Hairy belly fix!

Ladies, help! With my first pregnancy, my belly didn’t get hairy...this pregnancy it’s like I’m holding a furry basketball under my shirt. Okay exaggerating but still I have several LONG hairs. They’re not super thick but they’re long & it bothers me. What did you all do to get rid of the hair? I’m scared to shave it and it grow back thicker and longer. Is waxing it safe? Should I trim it with a close trimmer? I’m planning to get my belly painted for Halloween and I’m really embarrassed to pull this belly out for painting soon. I know that sounds shallow but I didn’t have hair on my belly before...so I’m not in any way trying to offend anybody. It personally bothers me and if it doesn’t bother you then kudos to you. I wish I could not care. PLEASE HELP! Anybody else go through this? 😭😕

UPDATE: So I ended up buying nair and it worked amazingly well! 5 minutes and the hair rubbed right off. I had no reaction, and my belly is silky smooth and bump free. I’ll just nair the hair in the meantime until pregnancy is over and hopefully falls off like stated in the comments lol. As for shaving, that was my last resort cause I didn’t want it to grow back thicker and longer thus making the issue worse? I mean it’s an obvious solution I was just curious if anybody had any other ideas. Thanks ladies for your help!