tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23131338062977754652024-03-13T22:59:59.808-07:00Fairydust - Babies and BeyondWhen the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-89975565210505466822014-09-02T16:01:00.002-07:002014-09-02T16:01:20.592-07:00TipsSo I'm trying to get my new blog up and running. I have a lot of posts in draft from I've not had time to finish yet. I'm not sure on the best ways to get my blog out there apart from attempting good SEO and joining tots 100. I've been joining in with some click and chat social media on another blog but after that I'm striking a blank.<br />
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I suppose I shouldn't worry too much until my blog is a bit more established post wise so people can get a proper feel of what it's about. It's mostly just parenting posts currently but after a while (more personal posts) I'm hoping my blog will get it's own personality - if that makes sense.<br />
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I feel I've aged so much in the 4 years since I started this blog due to personal circumstances....which i don't like....so I'm hoping I can still retain a bit of youth from this one, but with a more mature writing style!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-37203766005951251242014-08-27T02:03:00.003-07:002014-08-27T02:03:35.912-07:00New BlogAfter a lot of difficult disruptions in my life I have finally started up a new blog. After not being able to carry on with this one and a lot changing I felt I needed a fresh start. I will be transferring a few old posts, slightly edited, but generally all new and a bit of a different direction.<br />
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If anyone wants to join me on the new one its called <a href="http://somewhereinbetween86.blogspot.co.uk/">Somewhere In between</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-35912197780911772822011-09-29T05:12:00.000-07:002011-09-29T05:17:53.749-07:00Product Review: Nuby Comfort Manual Breast PumpI didn't think to get a breast pump whilst I was pregnant, mainly because as I don't have big breasts I was always un confident about my possible breast feeding abilities - I didn't think I'd have enough milk and assumed I'd have to resign to bottle feeding which I was upset about.<br />
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</tbody></table>When Grace was born she couldn't seem to get any milk/colostrum so I put her straight onto formula. However 2 days later my milk came in and I was so happy it was such a relief. Grace however had become accustomed to the bottle teats and got frustrated when breast feeding, although she managed it a bit, and I tried a few times during the first two weeks.<br />
The day after my milk came in Ash went out to get me a breast pump. I'd asked him to get the Nuby Comfort Manual Breast pump as I'd seen that one in Boots and knew it wasn't too expensive and we are on a budget.<br />
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I didn't think to take a picture of the box, as the last thing on my mind was my blog or reviews as I had my tiny newborn and was in a magical bubble of joy, magic, excitement and fear of the unknown!<br />
I've stopped expressing now so my pump and storage bottle have been put away, so I have used a stock image from the Boots website. <br />
There was an offer on at Boots to get it for a reduced price of <a href="http://www.boots.com/en/Nuby-Natural-Touch-ComfortTM-Breast-Pump_1110327/">£19.16</a> which is still on, compared to its RRP of £24.99. That's a 25% reduction.<br />
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It came with some free breast pads, which were useful as I didn't think to get any of those in either, and I desperately needed them from here on as I would leak loads!<br />
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It did take me a couple of goes to get used to it, purely because I had never done this before! It was alien to me! Once I'd had a couple of tries it was easy to use and comfortable thanks to the soft massage cushion and the adjustable pressure valve. The latter was particularly useful the first day I used it, as my breasts were quite tender from being so full. It molded around the breast well and was very efficient for a manual breast pump.<br />
It was easy to put together and to disassemble and fit in our Nuby microwave steam sterilizer (that we received free from them by sending my 22 weeks scan picture in).<br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I can't fault this product, for a manual pump it is great and the design and features are well thought through.</i></span></div><br />
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</tbody></table>Due to reviewing some products for the Practical Parenting and Pregnancy Magazine awards, I had another breast pump to compare it to. They sent me the '<b>Babies are us</b>' manual breast pump, which although has a great price tag, I didn't find great value at all, as I thought it was awful in comparrison!<br />
There was no massage cushion so your breast was just against the hard uncomfortable plastic which I didn't find stimulated the expression of milk very well. It didn't seem as efficient and I struggled with it and I didn't like the way it was put together. <span style="font-size: large;"><i>I 100% preferred the Nuby pump.</i></span><br />
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<i><b>Here's what Nuby say about the product: </b></i><br />
<ul><li>Gentle express mimics breastfeeding </li>
<li> Efficient & comfortable expressing</li>
<li> Helps combine breast & bottle feeding</li>
<li> Soft massaging cushion stimulates the breast & encourages your natural milk flow</li>
<li> Adjustable suction valve ensures ultimate comfort, as it allows you to adjust the suction pressure of the pump</li>
<li> Set includes:<br />
<ul><li> 5 oz/ 150 ml PP Natural Nurser<sup>TM</sup></li>
<li> 8 oz/ 240 ml PP Natural Nurser<sup>TM</sup> with breast sized slow flow silicone teat, screw ring & hood</li>
<li> Breast pump standing cradle</li>
<li> Silicone storage lid</li>
<li> 6 disposable pads</li>
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<li> BPA FREE</li>
</ul><div class="tab_page" id="tab_description" style="display: block;"></div>* <i><span style="font-size: large;">I would recommend this to anyone looking to get a manual breast pump</span></i>, and I imagine their electric one is brilliant too. If on less of a budget I would have gone for that:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuby Rhythm Electric Breast Pump</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</a></div> If brought from Boots instead of the Nuby website, <i><span style="font-size: large;">you get a saving of over £20 </span></i>due to their current 25% off offer on Nuby Breast pumps.<br />
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I did get sent an electric breast pump by Ardo to review a couple of weeks later but never got chance to use it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sadly I didn't manage to express for more than 3 weeks as I would never get time. I shouldn't have had so many visitors and it does make me sad that maybe I would have been able to do it for longer if I had made people wait to come.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When visitors had been I would be busy looking after Grace and trying to keep on top of house work (although Ash was great whilst he was off work, which did help considering I had to recover from giving birth and had some painful stitches) and when I finally got some free time I would be too tired. So in that case I'd reccomend getting the electric one as I'm sure I would have managed it then despite the tiredness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Useful links:<br />
