All New, Sparkly Fab and 40 + : Mums, Mums to Be or TTC. Come say Hi !

[jeanjeannie]

Hello all - well, this is our third message board..so it's a popular topic.

If you're a fab forty something then please come and say Hi!

The thread lives in pregnancy as that's where it started....but it's certainly no longer confined to just being about pregnancy. It's for anyone whose a gorgeous 40 something. So get a cuppa, bring some biscuits - or cake - and have a chat x

mrsb it was a case of do as I say, not do as I do I'm being spurred on by my weight loss and much finger wagging from diabetic nurse at my first diabetic clinic appointment last week. I really don't want to get it...yet. So if I have to forego cake, then I shall. Saying that, I've just had my evening meal and I am desperate for a slice of ginger cake but, I'm restraining myself. No guarantees it'll last mind you.

I reckon all in all I've 2.5 stone to lose to get to my ideal weight (BMI charts and stuff I was shown). I must say mrsb you really can't tell in your pic holding LO that you're 4 stone overweight. I thought you looked fairly thin actually. Congratulate the photographer and send him round to my house

Wedding presents? hmm. Do they have an online wedding list? In the absence of one I'd play it safe with John Lewis/M&S vouchers. Always something in there for everyone

I had lost a stone and 9lbs for our wedding in June. I have already put on the 9lbs and am only 13 weeks preggers. Actually I think I put back 4lbs of it on our honeymoon, where by the end of our 4th and final night I think they'd put the word out to hide the cheese board from me.

Elizabeth was on top form yesterday when we went to visit DH's parents in Surrey. Before we left last night though she started throwing up. Managed to keep down a bottle of milk this morning and a rich tea biscuit for lunch but I'm afraid her bedtime bottle was the straw that broke the camel's back and she emptied her stomach contents over me! As it was dripping down to the floor I was shrieking like a mad woman 'quick, quick, don't let it go down the gaps in the floorboards'! Have just showered my wet legs and changed into my pyjamas ready for supper. Look very fetching.

Am I really the only one amongst us with dead straight hair? Have just started sprouting the first few grey fellas at my temples, luckily they don't show up too much through my blonde hair. DH, 12 years my junior, has been going grey since his late twenties and has about a billion more grey hairs than me so can't really complain.

ladymac I like your style - choosing a younger man who goes grey well before you do - wish I had thought of that!! OH is 13 years my junior and at the latest count has about 6 grey hairs - mind you the way Darragh is going he'll be a silver fox by the end of the month

jw what's the score re your diabetes now then? my GTT test is in about 2 or 3 weeks - not looking forward to it in case it is bad news - I did a finger prick test out of interest the other day and the blood sugar was through the roof. Is the GD supposed to go away as soon as you give birth or does it take a while?

Oh when I say I am four stone overweight I am rounding down believe me I had simply cunningly sat so that my bulk was sort of disguised in that photo - I think I get away with it because I am five foot ten so even though I am v overweight there is a relatively largish surface area to spread it out.

Yep - I reckon vouchers might be the way to go...

OH how funny ladymac your son sounds a hoot. I love that - loads of brains but no common sense - tres eccentric! Mind you - I'm no brains but I think I've got plenty of common sense and I've also managed to bugger up a visa to get back into Russia - hey ho - easy done. Just that it was all written in cyrillic so I'd not realised the wrong dates were on it. Computer said NO and I wasn't going anywhere!!!

Poor Elizabeth - bet she can hear perfectly and is now baffled at these weird people who she finds herself with. Go on - whisper the word 'chocolate' bet she hears that

I don't watch Family Guy but DP loves it.

mrsboogie I reckon taking wee Darragh to bed is about the only way to save your sanity - ever two hours - woah - that's hard-core feeding.

I know what you mean about eating so late though...we had loads of take outs. I took to feeding Verity on a cushion, while I also ate my dinner and moped up bits that I dropped on her

Kerastase is the NUTS. My mate was its PR - so I got loads of freebies but alas she moved on and now my cupboard is bare Think my hair is getting courser - oh joy.

I've decided lack of sleep is making me look old(er) - damm. Although my jeans are falling down and they are cheapo Tesco size 14s as I refused to spend lots on a size above what I usually am - as a sort of incentive! Fingers crossed for that 12. My norks however are refusing to budge

How weird - I've just posted and up came a load of messages you guys had written that I'd not seen - Mmmm, strange MN goings on

Yes, lets hear it for 4 stone overweight - snap! I may have lost a stone of that but 2 kids in 18mnths has certainly taken it out of me.

ladymac my DP - being a fastidious builder/carpenter bloke HATES gaps in floorboards. He'd go bonkers!! Didn't realise your DH was a younger bloke too. My 7 year age gap is positvely respectable It is pleasing to see he's got much more grey than me.

