Brazilian Waxing Anyone?

yesterday i took the plunge and got a brazilian waxing from a gal i’d recommend to others.

i’d been thinking about getting one for the longest time, but have always been hesitant after reading posts in blogs and forums from other gals who’ve done it and said thatat it hurt like a mofo.

what made me finally do it was my dh.  he had it done on himself and he said it wasn’t so bad.  but then, that’s what he’d say even if it was.  he doesn’t like to really admit that he’s a wuss.

so, in addition to the brazilian i got my eybrows & upper lip waxed.  the gal worked on these first, and then proceeded to work on the brazilian.

i wasn’t nervous or anything.  i figured that if i survived the pain of childbirth and a d&c, i’d be able to handle the pain of my hairs being ripped off my pubic area.  taking 400mg of ibuprofen 1-hour before helped a lot in blocking the pain.  of whatever pain i felt the one that really made me flinch was when the wax took off some skin, and that stung like hell.

the gal had me undress my bottoms and cover myself with a towel in privacy.  when she came back she uncovered half of my pubic area and had me bend my leg to expose the genitals.  did i want it all off or leave some?  she recommended that first timers might want to save some since the area where the hair isn’t removed is the most sensitive.  so i went with that i told her that i wanted the dorito chip instead of the landing strip, which in the end doesn’t look much like the dorito chip triangle. but that’s okay, it still came out pretty good.

so she proceeded to work in sections, placing the wax and then st-ripping the hairs off.  for me it really wasn’t bad at all.  i even was asked to help by pulling up my belly to make the skin taut where she needed it, and pulling lower down to help expose more skin.  when she was done with the pubic area, she moved on to the anal area.  i was asked to lie on my side in a fetal position and asked to help again by pulling up my butt cheek to expose the anus.  she was done within a couple of rips.

then it was all said and done. 

the top area that had the most hairs is just a bit puffy and red, but i don’t feel any pain except for the area where the skin got ripped off.  another day or two and i’ll really enjoy having an almost hair-free pube.  i don’t know why i waited so long to get a brazilian.  it was one of the best things i’ve done for myself.

if you’re wanting to get a brazilian and you’re in the royal kunia area, make an appointment with gwenaelle at bella viva salon & spa.  and her eyebrow and lip waxing is the best!

Finally

the bleeding is finally subsiding, turning color like it normally does. i’d say it lasted 7 days. what a relief! my skin was getting very irritated wearing only pads for the duration.

i read on a forum that some women’s bleeding were lasting for longer than mine, anywhere from 10 days to several weeks. yuck.

so, no dr. says to what a cycle before trying to conceive. being that i’m irregular, that might be a few months. oh well. maybe i should try to plan out the conception so that we will concieve a boy, at least according to the chinese pregnancy calendar.

The Blob

today my lower back has been killing me!  every time it starts to hurt i know that i’m gonna get some kind of vaginal discharge.  the bleeding today has been heavier than the previous 2 days, and there’s been a couple of instances where the discharge was sooo thick and large i wondered if it was normal.

so i called my ob/gyn, of course he’s not in today and won’t be in ’til monday, so i try the physician’s exchange.  he’s signed out ’til 9pm and another dr. was filling in for him.  his response to the blob was that since i wasn’t feeling any pain (other than the normal kind of pain i get when i have my period) it was probably residual lining expelling itself, and it shouldn’t happen beyond another 24 hrs.  i had a feeling it was residual lining, but hey it was humongous that i had to be sure.  i felt reassured that nothing was wrong.

i even took a picture of it (yeah, gross i know) just in case when i go back in for my follow up and tell my dr about it, he might wanna know what it looked like for sure.

Contractions

about 1am i started getting contractions about 10-15 min apart and progressing to about 5-10 min apart.

what was happening i think was that my uterus was trying to get back to it’s normal size, so it started contracting, like it would happen after if i had given birth.  i think all the contracting also caused the lining of the uterine wall to finally shed and i finally started to bleed like i was having my period.  it was heavy and around 5:30am it really gushed out like the dam was broken.  yuk.  so i wasn’t having anymore contractions and after the bleeding started, and i was feeling a bit better, except for the pain in my lower back i get every time i have my period.

D&C

i thought i had posted an entry about my pregnancy, but it’s not showing, so maybe it got lost in cyberspace.  anyway, it was discovered through an ultrasound that i had a ‘miscarriage.’  technically a blighted ovum, where the embryo doesn’t develop into a fetus most likely due to chromosomal problems.  so nature took its course and ‘aborted’ the pregnancy by destroying the ovum, but left the gestational sac.  so the dr. suggested and i agreed the best thing to do would be the d&c.  i didn’t want to wait for my body to expel the sac on its own, who know when that might happen, and the longer that was inside, the higher risk for infection.

so today i had the d&c (dilation and curettage) done at the dr’s office.  it wasn’t as bad as i thought it would be, and it was all over within 45 min.

there wasn’t any pain, just a slight discomfort.  the dr. had me take 800mg of ibuprofen 1 hr before the procedure and an antibiotic when i got to the office.  he did a very good job at numbing, didn’t feel the needle at all.  when he started the curettage, there was no pain, but i could feel the suction pulling at my insides, that’s where most of the discomfort was.  after it was done, i cleaned up and walked out the door.  so far there’s very little bleeding, which is good in my opinion.

so i’m feeling fine right now, just some very minor discomfort now and then.  dr. says to wait one menstrual cycle before trying again to conceive.