<ul><li> <a href="http://www.nuby-uk.com/">Nuby Website - online shop</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nubyuk">Nuby Facebook Page</a> </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">My Disney 21st. Katie, Han, Me, Helen, Jen, Lauren</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #cc0000;">In my first year of university at Liverpool I lived at a student halls campus Carnatic and it was brilliant! You got to know so many people so quickly and so well from all living in a little neighborhood. I am so glad I did otherwise I would have really missed out. </div><div style="color: #cc0000;">I was friends with a lot of the boys, as I think we were outnumbered and also I find them easier to get on with sometimes, but I think we all felt that way as besides us the other girls in our halls (Morton) didn't seem particularly pleasant. So I became close to four girls in the first year - Lauren, Helen, Katie and Hannah, and then the next year Jen, when all six of us moved in together.</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #cc0000;"> We got up to plenty of mischief and Lauren, like Karen is one of the funniest people I know. When she was drunk she was much more likely to do silly things with me, I didn't need much encouragement as I had got over my very shy stage. We also had much fun winding up our friend and block buddy Russell (all in good humour) such as trying to get him a Russian bride. There were many drunken adventures. Katie was usually involved too or would be my other partner or crime, or Laurens.</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Lauren, Me, Katie A night out</span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #cc0000;"> </div><div style="color: #cc0000;"> I remember Katie and I going to Tesco in our pj's at 4am one night (which may be common for some scousers but wasn't for us) only to find it was closed, and going clubbing in our pj's to raise money for charity. </div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">Lauren is someone its so easy to feel comfortable around and we can have fun just jumping around the kitchen to cheesy dance or trance music eating peanut butter on toast as well as random adventures into other blocks (Morton had 6 blocks) or getting drunk and being silly. Just talking to her is fun as she has a great sense of humour. I really miss her these days!</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">Alessandro was in our neighboring block. In the first year I spent most time with an ex friend called Connor who was so much fun and a great friend, until the next year when he got into drugs and turned unstable and into a really nasty piece of work.</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">The last two years I then spent alot of time with Sandro and he is the funniest guy that I know. He comes out with the most ridiculous things and as I hung around with the boys a lot, there was always pranks going on, which I did love as I still loved to embrace my inner child!</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">No nasty or over the top pranks, just pretty harmless things. He was also a great friend.</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #cc0000;">I don't get to see my university friends very often now, as we all live in different areas of the country sadly, and I really wish we were all just down the road from each other like we used to be. They have given me some great memories. I only hope to have the chance to have some more.</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cc0000;"> x - X - x</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-68819535895220840032011-09-22T15:33:00.000-07:002011-09-22T16:22:56.405-07:00My Birth Story<div style="color: #351c75;">On Tuesday morning the 26th of July, I woke up early (like I had been doing every morning due to needing a wee - my poor squashed bladder), with what I<b> <u>thought</u></b> must be braxton hicks, quite strong ones, like bad period pains.</div><div style="color: #351c75;">I'd had some similar pains before on the two previous Fridays, one night was very painful but both had turned out not to be anything as the next couple of days I would have no signs, until weak period pains would return about 48 hours after each occasion.</div><div style="color: #351c75; text-align: left;">Due to this I assumed this was just practice again, although with it being <b>almost my due date</b> and the regular weaker pains I'd been getting - like a build up, it did make me wonder if it could be starting. I got out of bed when Ashley had left for work as it was too uncomfortable to sleep. I went about a normal routine, having breakfast, writing a post on here, all whilst getting these pains. After a while they then seemed to have mostly worn off so i went back to bed for a couple hours later on thinking they wouldn't come back. I'd even told my sister I'd speak to her the next day after my sweep, as nothing was going to happen in the hours between then.</div><div style="color: #351c75; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #351c75; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I was very wrong!</span></i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_BGh69QRBVt8TDxYzkSaeicH2fhrAvKvs2PF83JbjFL64JhSxw9yxjhIJeDqNHdi9BNz7xRyEiMOFjCFm_f3iQAxw9ZKhNlzQBVPD5XNsAXAYZL1dQQpLUidSHo6oGhgNOyKrctCOu0/s1600/butter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_BGh69QRBVt8TDxYzkSaeicH2fhrAvKvs2PF83JbjFL64JhSxw9yxjhIJeDqNHdi9BNz7xRyEiMOFjCFm_f3iQAxw9ZKhNlzQBVPD5XNsAXAYZL1dQQpLUidSHo6oGhgNOyKrctCOu0/s200/butter.jpg" width="200" /></a>I can't remember when the pains started again, but I'd been getting on with household chores and had been planning to make Butternut squash risotto (after being on the Hipp site and thinking i could freeze most of it for ready meals for when baby came). I didn't realise how much of a challenge sorting out butternut squashes would be! It was hard, especially due to being a massive 40 week pregnant whale and I began to get back ache.<br />
I assumed it was because I'd been stood up too long doing it all, but after I'd been cooking for a while, the backache started to get worse and I was getting cramping pains, and it was getting really hard to do it.<br />
I still didn't think i was in labour though! It was in the back of my mind but I was slightly in denial.<br />
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I think it was about <b><i>8 in the evening</i> </b>when I <b><i>realised I was getting regular contraction like pains</i> </b>and I was kind of excited but also thought that they'd wear off just like the other nights (but then they'd not been so convincing as this). When I noticed they were coming every 10 to 15 minutes and they were getting quite painful, it started to kick in that it was pretty likely that i was in labour. I hadn't showered or painted my nails during the day like I planned and I didn't want to go in a mess (which may sound silly) so I realised I had to go get that done. I told Ash, (who was busy playing on his xbox) I was doing so, just in case we had to go to the hospital ....so I was still not 100% convinced - I think I knew but I just couldn't believe it was actually happening. Its hard to describe how I was feeling.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGChSwbaxnBAe6Sr6G6W5nOQy5xXCq1ZVt0M5jEWAXm8ym-oBria38LhVhyphenhyphenW301fcHW16ggMAiU5wnSfvgiMhBdFCjsy-MpSotp-8X1misOYdqi0NL-_fP3xI-CJfx82H17JZL7yrO4YA/s1600/legs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGChSwbaxnBAe6Sr6G6W5nOQy5xXCq1ZVt0M5jEWAXm8ym-oBria38LhVhyphenhyphenW301fcHW16ggMAiU5wnSfvgiMhBdFCjsy-MpSotp-8X1misOYdqi0NL-_fP3xI-CJfx82H17JZL7yrO4YA/s200/legs.jpg" width="200" /></a>It turns out <i><span style="font-size: large;">its not so easy shaving your legs with contractions</span>!!</i> Then when Ashley saw I'd done my make up he laughed.<br />
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After then they were getting closer and closer in a very short space of time and stronger so I knew it was labour and called the delivery suite. It was about half ten by then (I think). They were 5 to 6 minutes apart but it was confusing as <b><i>I would get two or three in a row,</i></b> which i think is why I'd been unsure since 8pm whether it was real labour, as i never knew you could get more than one contraction at once (always thought it was just one and then the minutes in between then the next and so on).<br />
The midwife I spoke to told me I didn't need to go in until they were 2 - 3 minutes apart and to try paracetamol and a have a bath. I was quite upset then as they were getting pretty painful and it was hard coping with more than one at once. <b><i>I told Ash he may as well go to bed</i></b> as I was thinking of my friend Mel who had been up all night in pain until she had progressed to that point, so I <i><b>thought</b><b> I would</b></i> be the same and <i><b>not be going anywhere until the morning</b></i>.<br />
