It began like a normal evening. I was in the living room and Pregnant Jane was in the bathroom taking a bath. After a few minutes, she called me into the bathroom. I figured she needed soap or maybe even a towel.
Boy was I wrong…
I walked into the bathroom and said, “yeah?”
Pregnant Jane just looked at me and began laughing. “What are you laughing at?” I asked.
“Can ummm… you help me with something?” She smiled and begin to laugh again.
Oh. My. Gosh. Immediately I knew exactly what Jane was about to ask me to do. I looked over at the razor. I then looked back at Jane. Then at the razor. Then at Jane.
I guess you can call it another milestone that pregnant women reach – but for some reason is not discussed too often. I wonder why – Ha! The milestone is when the pregnant belly is officially too big to shave one of the top secret parts.
Now I’ll admit something here… I was a little scared. Let’s face the reality here: razors are SHARP and one wrong move could mean cutting off something that I would not want to harm in any way, shape, or form.
I voiced my concern but before I knew it, I was on my knees with a razor in one hand while I hid my other hand with my fingers crossed that my aim and steady hand worked together.
Pregnant Jane began laughing like crazy and I jumped back – fearing that the sudden movement would cause me to cut something off. “Ahhh!” You must be very, very still – I’m trying to be so careful here!”
At this point, I was a nervous wreck. Jane took the razor from me and provided some instructions that nearly knocked me on my back. “You’re going too fast!” I said. “You’re going to hurt yourself! Slow down! Be careful!”
There is no way in heck I was going to match Pregnant Jane’s shaving speed, but I took the razor back and did what I could.
An hour and 37 minutes later (kidding of course!) I finally finished. No nicks. No scrapes. Everything was still right where it was supposed to be. I did it! I was proud of myself.
The journey to fatherhood continues to toss surprises my way. Pregnancy brings many interesting twists, turns, and now I have a feeling I’m officially on “shaving duty”. Another “duty” that someone failed to give me the memo on after Jane became pregnant!
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LMAO!!!!!!! I have to say, Jane has huge trust in you. I wouldn’t let my man anywhere near there with something sharp! Heck, I wax because I don’t like being near there with something sharp! Reading your explanation of her instruction made me cringe. Kudos to you and nice to see you are still alive! I miss your posts……and Janes weekly photos!
I’ve totally assigned my hubby to shaving duty. It was that or no shaving at all, he choose to shave me ;-P
I totally blogged about the prospects of it too. Some ladies opt to have it waxed but seriously who has money for that these days and ouchie!
Way to go on a job well done daddy to be!
I asked my husband to do this for me (jokingly; I didn’t really want him to). He absolutely refused. http://averygoodyear.net/?p=397 & http://averygoodyear.net/?p=745 are the two posts I wrote about the same subject… it’s a funny milestone eh? none of the pregnancy books talk about it!
LOL! I remember this well- my hubby actually cut me. It was the only time I let him near me with a razor. From then I did the blind “feel and shave.” It probably wasn’t pretty, but I didn’t bleed again!
Ha, we did the same thing this weekend although it wasn’t our first adventure of this kind. I only let him do the easier parts and then I go with the blind attempt…it ends up a little uneven and imperfect but better than nothing. Way to go Tarzan!
I will be 23 weeks on Wednesday, and I have been dreading the arrival of that very day…when I no longer have the ability to “groom”. I had jokingly broached the subject with my husband at an earlier stage…but I don’t think the reality of it had set in at the time. There are only two options (in my book): 1) to do nothing and be “natural”…which I do not even want to imagine!!! 2) have assistance from my husband…which will certainly bring on major fits of giggles and protests on his part. We will see how it all turns out. I have at least a few more weeks before we get there!!
All I can say is that you are a good husband!!! Way to go!!!
ha ha, I am 33 weeks gone and I know I am sporting a 70’s porno bush lol. I can’t see it though and my man is far to British and polite to complain so I’m leaving it be. Did have my legs waxed last week because its no longer simple to reach to my ankles!
Good on you for helping out, you will be a true legend at the birth I am sure!!
You will be happy to know that you aren’t the only “daddy to be” that has undertaken this task…
My husband can barely keep his beard straight, so this should be interesting as I delve into the second half of my pregnancy! I hope he is ready for this! He may have to give me pedicures as well, which I know will not be good.
At least she doesn’t wax the bikini area. I gave Honey the choice a little while ago: wax it for me or give me the $100 to get it done at a salon. The frugal man I fell in love with opted to wax it for me.
Truly hilarious. Good job keeping everything where it should be! Jane definitely trusts you…I say that’s a good thing.
I do definitely trust him. I wish that we could have videotaped this experience, but I guess that would have been on the border of porn… Anyways, he did good, was extremely nervous, but my husband made me proud! Wow, you sure do things when pregnant that you would have never guessed you’d be doing!
And for the ones that mentioned getting waxed – I wish I could! My skin is so sensitive and when I wax my eyebrows or lip I’m red and bumpy for DAYS. Can you just imagine what waxing would do to my lady parts? I definitely don’t want to risk it to find out. I’ll stick with shaving – It’s worked for me forever!
Good plan staying wax-free. If you’re already sensitive, being waxed while prego would be a TERRIBLE experience for you. Everything is so much more sensitive “down there” due to the increased blood flow.
My husband did this for me through two pregnancies, and I trusted his ability much more than he trusted his.
I do have to say that if you don’t want to shave with a hand held razor, using a man’s beard trimmer will keep it all nice and short, without actually cutting it all off. It’s an easy way to keep it from looking like an overgrown ornamental garden. And less dangerous than a regular razor blade.