Getting Waxed Doesn't Make You a Bad Mommy-to-Be

Today the New York Post has an article on women getting primped for labour and cites a number of cases where dilated woohoos got Brazilians and nails got manicured during contractions.

The Jezebel site has a link to the article and sums it up as being another example of women getting their priorities all wrong.

I've got a couple of issues with both sides.

First of all, whoever Dr. Lisa Fishman is, any doctor who recommends a blow-out so your hair looks fab for delivery is an idiot.

Having read exactly one book on pregnancy-- Jenny McCarthy's Belly Laughs (which reveals more about Jenny McCarthy than pregnancy)-- I know that you get cold compresses on your big old sweaty head and any kind of 'do will last all of about 5 minutes in active labour.

That said, the article suggests that women are getting Brazilian waxes before labour for the same vain reasons. But um, hello, who would choose a nurse's razor over a professional waxing? It's not like a woman goes into contractions and thinks, "man, I better get my vadge looking porny for my ob/gyn."

Last week I got my hair highlighted and cut for the first time in six months. It felt great. And I admit, when I was there I was sorting out in my head when to return for my last effortless colouring and cut before my due date.

This doesn't mean my priorities are messed up. It simply proves that I am fully aware that my priorities post-labour will be completely different.