He said no though, as I think he thought we would be going to the hospital soon. So<i><b> he knew better than me</b></i>!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKyBpQfppSqO_cVRe4fVmjvNRZd_RfrSe797JbnndxTPP6nyI3KG9TedcSlwBRtkv2t2pXb-sV_VFaEPH26zERHKwQcDF6HOjpIbOQIHRhGxGEpKAbxdJord6pl4ks6xCTIpDQGe7B5g/s1600/contractions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKyBpQfppSqO_cVRe4fVmjvNRZd_RfrSe797JbnndxTPP6nyI3KG9TedcSlwBRtkv2t2pXb-sV_VFaEPH26zERHKwQcDF6HOjpIbOQIHRhGxGEpKAbxdJord6pl4ks6xCTIpDQGe7B5g/s320/contractions.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We started timing them and he was trying to help me get through them and<b><i> they were</i></b> <i><b>3 minutes apart within no time at all</b></i>. I couldn't believe it at first, and the multiple contractions were still confusing me, but in quite a bit of pain I then rang the hospital and they told me to come in, it was actually happening!<br />
I'm not too sure if i was excited anymore by then though, as I had <b><i>already been crying because of the pain </i></b>and because I knew this was by no means the worst of it!<b> </b><br />
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We had to get a taxi in as neither of us drive or have a car (yet) so that was fun sitting in the back trying to keep completely composed during contractions! I didn't want to freak the taxi driver out and make him think I was gonna give birth in his car!</div><div style="color: #351c75;">It was<b><i> about midnight</i></b>, just after<b><i> </i></b>when we got to the hospital and delivery suite. I was put on a little ward area when we got in, as they don't let you go into a delivery room until you're in established labour, although in the end i went in before that.</div><div style="color: #351c75;">She checked me when we got in and <b><i>found i was 2-3 cm dilated already</i></b>, although because of the pain and wanting something for it, I was hoping it would be 4cm, but it could have been worse! If it had been 1cm dilated I think i would have lost my mind! I didn't realise or had<i><b> forgotten you couldn't have pain relief until established labour</b></i> (and I can't have Codeine as I'm allergic) so I was upset as the contractions were very painful now and she told me that getting a few in a row was normal and called <i><b>coupling</b></i>. Its bloody awful. I guess everyone probably gets that but i had no idea!</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75;">Putting it into perspective<i><b> they hadn't got that painful until i started throwing up </b></i>because if how much it hurt. She said its because of your stomach being close to your contracting uterus but I'm so sure it was the pain!</div><div style="color: #351c75;">Anyway as they were so strong and coming constantly my midwife got a bath run in one of the delivery rooms (<i><span style="font-size: large;">the baths are great, so massive</span></i>) and so I was off the mini ward which was a relief.</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO53Ni5M0a1MUYyrJoJd2737BVA0f9g8qWEvzt01PBKCXl9QCmh5cGpfcVz3AZYcqGVRXWnl3HHAyvQ2WgnSKyCJfqLntOEyzsuTa1Vz_18t7HYJ9IDuLvlxaOcpvq94jkjZ4M3qPP08/s1600/Woman-in-Labor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO53Ni5M0a1MUYyrJoJd2737BVA0f9g8qWEvzt01PBKCXl9QCmh5cGpfcVz3AZYcqGVRXWnl3HHAyvQ2WgnSKyCJfqLntOEyzsuTa1Vz_18t7HYJ9IDuLvlxaOcpvq94jkjZ4M3qPP08/s200/Woman-in-Labor.jpg" width="200" /></a>After the first examination she'd said she'd check me in <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>4 hours</b></i></span>, I was horrified, <i><b><u>4 bloody hours</u></b></i>, to see if I was in established labour, and before I could have any pain relief.</div><div style="color: #351c75;">So we were left in my delivery room and i was in the bath and my contractions started to get horrific, <b><i>she'd taught me to breath through them</i></b>, but some were <b><i>so bad i actually had to kind of scream</i></b>. Only a few times, but i kept telling Ash I couldn't do it and said it was the worst experience of my life and to make it stop! <i><b>He was so good looking after me though</b></i>. He'd helped me sort myself out when I'd been sick a few times on the ward and was holding me and stroking my hair and helping me as much as he could by comforting.</div><div style="color: #351c75;">I ended up getting out the bath, I couldn't take the pain and I was a bit hysterical I think. <i><span style="font-size: large;">I begged him to get the midwife</span></i> to take a look at me because I really needed at least gas and air and needed to know how far gone I was, I was sure I must already be pretty well established. So after a bit he got her for me (using the and she checked how far i was which KILLED as it set off another majorly strong contraction, I'd just had one before that had made me scream.</div><div style="color: #351c75;">She was very shocked and told me <span style="font-size: large;"><i>I was 8cm gone already</i></span>!</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6AaKNTQmo0Gy5K8vvYPrFZcTstjarRmgIS6AHNC-0Eijs-ARTGkW14VTFaLNyjmyoeUM6sXMOwjpkaurFV3TnildofoZ7rMUBBh0ZukzYbQXqHfeFhN9VvTH918fNmRVgSd2pWntM_M/s1600/gasnair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6AaKNTQmo0Gy5K8vvYPrFZcTstjarRmgIS6AHNC-0Eijs-ARTGkW14VTFaLNyjmyoeUM6sXMOwjpkaurFV3TnildofoZ7rMUBBh0ZukzYbQXqHfeFhN9VvTH918fNmRVgSd2pWntM_M/s200/gasnair.jpg" width="135" /></a>She finally gave me gas and air but the pain was still awful, and even though I'd got through almost all of it with nothing I begged her for diamorphine (Leeds don't do Pethidine anymore) or even an epidural (which i had been adamant about not wanting, but i was desperate and hysterical i think....otherwise I'm sure i wouldn't have asked).</div><div style="color: #351c75;">She wasn't gonna give me any with being 8cm but the Dr said it was ok, but I<i><b> don't think they realised or had I by then that I needed to push</b></i> (and how soon my I'd be giving birth), so I had started doing...I couldn't stop it, so i must have gone to 10cm if lightening speed but i didn't know so didn't click <b><i>I was now starting to push my baby out</i></b>.</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75;">My body was starting to make me push really hard, so hard at one point all this fluid came rushing out, but I didn't know if it was my waters or i'd wee'd lol, turns out the latter! </div><div style="color: #351c75;">Ash briefly left the room not long after...I don't know why as the Dia morphine made me practically fall asleep in the time between each contraction (such a relief). I think he needed a wee too haha! In that time my <b><i>waters actually finally did go</i></b>.....right last minute. I then was pushing really hard again and then thought I'd poo'd myself! I asked to go to the toilet and then I hadn't so was confused, I hadn't realised that the feeling was <b><i>my babies head popping out into the birth canal</i></b>, the midwife didn't realise this either ....and after a bit looked and said...<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>you're baby is right there!</b></i></span> She thought it might take a while to push out but after a couple pushes she was coming out, but the midwife told me I had to stop pushing (which felt almost impossible) and <b><i>just breathe her out, as I was tearing</i></b>.</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">And then really quickly she came out.</span></i></div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></i><span style="color: #351c75;">She made <b><i>a little cry but then stopped</i></b> and she looked blue, they had put her on my chest briefly but then took her right off because <i><b>she wasn't breathing</b></i>. </span><b style="color: #351c75;"><i>It was terrifying</i></b><span style="color: #351c75;">.</span><br />
