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40 + mums with baby tums & those who've already 'popped' with muffin tops - come say Hi!

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jeanjeannie · 18/02/2009 20:14

Yet ANOTHER thread. Like it says - those of you who've waved bye bye to 39 come and say Hi to us instead.

We think that 40 is the new 20, cyber cake is the new weight-watchers and older mums rock

So, if you fit that description come and play with us. We like cake, gossip an occasional luke warm debate and a good moan! Oh and we're also very friendly and supportive!

OK everyone.....take it away x

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mrsboogie · 23/02/2009 19:35

oh my god neddie I've come over all queer

jw xenical! flippin 'eck. There's me wittering about Alli and you just go and get given xenical just like that. You be careful now! from what I've read it takes a couple of days to kick in so don't get complacent or things could get very unpleasant I am dying to hear how it goes. Be sure to get yourself some Omega supplements as you will go short otherwise.

Re lop sided lady gardens - I slapped a load of Veet on mine as d day approached just so the medical staff could see what they were about down there, of course I couldn't see what I was doing so when I washed it off in the shower it was only done on one side. Gave it up as a bad job so gawd only knows what state it was in when I was in labour - not that I cared!

johnworf · 23/02/2009 19:48

mrsb yeah, I'm not going outside for a couple of days just in case my bowels go doolally. My GP says that all you need to qualify for Xenical is BMI over 30 (mine was .6 over) and to have shown to have lost a bit of weight yourself. And it's free I'll probably only get a month or 2 at the most as once you're under BMI of 30 then they stop giving it to you. I've read about the supplements so I'll get some multi vits in ready.

haha @ the lop sided fanjo hairdo!

mrsboogie · 23/02/2009 20:11

you'll have to put some weight in your pockets if you want more jw

good luck with it!

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jeanjeannie · 23/02/2009 20:14

Oh how exciting jw we can have double poo talk....one for the LOs and one for YOU!

All this talk of fanjo trimming made me think about doing mine this evening - but Corrie was on and I can't be a*sed!

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mrsboogie · 23/02/2009 20:35

yeah, I've been meaning to do mine for oooh months now

it's a hard life being a glamourpuss

ermintrude13 · 23/02/2009 20:45

Talking of all this hair where we could do without it, earlier today DS stared closely at my neck, just under my chin, and then carefully reached out with thumb and forefinger and held out a long, thankfully blonde, hair. He started off shrieking with horror 'Mum, I didn't know ladies had beards' and ended up chanting 'you're a man with boobies, you're a man with boobies' and couldn't wait for his dad to get home to tell him about the hilarious discovery. And I can actually see my face, so have no excuse really...

JW those drugs sound scary. What's worse, being a bit plump or drawing mud every time you fart? Discuss

Tee2072 · 23/02/2009 20:48

I think the second ermintrude.

And as a woman of middle European decent, I could write a book on hair in bad places. Upper lip, chin, under chin, down belly, never mind the lady garden. Face get regular plucking and waxing, tummy gets shaved (TMI? ), lady garden only gets treated when I am going to be in a pool.

This is why I never go swimming. And if the midwives don't like it on or about 26th June? Too fracking bad!

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jeanjeannie · 23/02/2009 21:11

Choking laughing here at jj towers ermintrude 'You're a man with boobies' and at the thought of drawing mud every time you fart

Oh I love a good chin pluck tee- I'm evil with the tweezers although I have to be careful or I'll end up looking like DP's Polish aunties and have to draw back in my eyebrows with thin black lines.

mrsB surely you mean GlamourPUSSY!

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johnworf · 23/02/2009 21:24

hahaha I'm sooooo glad I'm not the only one with the odd hair here and there on my chin. Now, I do bring the Veet wax out for those areas. It's great when your children let everyone know I'm sure he'll suddenly remember next time you're at a family gathering.

JJ can just imagine you with brown drawn in eyebrows and a constantly surprised expression!

Not sure how bad the trumping with follow ups will be. I'm told by GP that I should be ok as long as I don't cheat i.e. eat fat in food. They don't give you any diet info though. Just kinda leave you to it so now I'll have to read every label for the lowest fat foods. Obviously fruit and veg will be ok. Am so looking forward to the 'greasy stools' though..........bleugh.

In answer to your question ermintrude, I'd much rather be an 8 stone goddess wearing incontinence pants

mrsboogie · 23/02/2009 21:25

oooh I hate those hairs - those long random ones - do they grow overnight or what because one day they aren't there and the next there's a flippin' great three inch'er wafting in the breeze

tee I doubt the midwives would bat an eye if your lady garden was bright pink and tied in bunches! I'm sure they've seen it al before and then some...

