercings-we never say anything but I personally was impressed when I saw my first one lol

LMAO.. haha!

I have the very same routine. Shave and hide the clothes.. i have no idea why?

My theory (for what that's worth) about the 'hide the clothes' behavior: is that it must be an atavistic trait (something a species does that made sense for early humans, but is no longer needed). You know, it's like cats burying their little gifts in the litter box). Why and when prehistoric women needed to hide their undies and bras - that I can NOT figure out...

They were made of plant leaves so I take it they weren't far from cat gifts after being worn for a while...so maybe females did burry them?

Meh, I don't shave. I get really bad razor burn when I shave, and after a couple days when the hair starts growing back, it gets horribly horribly itchy.

I do hide my bra and panties between my shirt and pants though. :P

haha this is how i am. i might trim, but that's it.

have to hide the bra and panties though. :laugh: i thought i was the only one that did that!

I don't even get dolled up for the bf anymore...

The gyno is another story, only see him once a year, gotta get all decked out! Wax, shave and don my cutest socks. Early am appts only and no food before because I'd have to die via speculum if I ever farted in that situation... you can never be too careful with a fart!

Does anyone still have an old school doctor that insists on sticking a thumb up the *kitten* and finger in the vagina??

Those were really the good ol' days...

ummm nooo!? You sure he wasn't giving you an "Extra"? What the hell!?

bahahaha. im so glad im not the only one who does that. i always shave. but make sure its extra taken care of. and hide my bra and panties in between my top and pants lol

So in the USA you go once a year? In the UK we are like every 3 years. And yes, I hide my undies in my shoe!

If it's normal, it's every 3 years. If it's not, then it depends on your provider to make that call.

I decided about 35 yrs ago that men have no business in this specific field of medicine. In a better, smarter world only women doctors would enter gynecology as a specialty, because I think it empowers women to speak to other women about these things... why the h*** do male doctors want to be doing pap smears and delivering babies?

This kind of attitude is ridiculous. It's the same logic that says that women have no place in traditionally male fields...."what business do women have being in the military (or police, or fire)." So much for a gender-neutral society.

My regular doctor's male. He's never made me feel uncomfortable, and I'm sure he takes pride in delivering babies. I've dealt with a female ob-gyn before and found her to be less personable, but that's one experience.

Yes, these stereotypes are really harmful. If you don't want a male OBGYN, fine, but don't say that men should not be allowed in the field. Would you say that female doctors shouldn't deal with men's health issues like prostatitis, etc. or that men shouldn't become nurses? It's ignorant. I'm sorry to be rude but that's the truth.