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<div style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwxtSn5STGK-yfcINmXn7e9PVC9rl9xSknEaoh3GJUF79-LroR1wOj87ROopFUUsk3FeUIdTi-0eyWUoCaZf2focmgEkKogj8h5JXY1_Nrwcx-BIZPS7_eBsC12ptNIGZCgkU7RdxRUM/s1600/dr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwxtSn5STGK-yfcINmXn7e9PVC9rl9xSknEaoh3GJUF79-LroR1wOj87ROopFUUsk3FeUIdTi-0eyWUoCaZf2focmgEkKogj8h5JXY1_Nrwcx-BIZPS7_eBsC12ptNIGZCgkU7RdxRUM/s1600/dr.jpg" /></a></div> A load of doctors came in and took her over to this area in the corner of the room and were trying to get cries out of her and doing checks whilst I had to deliver the placenta. My midwife (Juliet - she was wonderful) was going to pull it out using the umbilical cord, but that snapped so she was asking for someone else to come in and assist (besides the other person who had to be present at birth) but then I pushed it all out that second so shocked her again! It was huge, i'm sure almost as big as Grace.</div><div style="color: #351c75;">The doctors had her for a while and<i><span style="font-size: large;"> I was so so scared</span></i> and kept asking if she was ok, even though they told me she was. It was because I'd delivered so quickly after the diamorphine which they weren't expecting. I eventually got her back which was such a relief and she was a normal colour and<span style="font-size: large;"><i> I had my baby girl in my arms!</i></span></div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><img alt=":)" class="emote_img" src="https://s-static.ak.facebook.com/images/blank.gif" style="background-position: 0px 0px;" /> Shortly after they had to do my stitches, so Ashley held Grace. I had a 2nd degree perineal tear and a couple of other lacerations. However <b><i>I can't remember feeling any pain pushing her out</i></b> (that had been the bit I was most scared off ....I just couldn't see how it was possible) and even though the pushing sensation is so strong,<i><b> it is such a relief from the contractions</b></i>! </div><div style="color: #351c75;">I think the girl who did my stitches was still a bit unexperienced as it took her ages and another midwife had to help at one point and seemed a bit annoyed at her. I just wanted it to be over!</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75;">Here are some of the first photo's after Grace was born:</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75;">Later on that morning they did quite a few checks on my heart because I'd been having more</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">palpatations and tachycardia. It all seemed fine, but then we had to stay in hospital overnight as the paediatrician detected a heart murmor in Grace that afternoon in the post natal ward.</span><br />
<div style="color: #351c75;">I was very upset about it and that we had to stay in. Ashley had gone home to get some sleep but came back and my sister and my nephew came over and were the first people to meet her. </div><div style="color: #351c75;">The murmur was still there the next morning so we were told we would have to take her for a scan in about 6 to 8 weeks. She still has it but its an innocent one thank god, so <span style="font-size: large;">she is perfectly healthy</span>.</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75;">She was so well behaved in the hospital. All the other babies were screaming on the ward but she just wiggled a lot and whimpered a lil bit if she wanted something. She didn't have a proper screeching cry at first, like the other babies on the ward, just this cute little wah sound, which finally came out when she had her first bath! Before then it had just been a one off noise, not continuous. However now, as every baby she has a very loud cry when she is not happy about something.</div><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #351c75;">If you are due to give birth for the first time, <span style="font-size: large;"><i>don't be scared</i></span>. I used to be terrified of it before being pregnant, but then was less scared when I was as I had the baby to focus on.</div><div style="color: #351c75;">It was very painful, but I was lucky and had a relatively short labour (although I do wonder if I started dilating a couple weeks in advance) and despite the pain and having to cope with stitches for a couple weeks after, I would do it again. It was the <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">best experience</span> of my life giving birth</i></b> to my baby girl and we are so lucky to have her.</div><div style="color: #351c75;"> Everyone says you will get through it, and you may doubt it but they are right and it will be one of the happiest times of your life. Good Luck to anyone expecting. </div><ul class="uiList"><li class="MessagingMessage uiListItem uiListLight uiListVerticalItemBorder"><div class="clearfix main"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix"><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content"><div><ul class="uiList body contentListWidth"><li class="uiListItem uiListVerticalItemBorder"><div class="content" id="id.213739002012231"><div style="color: #351c75;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">x - X - x</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-77143973334712569282011-09-19T16:34:00.000-07:002011-09-22T09:01:45.412-07:0010 Day Friend Challenge: Day 2: A New Friend<div style="color: #134f5c;">This should have been '<i><b><span style="font-size: small;">The friend that knows the most about you'</span></b></i> but that was too tricky for me because I have moved about a lot. I've been to five different primary schools and lived in Stockport, then Plymouth, then Liverpool, then Stockport again and now Leeds. So it meant it was hard for me to stay close to anyone for more than a certain amount of time. Different people have been closest and know more about different stages of my life.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">So I changed it to this: <i><b>A New Friend</b></i></div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">I've made quite a lot of new friends in the past 14 months and also changed boyfriends - all due to moving to Leeds and starting a new job. But one person who I've talked to for a while but only just recently met in person is Mel Matthews!</div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">The two years after uni that I was in limbo unable to work due to illness, I started chatting to people on the More Facebook page and made quite a few lovely online friends on there, who during that time were there for me more than some of my 'real life' friends.<br />
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Then when I became unexpectedly pregnant there was one girl I confided in one of them as she had been in a similar situation. That was Emma Louise, and it was such a relief when I felt I couldn't tell anyone else about it at the time.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">Just before I found out I was pregnant Mel announced on Facebook that she was, and at after I'd got my head round things I told her I was. I feel I bonded with her due to us sharing out pregnancy 'journey's' together. It was great to have someone else to chat to about things and more exciting too.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">I'd always thought Mel seemed really nice - really funny judging by the comments she used to write on the More fan page, and I'm glad I've got to know her a lot better.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">Everyone was so excited the day she went into labour and we were all texting her to see how she was doing as it was so exciting. She had a gorgeous baby girl called Neve 25 days before I gave birth to Grace.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">When I'd given birth I was waiting a while to announce it as I wanted to be able to tell my mum before putting it on Facebook (however I wish I hadn't bothered - she still hasn't met her granddaughter!) so my sister was the only person I'd told until Mel text and I let her know.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">Its weird how someone you've never actually met in real life can seem like a close friend.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
I'd never yet met any of the 'Moreo's' as we had been branded, but luckily got the chance to meet Mel, Neve and Kev as her family home is up here and she came to visit.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">I was really excited but also nervous as I get a bit like that when meeting new people (even though we talk most days on facebook!) but had a lovely time meeting her. Ash came along with me and Grace met her BFF Neve.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">Some pictures from the day:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Lovely Mel with my baba Grace</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Neve not happy mummy is holding another baby!</span></td></tr>
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</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">I wish we could have spent a bit longer with them but we had to rush off and buy Grace some special baby milk before the shop closed =(.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;">The milk turned out to be the worst one we'd tried so that was a waste of time!</div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
