Exhibit A

Notes from the daily life of a medical student in Cork. 92.5% fact and 7.5% fiction.

Face to the pubes

Face to the pubes is a legitimate expression in the world of birthing, it indicates that the baby is in a less than optimal position when crowning. Ideally the face should be to the ground when entering the world. Babies aspiring to a view of the stars are termed “Face to the Pubes”.

Personal grooming “down there” has always been a source of great confusion to me… no direct guidelines, no common wisdom. While an older girl offered to pluck my eyebrows in school, no such offer was ever made with regard to “down there”. Upon asking guys what other girls they had slept with did “down there” I received shrugs, nothing could be directly said and the styles in porn seemed unrealistic for daily up keep.

And then I met Helene. Although this was admittedly helpful, I always felt doubtful that she was representative of common practice.

So I’ve been conducting an informal observational survey during my Obs and Gynae rotation. And it seems that no one knows what they’re doing “down there”. Lots of variety… perhaps this the last frontier of individual expression in female aesthetics?

There was a trend in ladies in labour to go for a “short back and sides” look. Maybe they were aware of the approaching moment of prolonged exposure under multiple gazes and felt obliged to be radical about the whole issue, or maybe they wanted their baby to have the best view possible.

  1. linocut said: Can’t remember giving you any advice on this. wonder if anyone has ever spun yarn out of them. Pube tubes: the muff that can be worn around one’s neck!
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