washing intimate places

I suppose we can just avoid reading a thread if we consider it distasteful Tigger.

OMG! "Distasteful"?! There's been a lot worse than this on GN in the past.

Am I the only one that does under and up with the shower head?

Well, not exactly up. Just........ Oh! Never mind!

What can one say?!

We all have to do something here!
I have solved some vaginal dryness by - wetting the toilet paper with water! and not drying after. Front first. Works for me and cleans too.

It has crossed my mind though that if old dears like us haven't mastered the art of personal hygiene there is something wrong. This should have been sorted at least teenager stage

There's more than one way to skin a rabbit, as my grandmother used to say.

I'm not shocked so much as surprised (perhaps GransNet could find a 'surprised' emoticon).

I don't think it's 'too much information' so much as fascinating to discover peoples' strange attitudes to their bodies!

I have a good wash of both "outer" and "inner" bits every day using soap or shower gel. I dont try to wash inside the vagina itself.

I thought it was the vagina that is "self cleansing", not the labia...thought they needed washing?

Couldn't have a bathroom without a bidet - essential to my mind. Great believer in the 3Fs (face, feet and fanny) at whatever the end of the day doesn't get the bath/shower. And non scented babywipes after a No2.

Didn't nutty Gwennyth Paltrow recommend steamcleaning one's vagina? Ouch.

I take off the shower head and have a good rinse. I have a portable plastic bidet which fits over the toilet to wash after no 2s.

All medical advice suggests keeping clear of any soaps and that regular daily warm water washing in the general area of vulva/labia is quite sufficient! Certainly no scented soaps/ wash! However I have to say at boarding school we had a bath only twice a week. I left before I started my periods but the only closed cubicles were the baths otherwise the basins were in the dormitories..not sure how the older girls managed

I'd say the main thing to ensure is that she washes the child from front to back to avoid contamination , and yes, it should be cleaned

I just wash around the area, never intimately I think it would upset the 'balance'

Don't see the point of objecting to this topic, just don't bother reading it if you don't like it. What we choose to disclose or not is entirely up to us and it's lovely that this forum is here for people to be able to make those choices.
I was about to say that on the subject of my own personal hygiene my lips are sealed, but maybe that has unfortunate connotations.....

I suppose I could Grannywise but I thought I had the same rights as everyone else to express an opinion, infact I am amazed so many made a contribution.

Not in living memory jinglebellfrocks but you speak for yourself as you usually do.

Gosh Pen 2 baths a week
You were lucky
We had one a week at home and no shower either.
Just a quick wipe with a flannel now and then and guess what? No one died, smelled or had anything nasty down there.

Am I the only one that does under and up with the shower head? - sounds like a rugby tackle, the mind boggles

No, you're not, can't bear the thought of any soap or shower gel left lingering anywhere that may have dripped down, and it sounds as if another poster does too - Bijou? was it you?

No one has mentioned steam cleaning....wasn't it Gwyneth Paltrow who took things to extremes IMO?

My neighbour has a steam cleaner, I was going to borrow it to do the carpet, thinks .....

In Italy we use bidets, which are invaluable, as we can use them after going to the toilet. I have had bidets installed in our bathrooms, as I find it difficult to do without. Even just splashing with water (and you can get special detergents for intimate areas) is sufficient to refresh.

jainainsworth - same here!