I'm hoping Mel gets to move back up here and when I've got some funds I really would like to meet Emma Louise and her little boy Cameron, as well as some of the other girls at some point.</div><div style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #134f5c;"> x - X - x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-28316777283527406912011-09-19T03:13:00.000-07:002011-09-19T03:13:01.567-07:0010 Day Friend Challenge: Day 1 - Your Oldest Friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;">Thanks to the success of the social networking site that is Facebook, we are now able to be 'friends' with people we knew forever ago. I say 'friends' because even though via the internet your lives have reconnected, it is often the case that these people will still not speak to you or ever see you again. Which is sad when you used to be best friends with that person, but more confusing when you didn't, leaving you to wonder why did they add me?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;">So even though I have a couple of previous best friends from Primary School on Facebook (who I did attempt to talk to) my real oldest friend is the lovely Karen Beech.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;">Here we are below on a Christmas (eve's eve) night out in Plymouth:</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I met Karen in the fifth and final primary school I went to, when I was a few months into year 6. My mum moved my brother and I from the first two schools because he was bullied by some evil crettins and then we moved schools twice again because of moving house.</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Due to this it was hard for me to keep hold of my friends which was upsetting, but I was lucky enough that Karen ended up going to the same high school as me.</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We were there for 7 years and as we lived down the road from each other, would often catch the bus and walk home together.</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After 5 years when we reached sixth form Karen and I ran student council together and all its events, so spent more time together in school, as we did also because now we had Chemistry and Biology classes together - we hadn't been in the same form before and now we were doing AS - Levels everyone was all mixed up.</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's Karen on our last ever day of School, when we all dressed up in our old uniforms (we didn't have to wear them for sixth form):</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;">Karen is one of the funniest people I know. She has quite a random sense of humour and she used to come up with such random hilarious conspiracies on our walks home from school. She is also so easy to be friends with, a really friendly girl and someone you can have so much fun with. I consider myself lucky to have a friend like her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;">I miss her and wish we lived down the road from each other like we used to, but I'm thankful that even wehn we haven't seen each other for a while, when we meet up, it is still the same :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 3: Favourite TV celebrity character</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 4: Current celebrity obsession</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 5: Current celebrity crush #1</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 6: A celebrity you’d love to sit down and have a conversation with</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 7: A celebrity you find beautiful </b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b>Day 8: Favourite actor and actress </b></i></div><i style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></i><br />
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Day 10: A celebrity you’d love to hang out with</b></i></div></div><i style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></i> <br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 11: Current celebrity crush #2</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 12: An artist you’d love to see live</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 13: A celebrity you respect purely for talent</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 14: A celebrity you feel you’d be good friends with</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 15: A celebrity you wish would adopt you</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 16: Current celebrity crush #3</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 17: A celebrity you are not at all a fan of</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 18: A celebrity you dislike that others seem to love</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 19: A celebrity love that others seem to dislike</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 20: Favourite no longer alive celebrity</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 21: Current celebrity crush #4</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 22: A celebrity you find adorable</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 23: A celebrity you’d marry right here, right now</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 24: A celebrity whose personality is irresistible</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 25: A celebrity you respect for what they’ve been through in life</b></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><i><b> Day 26: Shouldn't fancy, but do fancy celebrity<br />
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I know <b>opinion is divided</b> on the use of dummies/soothers/pacifiers - whatever you like to call them, but at times when your baby is very distressed or you are incredibly busy - in a rush to get somewhere - say a doctors appointment for your child, then they can be a lifesaver. Or those times at night when you are really, really struggling to stay awake with your child and they won't settle, sometimes you need to use one.</div>
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They have been helpful for Grace as she has had tummy problems and felt poorly/in pain since only a week old and now she is 7 weeks and still suffering. They have sometimes helped to soothe her when she is inconsolable and if something helps make her feel better that's fine by me.</div>
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I was worried about giving Grace one so soon, but felt better about it when I saw that they<b> help prevent SID (sudden Infant Death Syndrome)</b>. They are FSID approved.We have a tub of soothers at home as before having my baby, I didn't know which would be best so brought Avent and MAM and was gifted some Tommee Tippee ones also. </div>
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The first one we happened to give Grace was a <b>MAM</b> '<b>I Love My Daddy</b>' soother and because she became used to the shape and feel of the design, they became her favourite and she was a bit fussy towards the other makes. </div>
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Another important reason I support the use of soothers is that many these days are <b>orthodontically designed</b> so support the healthy and proper growth of your children's teeth and gums. </div>
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MAM are one company who use this concept. <b>ALL</b> of their soothers are orthodontically designed.</div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">We only has two packs to begin with, the Mummy and Daddy set pictured above and a 0 - 2 month pack pictured to the left, which has a smaller plastic frame with larger airholes.</span><br />
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We also had another single one I got free with a magazine - Practical Parenting & Pregnancy <u>I think</u>, which Grace is pictured with below:</div>
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At the Manchester Baby Show MAM had a special offer on - 3 packs of soothers/clips for £10. It was too good an offer to miss, especially as I'd been wanting some more MAM soothers for Grace, but also as proved by her spitting her dummy onto the floor at the show, having some clips would come in handy too.</div>
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I got the blue and pink/lilac Night soother packs (pictured below), partly because I love the designs on them, but also as they are glow in the dark, like the one above.</div>
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I think this is a excellent idea, because if your baby uses a soother at night and it has fallen out into their basket/crib/cot somewhere, you don't have to blindly rummage around to find it and also they provide a soothing glow for the baby. I'd definitely recommend them.</div>
