Shagged out viroids - JS Grads 2

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Our old thread ran out of space! The horror!

Just a little :( as my hair is still massively failing out. Obviously thin at the front now. It sounds really vain that it is making my so upset but I really like my hair :( Have a wedding to go to in June and really worried I will be the bald, fat one in the corner no one from uni remembers :(

have you been to the doctor about your hair vallinna (sorry if you've already mentioned - I get confused with the speed of the thread)
:(
(you can always wear a wig for the wedding! [cgrin] )

DH is in my bad books today, because I had a really convoluted dream where there was some upset at church and he had a go at me about it for being upset (can't remember all the details now - the main thing I remember is that he was not on my side)
[cangry]

Yep Nickel and was even referred to homeopathic doctor. Basically nothing physically wrong, bloods all fine - could still be an iron issue but most likely stress related for anything up to 3 months back. IVF, bleeds, miscarriage worry...I could take my pick Worse thing is, they say stop worrying about it

Where is everyone getting Mothercare vouchers from?

stress-related. that's what they always say! [chmm]
I hope it gets better soon - you're supposed to be growing hair, not losing it!

Star I got mine in the baby club pack thing, when I went in store they asked if I wanted to sign up but I think you can online as well and there are vouchers in there.

My mission for the afternoon is to clean up the bedroom and work out where we can put the swing crib so I can get to it easily and still be able to get in and out of bed.

Star sign up online to their Baby & Me club and they send you a PDF of 3 pages of money off various things. Looks like you can just keep printing too....!

Total randomness for you ladies! Do you know where I can get silk boxer shorts from?! It's our 4 year anniversary next week which is linen/silk and as part of his pressie I wanted to get DH some silk boxers. I did not think it would be this hard! Am in London so shopping-wise it should be easy but Selfridges only has cotton! Didn't have time to trawl elsewhere yesterday as popped out during lunch time and of course it is now too late to do anything online although I don't thorough trust what some eBayers class as 'silk' and even Figleaves came up blank! Was thinking of trying John Lewis and House of Fraser but if anyone has any tips I would really appreciate it!

debenhams?

Why did I not think of Debenhams - even got them online with next day delivery. AND they have hearts on them

Thanks Nickel!

ooh! sounds good!

i'm sure he'll love them [cwink]

coaaf that's amazing about Dolmio! How many do you have to grow for them? Do they pay well? I hope it eases yours and DH's financials - and I really hope your DH starts to get better soon. At least he'll be around lots when the baby is born.

vallinna sorry about your hair loss but I can guarantee there will be someone properly fat (and not pregnant) and properly bald (and again, not pregnant) at the wedding and they will totally steal the limelight from you Plus I am sure you look absolutely gorgeous - I know if it was me I'd feel really freaked out by the hair thing and convince myself I looked awful, but I bet when you look back it isn't nearly as bad as it feels and you've probably got a sexy pregnancy glow :) Good luck with finding the boxers! I did see some on Figleaves but they were called 'Mansilk' whatever that is

I have no news except I am starting to waddle. This is not good

Hiya lovelies

I hope everyone is well and enjoying the bank holiday break(s).

Well, I'm turning sitting on my arse, watching sky+ and internet shopping into an art form [cblush]

I've started to get a few things together for my hospital bag. I don't want to have an emergency hospital visit and risk having DH pack for me

I'm stop/start shopping for nursery furniture too. DH is keen that we borrow cots etc which I know is sensible, but I just can't get over the fact that I want new stuff. But then I don't want to spend £800-1200 on furniture either. Go figure! As I result I'm no closer to getting any furniture for these babies.

Whoo-hooo vallinna for climbing back on the JS horse!

Wonder how frak is getting on.

Right, back to internet shopping for crap essential items. I really must go back to work

Brassica I'm with you on the new/borrowed stuff. Was ADAMENT now borrowed things that can't be completely disinfected (I am not even really a clean freak) but I have been really touched by people's generousity with giving us stuff. For example a Moses basket (will buy a new mattress) and an Angelcare baby sensor monitor that should be £90.

Mothercare have some great furniture package deals on this weekend which may be worth a look? Can I point out that despite my last few posts I don't actually work for MC, or even like them that much! Just been into their stores and on their website A LOT over the past week so they seem to be at front of mind!

