AIBU to offer a wonderful idea to mums-to-be

[Bunnyfuller]

Come on, get out of the scraggy, grey sweat-stained t-shirt and grab yourself some new mummy glamour.

All the better to hold the post-natal bleeding

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I've just remembered my mum telling me off for taking the most 'disgusting' towels into hospital with me when I had DS. (They were clean but stained and threadbare; years ago they had been the family's 'dog towels' as they were ancient then). My reasoning had been: they're going to get messy and if I take nice ones, I might leave them behind or someone might nick them. Frayed-edged, threadbare, faded ones do the job and no one will nick them...

I am so not the target audience for that sort of thing.

@Lolimax and @ItalianGreyhound

I’m not sure I will be trying to track ovulation as I think the hot flushes will skew the results.

Re. The dog - because doggy cuddling you in bed is infinitely preferable to the decidedly chilly shenanigans that would ensue with a slightly less hairy bed companion.

I don't think these are any less wanky than the newborn photo shoots that a lot of people seem to have these days

How did the OP even come across this monstrosity

Instagram babies!

My friend had a car-crash of a wedding with fights and rows but on Instagram it looked perfect.

These perfect looking mums just put pressure on the rest of us!

Big fat gypsy birth

I've just remembered my mum telling me off for taking the most 'disgusting' towels into hospital with me when I had DS.

Same here! she was horrified that anyone might see my old tatty towels.

For some reason the purple one reminds me of a coffin
l don't know why clutches Glogau gold love spoon

What a weird idea. And who could be fucked to faff about with that when you'd just had a baby and were dealing with stitches and piles and a new baby of course. My boobs would have leaked all over my matching bedding.

Classy. Elegant. Tasteful.

Are all words that could never be used to describe what I’ve just seen. Yuck.

Not one of the mums in those pictures are even looking at their newborns.

My eyes! 😱

@Lolimax we can be in beds next to each other! I'm 70 and I had a hysterectomy, but I'm sure I could work something out...

The most important thing about giving birth is the photo op.

I was just thankful when I finally could have a real shower after three days (long labour, epidural so couldn't walk, stuck placenta and didn't stabilize for more than half a day after operation).

Suddenly thinking of those ancient frou frou toilet sets, complete with toilet roll cover.

Jesus H Christ!

I'm 64. Give me some very expensive hormones I MISSED OUT ON THIS! It's not FAIR!

I find it quite distressing that only the woman with the red set is actually properly smiling - the others seem to be trying to do sexy half smiles or outright pouts

I'm willing to bet quite a lot of money that all those mums in the photos are cradling their PFBs. No personalised sheets for the second kid!

Mine would have ended up covered in blood and membranes which would be a terrible waste of such beautiful decoration.

Why just have a Gypsie wedding when you an have Gypsie birth as well?

I think my first pic with DS featured me wrapped in a bloodied sheet with meconium on my forehead. Could I style it out as fake tan, do you reckon?

Goodness. Missed a trick there. When I had DD I felt quite chic because I had Oasis pyjamas. (Navy, obv )

Can you imagine the auxiliaries if they pulled back the curtain and saw that?!

Oh my Christ.