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Here is Grace with some of her new ones during the day:</div>
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So here's what makes MAM soothers extra special:</div>
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<li>The soothers are 'good for the skin thanks to <b>air holes</b> and MAMs unique inside surface'.</li>
<li> 'MAMs patented silk teat is silky soft and thanks to the anti slip surface the soother stays easily in baby's mouth'.</li>
<li>'The<b> orthodontic teat</b> is ideal for baby's jaw and teeth development'.</li>
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I also love that they don't have a handle to flap about, on top of the fact they are designed to benefit my baby as much as possible.</div>
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I don't plan to have her on them long term, but for now MAM soothers are the right ones for Grace.</div>
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As well as their<a href="http://mamonlineshop.com/"> website</a> MAM soothers are also available at other retailers such as Asda and Boots.</div>
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MAM also have a Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mambabyuk">page</a> which runs regular competitions and is a good place to chat to other mums.</div>
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<i>* 1 Tommee Tippe Closer to Nature <b>Sterile Breast Cooling Pad </b></i><i>(not pictured above).</i><br />
<i><b>* </b>2<b> white bodysuits </b>size newborn </i><i>(not pictured above).</i><br />
<i>* 1 <b>100ml bottle of Johnsons baby oil</b></i><br />
<i><b>* </b>Children's Story Book -<b> 5 Minutes Peace </b>by <b>Jill Murphy </b></i><i> </i><i>(not pictured above).</i><br />
<i><b>* </b>1<b> White Marks & Spencers Cardigan </b>Size Newborn </i><i> </i><i>(not pictured above).</i><br />
<i>*2 <b>Asda Newborn Dresses</b> - optional</i><br />
<i>* Pack of <b>Newborn Size1 Pamper</b>s Nappy's</i><br />
<i>*<b>Pink & White Body Suit</b> by Boots Mini Club - </i><i>optional</i><br />
<i>* Pack of <b>10 White bibs</b> from Mothercare </i><br />
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</div><div style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;"><b>To enter you have to do the following:</b></div><div style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;"></div><ul style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;"><li>Be a Follower of my blog via GFC - Google Friend Connect (you just need to have a Googlemail account) or Networked Blogs (you just need a Facebook account) or Twitter. Click either 'Follow' button at the top left hand side of this page.</li>
<li>Post A Comment with your name and a way of contacting you</li>
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<b>To get extra entries:</b></div><ul style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;"><li>You can post about my giveaway on Facebook, leaving a link to your post in a comment</li>
<li>You can post about my giveaway on Twitter, leaving a link to your post in a comment</li>
<li>Get a friend to follow my blog - just tell me who it is you got to join</li>
<li>Follow my blog on Facebook :<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fairydust/164902966926336?v=wall">FairyDust</a> </li>
<li>Do a blog post about this giveaway</li>
<li>Put a link to this giveaway in your sidebar</li>
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So there are 7 possible entries into the competition if you do the three extra. Please do an extra post for each extra entry.</div><div style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit;"></div><div style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The giveaway will run until October 1st when I will pick a winner using a random generator. I will then contact the winner and post a blog announcing their win once I have had a response from them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So get entering and Good Luck! =) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Also don't forget to check out my Ji Ji Kiki competition as well - free Jewellery!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> x - X - x</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-90703613225447050592011-08-11T14:01:00.000-07:002011-08-11T14:10:20.082-07:00And the winner is....<div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are a follower, you will have known I was running a 'Guess the Weight' competition.</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So I gave birth to my beautiful baby girl 15 days ago on the 27th of July at 4.03am. We have called her Grace Lily Olivia and we love her very much. You can see her at the top of the page. Here she was only just over an hour old.</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Like I expected she is a tall baby, as i could still feel her pretty high up even when she had 'dropped'. <u>At birth she weighed <span style="font-size: large;"><b>7lb 10oz</b></span></u>.</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The original winner was only 1oz off the correct weight, however they never got back in touch after emailing them. The next closest guess was shared by two entrants, however again one of them didn't get back in touch, and if I keep the sweets any longer my boyfriend will snaffle them all (he has already sneaked some of them)! </div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So the other person who's guess was 7lb 1oz was <span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>MEL MATTHEWS!</b></i></span></div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Congratulations Mel you are a <b>WINNER! </b></span></div><div style="color: magenta;"><br />
</div><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here is what Mel has won: </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Big pile of sweets and chocolate</span></td></tr>
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</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I didn't go by the exact list on the competition post as I ended up having to get most of it in an order from Tesco's as I didn't realise how hard it would be to get about the first couple weeks after having a baby and stitches! (Well I tried to think optimistically that I wouldn't be having stitches and I didn't know how much they would hurt afterwards).</div><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So here is what is in the pile:</span><br />
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<tr style="color: purple;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sherbert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Chewy Bars</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Chewy Sweets and Love Hearts</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4guhTwecumJcILZCKyBhmjU-i5uc0cBSk5VY6liS0S3wOuLz5PlOv6eJbrKjDIVydncMl4IMFnh-7pgYmcAAFN9FTsQLmwNvPOqYdA-gT_X1YK4e_thBIAvibxNlTK7oVRGSqM6owU0/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4guhTwecumJcILZCKyBhmjU-i5uc0cBSk5VY6liS0S3wOuLz5PlOv6eJbrKjDIVydncMl4IMFnh-7pgYmcAAFN9FTsQLmwNvPOqYdA-gT_X1YK4e_thBIAvibxNlTK7oVRGSqM6owU0/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="color: purple;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chocolate</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD92E4Yh7aD2b_UKGpHOSFR4weejomEq0C9ASn55cUm1dJfmfbdllHt8RsLFjWxxvhTEUX88Tki3mUI0Hp_dpM9CJvyzeYYUnjemKo0I7JxZVdIpQLXd6j99COAG6era98BwmUHfdHGQY/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD92E4Yh7aD2b_UKGpHOSFR4weejomEq0C9ASn55cUm1dJfmfbdllHt8RsLFjWxxvhTEUX88Tki3mUI0Hp_dpM9CJvyzeYYUnjemKo0I7JxZVdIpQLXd6j99COAG6era98BwmUHfdHGQY/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Bit of a mixture and millions mmmmm :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNeJyUeEcBmhP4MhCk-g446m0ykQzaJxDIEfBtQyz8I804v54hizmiZ0C8qErYvGnLOtX5lorqdGSOHfbG9OgALo0tJjUQ4_ig_LzXE8uMBrZpHdzIu2SuS7Dxj7fpah4BC_EH9pyEdw/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNeJyUeEcBmhP4MhCk-g446m0ykQzaJxDIEfBtQyz8I804v54hizmiZ0C8qErYvGnLOtX5lorqdGSOHfbG9OgALo0tJjUQ4_ig_LzXE8uMBrZpHdzIu2SuS7Dxj7fpah4BC_EH9pyEdw/s320/035.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Sweetie Bags</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK04CjKHPJ5SlnFxijhVEM7nZEz2FFMV4Q3Mu1xAkACDJ8fldLC_oAnMLGmC8nLQ7ZSt2IgzqNjuCpCnBH_rCYD6gF5SUjSjimz584zjGJwZPXTG4NccznOROZWQr6se_sVxi_a2cZixs/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK04CjKHPJ5SlnFxijhVEM7nZEz2FFMV4Q3Mu1xAkACDJ8fldLC_oAnMLGmC8nLQ7ZSt2IgzqNjuCpCnBH_rCYD6gF5SUjSjimz584zjGJwZPXTG4NccznOROZWQr6se_sVxi_a2cZixs/s320/036.