TTL I have adopted a shuffle but I think that is more to do with my flip flops having stretched in the rain the other day rather than bump! Bump is still really minimal :( I know, I know, I'll be ruing the day when I can't shave my legs/paint my toes/tell what colour knickers I have on

Thanks for the nice reassurance about the bald blimpness! I got this for the wedding - IO had a random 40% off it the other day! Am a touch worried I may be mistaken on the dance floor for the glitter ball.... I also had a really nice call from the midwife I spoke to originally re: hair loss as she wanted to let me know the other lady she had been speaking to with the same problem had moved into the third trimester and had stopped completely. Only 6 weeks to go....!

On a truly mortifying moment I have been quite gassy lately and was sitting at my desk thinking I could let a nice silent one out and 'pppppaaarrrrppp'.... ...damn Brazilian waxes....

TTL the tomatos for Dolmio are part of a MN competition. First you had to apply to grow the seeds, then if you post feed back and at least one pic to the thread, you go into the draw to win one of 2 £200 john Lewis vouchers or a Dolmio hamper. Being skint as I am and having somewhere to grow them now, thought I'd go for it. Just waiting for my seeds to arrive in the post.

Vallinna good news about the hairloss looking set to stop. I still pull out a handful everytime I wash/brush/look at my hair, but as I have a lot of stress hair it's not noticable (until you look in the bathroom rubbish bin - ick)s

BB we went for a cotbed when we we buying furniture (or rather having it bought for us ) so that we would get maximum usage out of it.

Right now I have a load of very small clothes going through the washing machine. Yes it's finally time to get LO's clothes cleaned and into the drawers in preparation for DS to pull them all out again most likely Currant Bun's arrival. May have to take a photo of them hanging on the line later

[cgrin]
you're such PFBs [cgrin]
I don't care if it's new or second-hand, or borrowed, as long as it clothes and warms the baby!
I would love not to have to spend loads of money.
babies are expensive!

You should buy a new mattress, but you don't need to buy anything else new.

We're going bra shopping tomorrow - am in constant torture from my bras.
I bought a non-wired sports bra in asda, and I have to wear it inside out because there is a seam acros the bloody nipple! as if i'm not being tortured enough!
I was looking at maternity bras, and they've all got seams too! who were they designed by?????

ooh, i like that dress vallinna!

I am going to be an awful PFB-ner, no matter how hard I try not to be

Nickel I am still squeezing into my non-mat bras as all the ones I have bought so far (OK, the two I have bought so far...!) have been really uncomfy (Emma Jane for the record) My main issue is the back size rather than the cup size at present. I think I am going to try the Bravado Bliss next...! I did finally get some new sports bras as my old ones (over the head pull on ones) were so tight and difficult to get in and out of a kept twinging my shoulder! Got some medium impact ones from M&S which are OK comfort wise until I actually start exercising. Then it feels like my nipples are going through a cheese grater! And that's on the cross trainer. Am going to try running in them at the weekend - ouchy! I think I may be starting my maternity leave from running this weekend. Not so much bump pressure as my knees are starting to feel very achy afterwards.

Just you wait Nickel you'll be PFBing in no time at all. It may not be over your LO's cot, or clothes, but it'll still happen [:P]. The good thing about buying things new for DS (like cot, breast pump and high chair), DC2 will have get to use them as well. Actually most of the clothes I'm washing today were DS's (though do have a onesie from Harrods on it thanks to my sister )

BB I was the same and as it's our first I think we may use it again so was determined to get new and we worked our budget out for all the big things Inc travel system, furniture, decorating stuff and feeding stuff to be a £1000 all in and we have done it, just! I know it must be harder with twins as some things double! You have my sympathy there.

Everything for the room is from Ikea for £420 and special offer on Norton Storm system for £399 so everything else was Asda baby event and home bargains. The only thing I have 2nd hand is a swing crib with new mattress from eBay as it was not essential but a car boot bargain and it would save me carrying the basket up and down the stairs.

