Verdict: Safe
It's safe, but because you have more blood flowing to your skin during pregnancy—especially in your pubic area— you'll probably be more sensitive to tugging on your skin. Apply a soothing antiseptic lotion before and after waxing to help prevent stinging.
Yes. It's safe to use hair removal creams, although you may find they irritate your skin now you're pregnant. The chemicals in hair removal creams work on the structural ingredient of your hair, called keratin.
Pubic or perineal shaving is a procedure performed before birth in order to lessen the risk of infection if there is a spontaneous perineal tear or if an episiotomy is performed.
Shaving pubic hair in the early stages of labour is a standard procedure in most hospitals in India. It is done for both normal deliveries and c-sections. It is thought that shaving the pubic hair makes birth more hygienic and reduces the chances of infection.
Plucking armpit hair during pregnancy is a great option, allowing you to control them with precision. This method also helps pregnant women avoid exposure to products and chemicals that can irritate the especially sensitive skin under the arms.
If waxing is your hair removal method of choice, then you're fine to keep going as normal during pregnancy. Hormone changes and extra blood flowing to you skin (especially your pubic area) can make you more sensitive to pain though (Nussbaum and Benedetto, 2006).
In previous years, traditional childbirth recommended hair removal on the pubic area before delivery. However, modern childbirth finds that it's not necessary to shave your pubic hair before delivery. Clinical research shows that shaving or not shaving pubic hair doesn't necessarily affect birth.
Some communities believe that an unborn baby's good fortune may be washed away if the mother washes her hair before the seventh month of pregnancy. For this reason, pregnant women may be asked not to wash their hair until the baby shower (godh bharai) ceremony.
Never mind that the Royal College of Midwives has repeatedly stated that there is no need to do so, that no health professional will even notice and that pubic hair will have absolutely no effect on your baby's health.
One of the most common myths about receiving waxes while pregnant is a conversation about ingredients being unsafe. There are so many safe ingredients that are non-harmful, non-toxic, and even vegan. Soy, bees, and coconut wax are all great options for waxing.
Your skin will only absorb small amounts of the cream, so there is no risk to your baby in using a hair removal cream during pregnancy . Hair removal creams often contain strong-smelling chemicals, and try to mask these with even stronger fragrances (Brennan 2021, Shenenberger 2022).
A baby's hair starts growing in the womb during 14th and 15th week of pregnancy and this phenomenon occurs in two cycles. Shedding and then regrowing. There are no new follicles that appear after the birth of the child.
Hair and Nails
Many women have changes in hair texture and growth during pregnancy. Hormones can make your hair grow faster and fall out less. But these hair changes usually aren't permanent. Many women lose some hair in the postpartum period or after they stop breastfeeding.
About 10-15 days after birth, you start making mature milk. Like each phase of breast milk, it has all the nutrients your baby needs. The amount of fat in mature milk changes as you feed your baby. Let your baby empty your first breast before switching to the other breast during a feeding.
Milk production generally begins around the midpoint of pregnancy, somewhere between weeks 16 and 22. At this stage your body is producing what's known as colostrum—a yellowish milk that's rich in calories and disease-fighting antibodies—which will serve as baby's first food after birth.
The reasoning behind it is that body heat is lost mainly through one's head and that a new mother needs to preserve her body heat to recover. Keeping your head covered is believed to prevent any body heat from escaping.
The seven-day haircut is a religious obligation, part of the child's 'initiation' into Muslim life, says Shaykh Abdool Rahman Khan, resident scholar at the Islamic Foundation of Villa Park. The general idea is that shaving the baby's head-removing the hair grown in the womb-cleanses the body at the beginning of life.
Plant oils like sunflower, argan, coconut, soybean, and more are great for skin repair and contain anti-inflammatory and healing properties. Rosemary extract, which is found in Natalist's belly oil, has antioxidant properties that neutralize free radicals, nourish skin, and help stretch marks.