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Mega Lollies, Haribo etc</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDlzB3rYgaVAh0TfEOzQW_tCaMejuiTp18H4DpqszrKRUfBMDqJz-L8e0nlPzqSiVLMxHHjIKHOZxnjSWQHfNCfR9wkWct8QbJEk0wi98nxrTsfix7ELnW24dujSfqlv3NL1AtwRYcT4/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDlzB3rYgaVAh0TfEOzQW_tCaMejuiTp18H4DpqszrKRUfBMDqJz-L8e0nlPzqSiVLMxHHjIKHOZxnjSWQHfNCfR9wkWct8QbJEk0wi98nxrTsfix7ELnW24dujSfqlv3NL1AtwRYcT4/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Rainbow Drops etc</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFR2Ja_IGSNtnajNxPE9UWLc78El08jCB8YuYDePx-wJMHrjkFNmGa09LeSOYLux4EJ1FMC4nUxABbcrM8AI3vtops2Vy6u_mngRmOQL3-syLIFpbrwPWiVWwn0ywHPkvqH-frQAmTQ0/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFR2Ja_IGSNtnajNxPE9UWLc78El08jCB8YuYDePx-wJMHrjkFNmGa09LeSOYLux4EJ1FMC4nUxABbcrM8AI3vtops2Vy6u_mngRmOQL3-syLIFpbrwPWiVWwn0ywHPkvqH-frQAmTQ0/s320/042.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Fizzers, Maoam</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTf138a8aKx2J6hsoQj2upTeCsggydIF9WLRCjmYWFEyM8Kuo8thSk_GvlotOVcKv7pETXFdLlpXY-qzS7GMjf7fGPU8WRV0pE8i_f6T1hvT4OQlekw9cQZ1n5t0-o3EZBNZXKAMnEwE/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTf138a8aKx2J6hsoQj2upTeCsggydIF9WLRCjmYWFEyM8Kuo8thSk_GvlotOVcKv7pETXFdLlpXY-qzS7GMjf7fGPU8WRV0pE8i_f6T1hvT4OQlekw9cQZ1n5t0-o3EZBNZXKAMnEwE/s320/040.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="color: purple;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marshmallows</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Despite her having a painful tummy :( I managed to settle down Grace for long enough to pack these all up, so hopefully I will get the parcel sent off tomorrow. So look out for the postman Mel =)</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To avoid not being able to get in touch with winners next time, and them missing out and me wasting my time, I will ask for fb contacts as well in my next competition.</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am sorry to the original winner, but I waited over a week for a reply so I couldn't wait any longer as either my boyfriend would have continued to eat his way through haha or they would have got lost amongst all the baby items!</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thank you to everyone who entered my first blog giveaway! My next will be a jewellery one as promised. The prize will be from the site most of you voted for. So look out for it in a couple of weeks time.</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> x - X - x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-55170274753829356322011-07-26T09:28:00.000-07:002011-08-11T14:13:26.932-07:00Theo's Story - Part One<div style="color: #e06666;">Whenever I used to walk to my sisters house down a particular road, or during the two years I lived at hers, I would often see <b>two fluffy/scruffy looking black cats </b>who seemed to live there. Both were very friendly and would mew a lot and follow you to be stroked, or maybe just because they wanted food. </div><div style="color: #e06666;">One day, the more sociable one of the two followed me home and seemed very hungry so I gave it some food. It was a lovely thing, incredibly fluffy and affectionate.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">However quite a few months down the line (after a freezing winter) I realised<b> I hadn't seen that one of the pair for a long time</b>, and the quieter one seemed to be about less too. When we came across the other one, it came to say Hello and we were stroking it and realised what <b>awful condition it was in</b>. Its hair was matted and falling out, its skin was bad and its spine was sticking out dreadfully and when picking it up later it was as light as a feather, just like a bag of bones :(</div><div style="color: #e06666;">When with the cat and realising its condition I asked some of the local kids playing out if they knew who owned it and what had happened to its sibling. It turned out the other one had died over the winter. It was upsetting and if its condition was anything like this one's it was no wonder! </div><div style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_icPNnj3FcELmLWFZGY3EUE1RaHPINGlVmYUs8kcN88sPV_t2ahmY2SBxQhNLo9Ssdc6-qsMUmeqfJvHbLeJIADApPcRswkzfwl3-M75b8u8siX5djFm9hY3OR_WfxjASPzmdvkpxiYA/s1600/b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_icPNnj3FcELmLWFZGY3EUE1RaHPINGlVmYUs8kcN88sPV_t2ahmY2SBxQhNLo9Ssdc6-qsMUmeqfJvHbLeJIADApPcRswkzfwl3-M75b8u8siX5djFm9hY3OR_WfxjASPzmdvkpxiYA/s200/b.jpg" width="150" /></a>They<b> didn't pinpoint the owners</b>, so we let the cat follow us home (just round the corner) and gave him/her something to eat. The poor thing was starving and very thirsty too. It also had a very strong odor due to its bottom being dirty and its tail fur being matted up with dirt, as well as having runny eyes and having a tooth missing, so eating very messily.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Even though not as confident as its brother/sister, this cat too was <b>extremely affectionate</b> and wanted attention as well as something to eat.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">I think it was the next day we fed the cat properly and my sister met it and saw what an awful state it was in and she was horrified. She took some <b>photo's as evidence of animal cruelty</b> as it was evident we were going to have to call the R.S.P.C.A to help this cat if it was going to survive and not suffer anymore from the neglect from its owners. However at this point we weren't sure if its owners were still around here or whether they'd just left the two cats to fend for themselves. </div><div style="color: #e06666;">I took a couple of pics myself at this point, but mainly as he/she was so cute.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;"> I was the one to call up the R.S.P.C.A and report the state of the cat and try and get him some help. The reaction I got however was disgusting and I will never be using their services again or donating to them.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">They basically <b>weren't the faintest bit interested unless he was unconscious</b> and were going to do absolutely nothing about it. I was so angry when I got off the phone.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">We weren't sure what to do at first, but then thought we would have to<b> try the animal shelter that I had been volunteering at</b>, the <a href="http://www.humaneeducationsociety.co.uk/">Humane Education Society</a> in Wilmslow. So we gave them a call. I explained the situation to them but <b>currently they were full,</b> however when I said how urgent it was they said they would try and get him a place as soon as possible but he would have to be checked for cat flu first as to not put the other cats there at risk. </div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;">We took him to the vets to get him assessed. They told us that the cat was a boy - we hadn't known yet and <b>Morgan (my nephew) had given him or her the temporary name of Starblade. </b></div><div style="color: #e06666;">The vet thought he was in awful condition and said he wouldn't have lasted many more days if we hadn't started to care for him. So basically <b>if we'd left it in the hands of the R.S.P.C.A he would have been dead.</b></div><div style="color: #e06666;">He was extremely underweight, extremely matted and in bad condition but the vet tried to assess a rough age and estimated 11, however the next vet to see him a week or so later <b>estimated about 14, so he was an old boy</b>. He took tests for Cat Flu and then for the next week or so <b>we were to care for him until a space came up.</b></div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">We decided since we knew now it was a boy, to come up for a name for him. So me, my nephew and my brother wrote a list of names and then whittled it down using a dice. <b>The final name was Theodore</b>, which I think suited him so well. Despite him being such a mess, he was a beautiful cat, with <b>massive eyes and a very cute high pitched meow</b>. He was<b> incredibly affectionate</b> and wanted to be with someone all the time. </div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Even though it was upsetting and scary caring for him due to his condition, it was also lovely and we became very <b>quickly attached to him as he was so loving and sweet.</b> We just couldn't understand how someone could treat any cat like this, let alone one so lovely. There wasn't a nasty bone in his body and he was so calm and placid and seemed to want nothing more than to be loved.