We know that a pregnancy is a surprise that changes your life. And sometimes, for some women, the measure of shock after learning they are pregnant depends on the circumstances they are in at the time of the unexpected news.
Can you imagine being in the middle of a hair removal session and discovering that you are pregnant? Well, that is exactly what happened to Laura, an Australian girl who discovered that she was pregnant while she was getting her first Brazilian wax at the age of 17.
Through a video posted on TikTok, Laura, known on the social network as @crimpitosis, told her followers that she went to an establishment to get a hair removal when she was a teenager, but her experience was extremely painful to the point that she ended up crying because the wax was so hot that it felt like it was burning her skin.
But apparently it was all Laura’s imagination, because the manager of the establishment put wax on the inside of her elbow to show her that it wasn’t really hot enough to cry out in agony. It was then that the expert asked an unexpected question.
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He looks at me and says, ‘You’re not pregnant, are you?’ And I was like: ‘Pff, absolutely not!’
However, when Laura reframed the question in her head, the date of her last period came to her mind, and she concluded that she might indeed be pregnant.
Yes, he had it confirmed, but the first person he suspected was the lady who did the Brazilian waxing, because she told me: ‘girl, you’re weak, you’re weak!’
The facts about waxing during pregnancy
But why did Laura experience more pain than usual with waxing? It turns out that waxing can be more painful than normal during pregnancy because blood flow to the skin in the pelvic area is increased, leading to increased sensitivity.
Without even imagining it, Laura’s story has surprised thousands of Internet users, so much so that her video quickly went viral on TikTok, surpassing 30 thousand views.
Some users took advantage of the comments section of the publication to share their experiences about the unexpected way in which they found out that they were pregnant.
– A friend thought I was [embarazada] and she wanted to get tested, but she didn’t want to do it alone, so she asked me to do it with her. That’s how I found out.
– I took care of myself and my periods were regular. I had no symptoms until I was six months old when I felt kicks in my belly.