hi all.....CONGRATULATIONS to all of you who had scans etc...love lauren as a name for a little girl, that was one we considered, as well as bethany, till we found out it was a boy, natch! any ideas on boy's names yet ladies? we could do with some help! is it me or is it a lot harder to think of boy's names than girls? at the moment we like zachary and arthur. also really like oliver, but my godson is oliver and it might get confusing!
2Happy, you need to get some fresh sage leaves, dry them and then stew them in boiling water to make tea. however it's NOT recommended when pregnant (cause it dries up breastmilk!) so i would definitely check with your midwife before you take it. sage is usually used when weaning, but (useless information coming up!) sage leaves can be strewn in bathwater and in rinse water to enhance dark hair, cleanse oily hair and help prevent falling hair. It can be used as an aftershave and skin lotion. The leaves yield a yellow-beige dye with alum mordant, yellow with chrome mordant and green-grey with iron mordant. Sage repels cabbage moths, carrot fly and ticks. Combined with rosemary, it acts as a preservative, due to its antibacterial property. Use the fresh leaves to rub over teeth and gums -helps prevent build-up of tartar, removes plaque, freshens the breath - beautifully!
Because of its antiseptic qualities, sage tea is used as a gargle for sore throat, gum and mouth infections, or as a wash for acne, and as a hair rinse for dandruff. Boosts insulin levels, so may be useful in treating diabetes. Used to regulate menstruation and to treat menopausal symptoms, especially hot flushes. Quickly reduces perspiration. Sprinkle dried leaf powder onto wounds to disinfect. Sage improves the memory, treats liver and gallbladder problems, cleanses the female genitals, relieves flatulence, stimulates cell growth. Helps reduce milk flow when weaning babies. Use the tea as a gargle for bleeding gums, and apply it to cold sores. It is sometimes taken to treat mild diarrhoea, carpal tunnel syndrome, tonsillitis and Alzeimer?s Disease. The essential oil can be massaged in to ease muscular tension or pain, and to treat cellulite. so there you go. sage, very useful stuff!
MIL is now being a bit of a nightmare again (what a fcking surprise!)....we've asked her to do the cake as she's very good at cake decorating etc, only to find she'd already made a 3-tier cake (which wasn't what we'd wanted, but never mind!) and is now making huge noises cause i want a very simple white icing with love heart sweets stuck on AND THAT'S IT!!!! NO "favour" boxes to give away. NO flowers on the table. NO little boxes for people to take cake home in (if they're not there, they don't get cake. end of.) NO flowery fcking invites (i've already designed the invites to look like ransom notes, which i think is hilarious!)....sigh bloody wedding. more hassle than it's worth. she just gets so hung up on all these tacky ideas that i really wanted to avoid, then gets upset when i veto them mercilessly. she's bought us this wedding album with a teddy bear bride & groom on it. y'know, the "tatty" bears, the sort you get in clintons. I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think it's tacky and schamltzy and unecessary. am i mean?
anyway, good luck to those of you still waiting for scans.....pink vibes being sent out (though it didn't work for me not that i'm bothered...i love my little dude already!) 2Happy hope the sage info helps....but please don't just go on what i say, as i often talk shite. xxxxx - em