Tee2072 · 23/02/2009 21:28

This is what I figured mrsb. And if someone could figure out where those hairs come from, they'd probably be a millionaire!

BonzoDoodah · 23/02/2009 21:34

talking of ladygardens ...
Have any of you decided what you're calling your girls' bits with them?
Boys have "willy" which is nice and non-twee and non-medical. Girls don't have a universal name similar do they? Friends here are useless with suggestions like "tuppence" and "flower" ... sheesh. Vagina is incorrect and vulva too medica... at the moment I'm going for Fanny but am still looking for a better name. (As kids my sister and I called it a "minnie" but I always thought that was a silly name).
Help!

ermintrude13 · 23/02/2009 21:36

I'm going to make DH read this bit of the thread so he knows I'm not the only one to require such regular tweezing . The ones I hate most are on my nipples. A hairy chest as well as a beard! DS would have a field day if he knew!

I do fear for young women nowadays though - by the time they get to our age and discover these unspoken truths of womanhood, their menfolk, having been brought up on a widely-available internet porn diet of plucked, waxed and shaved ladies, will be so traumatised they'll run off screaming. Whereas my DH always remembers Nena and her 99 red balloons and luxuriant pits (voles at the very least) with great affection and erm admiration.

mrsboogie · 23/02/2009 21:37

front-bottom?

BonzoDoodah · 23/02/2009 21:38

Oh and Tee I think those hairs are from when you pluck too hard and they zing back in and bounce out somewhere else.

hedgepig · 23/02/2009 21:39

Bonzo my friends decided on Twinkie as a name for girls bits, I think it is quite sweet.

ermintrude13 · 23/02/2009 21:40

Bonzo another fave subject of mine - I'm on a roll tonight! We went through exactly the same process 10 yrs ago, settled on 'fanny' and haven't looked back. (DH's initial suggestion of 'willy' for a boy and 'no willy' for a girl was rejected for its Freudian dodginess).

There's a website with lots of names for it but they're all too rude or graphic for little girls to use. I like 'lamb handbag' and 'squeaker' though but only for personal use. NEVER NEVER make a child call her parts a 'lala'!

Tee2072 · 23/02/2009 21:40

LOL bonzo!!

I think I will go with vagina and penis, even if vagina isn't technically accurate for the entire area. I really don't like cute names for genitals.

mrsboogie · 23/02/2009 21:42

lamb handbag? eh?

ermintrude13 · 23/02/2009 21:44

Tee I was brought up to say 'penis' and 'vulva' by my doctor parents and didn't like it. I hate twee or euphimistic names too but 'willy' and 'fanny' are just about robust enough for me. They're the only ones I use though - otherwise I'd be back to the Latin. Anyway, these days DS loves coming home and saying 'Aw, we played football today and I got hit in the nuts'.

Tee2072 · 23/02/2009 21:46

LOL ermintrude

I wonder if my kid will shout BOOBIES or discuss his nuts?

johnworf · 23/02/2009 21:48

It was a foofoo in our house and a willy for the boys.

Eugh @ nipple hairs. I'm sick of them. And yes, they obviously grow during the night..and now I'm rubbing my chin, hair hunting

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jeanjeannie · 24/02/2009 07:44

Morning all. God what a night. The girls (and us) were constantly woken up by the wailing of horny cats I kid you not - it was awful and SO loud!

We've sort of called boys' bits a willy and girls' bits a Winkie and as we all know Iris LOVES shouting BOOBIES ermintrude lamb handbag

Is it time for bed yet?

DP is cooking pancakes this eve and inviting his cousin over & her brood....taking bets on if I'll be awake past 7pm!

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Neddie · 24/02/2009 07:57

In our house they are called Willy and FooFoo. But my Mum and Grandma called them John Thomas and Fairy.
I am pleased that although half Spanish I am not particularly hairy and because my mother was very blonde my arm hairs are quite pale. I do have one long hair that pops out at the edge of my mouth which is horrible!
Is it pancake day?

ermintrude13 · 24/02/2009 08:41

FooFoo sounds like a French burlesque star .

My problem with foofoo, winkie, twinkie etc. (apart from being a bit too cutesie for me) is that they're not widely used and if your child ever needed to say something important - like describe a pain to a carer or something - it could make things tricky. Fanny is not elegant but everyone knows what it is and you can carry on using it into adulthood - but I think it's more familiar oop north. And I expect most kids can make themselves understood with the power of gesture anyway! I have a friend whose French husband suggested they just call their DDs' parts 'pussy' and couldn't see why his wife was so shocked

Everyone has given me their pancake orders for tonight - honey for DD, choc sauce for DS, classic lemon and sugar for DH. I usually make American short stack pancakes - thick ones with bacon and maple syrup mmm - so hope I haven't lost the skill of creperie