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come and snigger with me at what Eve magazine thinks new mums should wear

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Cappuccino · 12/02/2007 09:56

okay the fun starts with:

'A super-stylish maternity leave' - after the birth buy 'an oh-so-soft tracksuit in velour or cashmere (go on - it's an investment buy'

okay so when can a velour tracksuit ever be right?

and how is buying a piece of clothing in a size you hope you'll never be again an 'investment'

it goes on

'wear your jeans with a 'wow' top that you can dress down with a vest underneath'

and there is a picture of a woman in a white top costing £95 for her baby to puke down

doesn't look particularly washable either

by the second page we are wesring the most hideous dress imaginable in a vile print because it 'hides a multitude of sins' (?!) and then we see a lovely woman in her trenchcoat and Mulberry bag which doesn't look a) like it is holding any nappies or b) like it is going to be looped over the handle of any pushchair anytime soon as she doesn't have one with her

oh and as if we hadn't thought of this, in the summer we should 'wear a sundress'

and buy waterproof mascara for the 'baby blues'

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Cappuccino · 12/02/2007 09:58

I'd also like to point out that the woman in the pictures weighs about six stone

and has obviously washed her hair

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OttergavebirthonValentines · 12/02/2007 09:58

how ridiculous
'touche eclat' for the bags and a pair of red flares for the extra bloody days?

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edam · 12/02/2007 09:59

LOL! But at least they noticed that women have babies. Most glossy mags don't. When I worked in that industry, fashion desks were not exactly well-known for employing mothers.

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WideWebWitch · 12/02/2007 09:59

Oh I know Capp, I sniggered at that too.

Cashmere and posset go SO well together.

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hana · 12/02/2007 09:59

'and has obviously washed her hair'

lol

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themildmanneredjanitor · 12/02/2007 10:00

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cazboldy · 12/02/2007 10:00

Just after mine were born I thought it was an achievement to get dressed at all......who cares what I am wearing as long as it covers my ginormous boobs and does up at the waist!?

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Cappuccino · 12/02/2007 10:02

we should write our own version

"All you need for the first weeks is a long coat and a pair of pyjamas'

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JackieNo · 12/02/2007 10:04

Just a manky dressing down should do, really.

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JackieNo · 12/02/2007 10:04

Dressing gown

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WideWebWitch · 12/02/2007 10:04

"Remember to buy extra large sanitary pads and pile cream"

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Cappuccino · 12/02/2007 10:07

'I had to find a wardrobe that would allow me to.. carry piles of laundry up and down the stairs'

do you know I often spend hours choosing the right outfit for tasks like this

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themildmanneredjanitor · 12/02/2007 10:08

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cupcakes · 12/02/2007 10:11

sundress? Any type of dress whilst breastfeeding is going to make life pretty complicated. Unless you like exposing your knickers when feeding.

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Aloha · 12/02/2007 10:12

sundress a really good choice for breastfeeding, eh?
And yes, a really brilliant wheeze to buy a cashmere (!) tracksuit in size 18 when you'll be a size 14 in about six weeks time! And you'd have to hand wash or dry clean it Mad, mad, mad.

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MrsJohnCusack · 12/02/2007 10:16

god I didn't even know you could buy a cashmere tracksuit. What a useless piece of clothing. Must rush out and get one

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Cappuccino · 12/02/2007 10:18

oh go on MrsCusack it's an investment buy

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ScottishMummy · 12/02/2007 10:22

LAUGH CHORTLE

i spent a good 4-6 weeks in manky pyjama and/or dressing gown with huge sore boobies

I sported the following new mummy look

greasy manky hair
sore nipples
psychotic haze induced by lack of REM sleepa sanitary pad the size of a duvet jammed in my waist high knickers

boyfriend
Wore dressing gown for a week too

....No sanny pad ...or sore boobies....not that i noticed


OH yes and lots of takeaway food cos neither of us could be fecked cooking

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beansprout · 12/02/2007 10:25

I bet the model looks like she has slept in the last week and hey, don't tell me, has the make up that I spent sooo much time applying when ds was first born. I still think "making the effort" is brushing my hair rather than just scraping it back, and ds is 2

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NAB3 · 12/02/2007 10:27

I love eve mag but that article did annoy me.

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beansprout · 12/02/2007 10:28

Shall we send them some pictures of us when our dcs were newborns and ask them what they suggest?

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Cappuccino · 12/02/2007 10:29

ooh now I check again it seems she has written a book about this!

hoorah! for just £12.99 we can pick up more of her insight

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JackieNo · 12/02/2007 10:31

Who is the author?

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Cappuccino · 12/02/2007 10:32

Grace Saunders

oh crap, it's none of you lot, is it?

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CheesyFeet · 12/02/2007 10:34

A super stylish maternity leave...
pmsl

I had a tracksuit. It was grey brushed cotton with an elasticated waist on the trousers which covered up my Big Knickers rather well. It washed fantastically, all the blood/baby puke/snot etc etc came out perfectly every time. I also wore maternity trousers for rather longer than I was expecting to.

I dressed down my dressing gown by wearing a vest underneath. Which had extra wide straps to cover up my humungous bra straps. See, I wasn't so unstylish as to have my bra straps on show

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