LOL at hiding the cheese board from you!

I second the vouchers mrsboogie - let 'em get what they want from a nice shop - they can then argue over what toaster they want! I want a bread bin - I think one of those big enamel 50s style ones.

I'm still stuck in size 16 but the pants are getting baggier. Top half is a different matter though...size 18 which is outrageous.

I've never used Kerastase is it good? I'm on paul Mithcell at the mo which I'm liking but hair is v bad at the mo. All the lush locks I got when I was pregnant is now falling out. I'm moulting more than the dog as DH informed me whilst on his hands and knees clearing out the shower filter

mrsb not sure what your hospital policy is on testing post delivery but mine were either a) gonna give me a GTT 6 weeks after delivery or b) ask me to randomly test for a week (once or twice a day), log these readings and bring to appointment with endocrinologist at post natal. I did the latter and they were borderline (5.7 fasting). They've written to my GP saying I'm probably going to get type 2 but with weight loss/exercise/all the usual stuff I could stave it off for a few years. It's all rather vague but anyway, after GP got the letter from hospital they invited me to an annual diabetic check up just to keep an eye on me. I went last week and had my feet checked, b/p etc. I have to have fasting bloods done in a couple of weeks to check my HbA1c. That's it really but don't be surprised if they target you for follow ups

Katherine managed to honk right down my top the other day. Warm, sour milk down into the cleavage, through the bra, onto tum. It was delightful. ladymac I feel your pain my dear. Poor Elizabeth. Do hope she's ok.

I can't eat and hold K at the same time. I need all my concentration just to find my mouth. I still miss as all my t shirts will testify. I'm like a walking Daz advert (the before part).

JJ get yourself hitched and we'll have a whip round for your bread bin

Moulting - OOo, Oooo, what's that all about? I'm shedding more hair than a pack of Golden Retrievers Blinkin clumps of the stuff.

Oooo - getting hitched....Nah....not yet....wanna get that weight down. Oh and yes, I think the DP would have to WANT to marry me Not sure if 10 years with the ex-wife has put him off...?! Mind you she is American!

mrsb forgive me, for I have sinned....and eaten the best part of a packet of Maryland cookies . I'm off to do some star jumps for 5 hours or so to work them off.

Damn those tempting biscuits with double choc chips.

JJ marriage is technically a piece of paper although reality (sometimes) a lifetime committment. However, I'd say the two LO's that are in bed in your house are the biggest committment you're EVER going to get with someone

I'm off to knit a bouquet........

haha@golden retriever. I'm more of a labradoodle

oooh kerastase - yes brilliant stuff - smells lovely and makes coarse hair soft and shiny. They do a lovely serumy thing called oleo relax (or something) which is great for smoothing it down pre-straightening or drying etc. and it smells delicious.

I am terrible for dribbling food down myself and dropping food that I am trying to eat. Sometimes I could nearly do with taking out the hoover to collect all the bits that fall out on the floor when I take my bra off.

LOL@mrsboogie's bra quip!!!! OMG - sometimes the crumbs that drop out of my bra astound me! It's amazing any food ever gets to my mouth! Did that ever happen pre-babies??

johnworf keep doing those star jumps. I've just had a HUGE hot choccie (Green and Blacks naturellement) so I'm off onto the stepper until 3am !

hahahahaha food in bras! So funny. Yet so true. I got into the shower the other day and half a hula hoop (the crisp) fell out. I mean, how could I not know it was there? I often miss my mouth though and usually end up wearing any meal I'm eating. No, didn't do it pre-babies...and no idea why I do it now however....

........I have noticed that memory is shocking and also I'm so bloody clumbsy. I'm wondering if baby brain is still at work. Sometimes I drive along and all of a sudden I'll realise that for the past however minutes, I've not been concentrating at all on the road instead, making little plans/lists in my head. It's a wonder I've not had an accident although in my defense, I think I'm just on autopilot most of the time anyway.

MMMMMMMMMMM G&B's hot chocolate. I SO want one NOW!

i tend to drop peas into mine

where is everyone today?

I'm here waves

Mrsb I am sitting here moping because I can't go out with the vomiter, nor can I have anyone round for a cup of tea in case their kids catch it. It's only about 3 weeks since we were stuck at home with the throat and ear infections. Have I given birth to a particularly sickly child? She seems to pick up anything that's going round.