I am feeling like a total blimp and can't see my feet or legs now! I am bored of wearing huge knickers and only shoes that I can wedge my feet into as can no way reach. Sat painting my nail for unknown reason as no where to go but it's not too strenuous!

that's reassuring, vallinna - i'm just going to try to get normal non-wired bras in a bigger cup size, I think.
I am nirmally a 32C, which is tough enough anyway! so I can't find any granny bras in town to fit (they all seem to start at 34!)
I don't seem to have grown around my back, but i am using the 2nd set of hooks on my new bra (can't tell with old bras, because they are really old)
I have got a couple of sports bras for dance, but i don't want to wear them for everyday, because i don't want them to losetheri elasticity (plus, they're rather tight aroudn the ribs!)

I'm really really going to be PFB, i know it
can't wait

I love weating big knickers, and my normal knickers feel tight now, too.
(i'm going to be huge, i can just tell )

I noticed the IKEA baby stuff - the cots are dead cheap

Aaaah coaaf that makes sense - I thought you had turned into a one-man Dolmio factory now you've got your new house! I was very impressed! (Am still impressed, since I am incapable of growing anything - except a baby, it seems )

Love your dress vallinna. You have definitely done the right thing in going to IO. I never got the dress I wanted from there for the wedding I went to and skanked it on Asos instead. It was so awful that I ended up running out to the shops on the morning of the wedding and buying a non-maternity tunic top and wearing it as a very very short dress with tights and heels and I looked crap :( Luckily it was a wedding full of crazies so I was somewhere in the middle, I reckon, for fashion sense

I'm going to say this once and only once: GET SOME MATERNITY BRAS! I didn't get any until I was about 4 months, I think, and my boobs are small (usually a B cup) and hadn't grown that much ... or so I thought. I now have cute D cups (marred by big brown nipples ) and honestly, I couldn't believe how comfortable a bra could be when bits of boob aren't hanging out the side of it ...

PMSL at your not-so-silent fart by the way. This is why I'm glad to have my own shoebox office ...

cowboy I would like to join you in general blimpiness ...

Yes DH said last week at a BBQ "you have heard of Pimp my Ride, well this is Blimp my Wife!" when someone commented on my woodle and size!

I am trying to build the swing crib but so far I have managed to get it all out of the box and is now all over my living room so I'm looking at the bits, lead on the sofa willing it to go together on it's own!
I must be reading to much Harry Potter!

I'm playing around with baby names at the moment.... At this rate we're going to be going into hospital with a flow chart. If we have 2 boys or two girls we're looking at using our parents names as middle names, but if one of each then we're going to avoid upsetting anyone by avoiding the parents names all together Then I'm googling names to check there are no serial killer name sakes Adolf Smith anyone?!

Love the IO dress vallinna

I've got a christening to go to this Sunday. No idea what I'm going to wear!

"Blimp my wife" cowboy?! Did you punch him? Or did he run too fast for you to catch him?!

I've found an M&S outlet shop not too far from me takethat so I upsize my bras from time to time cheaply. I'm not ready to give up underwires! (Wondering if there is any point in googling "underwired nursing bras )

While it's great the babies are moving and by no means do I want them to stop, it's driving me bonkers at the same time! The breech twin doesn't give me too much grief as kicking low down (where period pain used to be many moons ago) don't bother me too much. But the head down twin permenantly has it's feet wedged up under my ribs on my RHS which craze me.

There's a lovely range of underwired nursing bras from a company called "Hotmilk" BB. I'm definitely going to have some from them when my boobs finally grow settle down to a consistent size after giving birth. I bought some cheap M&S Angel bras (think that's their teenage section - that's how flat I am!) v early on in a 34C and they're still doing me very well, more's the pity, as I'd like some more grown up ones!

I responded to an advert on Freegle today, my first collection, though I've given lots away. I've come home with 2 overflowing binbags of baby clothes, all in immaculate condition, and mostly from expensive places. I've just been sorting through. MY BABY DOES NOT NEED ANY MORE CLOTHES!! These were boys clothes though, so with Squig likely to be a girl I might want a few girly bits. But I separated it out into "totally neutral", "OK on a girl" and "definitely for a boy" and even leaving aside the last pile there's surely more than one baby can ever wear. I have NO idea where I'm going to put it all before DH sees it I'm stunned at the generosity of the lady giving it away - it's all so good it could easily be on ebay making her a mint. I'm going to hang on to it all for now as Squig may suprise us by being a boy and keep it for baby 2