I'm here with the Verity the incredible possetting/hurling and needy child. Add to that list, shrieking if not being carried at all times and wanting feeding every two hours

Went to play group this morning and Iris went off quietly into a corner, playing quietly. I then discovered she'd found the volunteer's biscuits and was keeping the box hidden and wolfing 'em down - oh the shame

Saw Family Guy for the first time last night...OMG I think Verity is a female Stewy!!

Have resorted to CBeebies. Need CAKE!

lol@stewie/verity Also, give that girl in the corner 10/10 for keeping her stash of biscuits to herself. Wouldn't you? I know I def would!

Just done a marathon amount of work today. Monday's are always busy for orders I mean yay!

Poor LO's who are poorly and have the hurling bug I've got all this to come I expect. ladymac I think they just go through a phase when all they seem to be is sickly. Then they suddenly grow out of it when they get to school.

mrsb I meant to say earlier, never have peas in my bra as I prong them. DH says I'm posh for doing so and unlike him I don't shovel them all in with my fork like a fat yank. However, I do compensate with other comestibles. A favourite being toast crumbs.

a fat yank i must be then cos i am a shoveller!

i'm liking the sound of miss iris jj

lol @ "the vomiter" ladymac poor you!

sorry bout lack of punctuation etc - typing one handed for the usual reasons...i need the other hand to hold my lambert and butler and to lift my gin and tonic...

mrsb I take my hat off to you. Are you missing work so much that you're turning into one of the DSS clients? How marvellous. I expect your next pic will show you with a croydon face lift sporting some fake armani's...or Timmy Hilfingers

Katherine has been a very good girl so far today and only woken for milk. However, come evening a very different creature of the night emerges.....non stop guzzling and crying inbetween. Mind you I can't complain; she scoffed all evening y'day until 10.30 and didn't wake until 5am

Hows young Darragh doing these days? Is he still doing the 2 hourly feeding routine?

that is verily my intention jw I intend to use my first child benfit payment to purchase sone lovely gold sovereign rings and some mahoosive slag hoops for myself and then we can get daddy a nice spiderweb tattoo on his neck. By then Darragh will be ready for some nice diamond studs in his ears. We will look da NUTS I tells ya

As for the feeding -well, Sunday was every two hours including through the night, last night out of sheer knackeredness I took him onto bed at 4am and he has been waking every three hours today. Still doing the nightly wahhh waaahs though. I don't know if its wind or what. He doesn't draw his legs up but sttretches them out stiff so that he is almost standing on my lap when he cries. Have decided to abandon attempts to get him into bed when he is like this and just do sleepy cuddles. Have also decided to abandon eating evening dinner until we are through this. I cooked a lovely chicken chasseur off saturday kitchen yesterday and we didn't get to eat it till 11.30 last night!

omg 11.30??? Poor you (and OH). It's just a guessing game as to what's up with them isn't it? And even then we get it wrong...and sometimes nothing is actually wrong. Have you mentioned it to your HV? As long as his tummy isn't hard or distended then it's probably just wind...although they do get wise even at this tender age, that bed with mummy is lovely. I know, I went down that road with all 3 of my others. Some nights having all 3 of them in bed with us

I'm loving the image transformation. I hope you've got Darragh some nice NIKE trainers already...he needs them you know I'm loving the tattoo btw. Can't you have the small of your back done with, I dunno, something celtic...or a butterfly and make sure your low rise jeans show it off nicely, with of course, your pink nylon thong! Oh, and not forgetting your muffin top too

OOoo - all this talk of celtic tatoos, Nikes, slag hoops and Croydon face lifts makes me want to go and get both girls' ears pierced

Verity has finally gone to sleep - none today at all - so fingers crossed she goes for more than 2 hours at a time tonight

Hahaha - lol @ mrsboogie buying cheap tat with first benefit payment. Reminds me when Gordon Brown announced last year that he was giving £200 for all preggie woman to spend on 'good food' So we thought how FAB - and started looking to book a table at le Manoir...well hey, how 'good' is it possible to get...? Unfortunately - I was too preggie, too early - and never got the dosh - Damm!

No sign of hedgepig.........OOOOOoooooooooooo
baby? baby? baby...???

awww damn did I miss a £200 payment? I could've got a ton of mini kievs and sunny D down at Lidl

Yeah - I reckon that Gordon right... I phink that he woz telling us porkies and he not got any money - yeah. I is vexed right - cos if he's not giving out the £200 squidlies then I aint having anover baby - nah................

mrsboogie you has got a Lidl in your manor? - you is WELL lucky Bro...!

*in hushed Radio 4 tones....."and that was an excerpt from our crappy afternoon play - Council Slags go ape with £200"