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">We got the results from the vets and the good news was that he was <b>flu free so was ok to go to the shelter</b>.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">The sanctuary finally had a place for him, which was great news, so we took him in, although it was sad to say Goodbye, we knew he would be well looked after.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;">We <b>missed him a lot</b> and a couple of times went to visit, he didn't seem quite himself though, but <b>everyone had fallen in love with him</b> just like us, due to his gentle sweet nature. He also had the incredibly cute habit of <b>putting a paw up to ask for food</b> or pawing you ....also if he wanted a cuddle......which was often.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">They had groomed him and removed his mats, so he was looking a bit bald and very skinny but at the same time a lot better. He had been cleaned up and treated for worms and flea's etc and was being slowly fed up, although he was occasionally having tummy troubles. </div><div style="color: #e06666;">The bad news came though, when the other tests results came back that the vets had done ....his Liver function tests, which showed him to have<b> Liver Failure</b>. This meant that he was not going to have very long left. We couldn't believe it :( </div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Due to this and the fact we had been missing him a lot, my sister <b>made the decision</b> that for his final time, however long he may have, <b>we would take him and look after him ourselves</b>. </div><div style="color: #e06666;">So we went out and brought him a lovely cat bed, some grooming brushes and some bits and pieces including a separate litter tray so as not to upset Bella, my other cat, and my sister paid the adoption fee's and <b>we brought him home :)</b></div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;">My next post will be about how he surprised us all and managed to get healthy and last a fair few months longer than the vets had suggested and the lovely memories we have of him. There were a two horrible scares before the final one, in which it was his time to go :'( but during his time with us we had an <b>amazing adoring pet</b>, a privilege for us all to have experienced having him and how we managed to make the life he had left so much better for him. He truly was the <b>sweetest creature</b> I have ever come across.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">*If you live anywhere near Wilmslow and are thinking of getting a Pet, Please consider adopting from the shelter mentioned above. Their name is linked to their site. Or if you would like to make a donation feel free. They are a fantastic organisation and depend on donations and they provide wonderful care for the animals there and helped us so much with Theo. </span></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-18816922770306233742011-07-26T07:50:00.000-07:002011-07-26T07:55:36.908-07:00Urban Decay Naked Palette Giveaway<div style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ellis at <b>EllyBellyBaybee</b> Blog is giving away a gorgeous prize - an Urban Decay Naked Palette.</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</ul><ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Bobbles</b> - one of her favourite 'toys' ....probably why i have lost tonnes of them.</li>
</ul><ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Custard</b> - she is a fussy eater but human food wise, she LOVES custard!</li>
</ul><ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Muller Rice</b> ...she also likes the rice pudding.</li>
</ul><ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Getting under the duvet with me</b> to have a cuddle or a sleep </li>
</ul><ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Cat treats</b> ....she demands them.....naughty cat! </li>
</ul><ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Boxes ....drawers</b> ...anywhere she can jump into and explore or nap in.</li>
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<ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Bits of</b> <b>string/ribbon/ties - </b>her favourite for a while was a piece of ribbon that held some tea towels together when i brought them. She often prefers the string holding a dangly toy to the actual toy. However she has a mouse that squeaks that she loves.</li>
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<ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdL6AVabHWsuJx4LMRfjkWid79VWZYIi_mJWIUYV1HfRKnskDsafLDtlDx0g3luM6htiIyahHyJUhR-I_eVbxfvYs6YjfjgXZsDYY49zXTQUFqnHiFz3hzLXlXNSuIZ8aqObejycdfeg/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdL6AVabHWsuJx4LMRfjkWid79VWZYIi_mJWIUYV1HfRKnskDsafLDtlDx0g3luM6htiIyahHyJUhR-I_eVbxfvYs6YjfjgXZsDYY49zXTQUFqnHiFz3hzLXlXNSuIZ8aqObejycdfeg/s200/9.jpg" width="152" /></a>
<li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Hunting</b> even a speck of dust makes her happy, she's never been a successful hunter until recently :( but she's always watching and sometimes chasing after things I'm sure aren't even there. She's a good fly catcher though.</li>
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<ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Being Vocal about how she's feeling</b> - she has many different meows...ones for when she's telling me her food bowl is empty, one for when she wants treats, one for if I'm trying to sleep and she thinks she's being ignored, ones for if she wants to play, or is bored and disgruntled, its her own version of moaning or sighing its quite funny, one's for if she's annoyed and ones for if you are another cat!! </li>
</ul><ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>A freshly Made Bed</b> - I'm sure she thinks it gets done just for her. </li>
</ul><ul style="color: #3d85c6;"><li><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sleeping Anywhere and Everywhere</b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> - as you can see by the pic below! </span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">She's even slept in the plant pot to her right ...see memories below</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMH9qzHXp_T_sEDZSMeVBuEjTVykaZsbZ4YwXhQEAbISSZCKDxUg8bZZ4EZP4fYJKI2lNVEd7hAxINsaHAAu6mD9_1tNefjBol-W3hsaQ3JXJwxoLy-m57ZU9iOSmJ664qDuWjYSphMM/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMH9qzHXp_T_sEDZSMeVBuEjTVykaZsbZ4YwXhQEAbISSZCKDxUg8bZZ4EZP4fYJKI2lNVEd7hAxINsaHAAu6mD9_1tNefjBol-W3hsaQ3JXJwxoLy-m57ZU9iOSmJ664qDuWjYSphMM/s320/12.jpg" width="236" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">She chose to sit here</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><ul style="color: #a64d79; text-align: right;"><li><b>Other cats </b>- she doesn't try and fight with them, they just really upset her if they come anywhere near her</li>
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<ul style="color: #a64d79; text-align: right;"><li><b>Being put somewhere she's not decided to be</b> - she was better when she was younger but now she's more into doing what she wants when she wants - she is very good natured, never hisses or scratches but will just run back to what she was doing</li>
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<ul style="color: #a64d79; text-align: right;"><li><b>Noisy houses full of people or people stomping around</b> - when we first had her she was very jumpy and on edge but is so much better now but houses full of people intimidate her so she will run off to/stay in a quiet place, as will she if someone comes stomping past her</li>
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<ul style="color: #a64d79; text-align: right;"><li><b>Baths</b> - she's only had to have one from when she got herself covered in paint but my god the poor little thing was so upset, and at one point was hidden behind my sisters legs like a tiny drowned furball shaking, whilst my arms were scratched up. Not because she had scratched me, but she'd been trying to drag her way out of the water whilst crying and yowling her heart out. </li>
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</div><div style="color: #990000;"> <i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Memories:</span></b></i></div><ul style="color: #674ea7;"><li style="color: #990000;">Finding her in my uni bed under the covers, <b>only her ears sticking out at the top</b> ....i had a pic until my phone broke :( </li>
</ul><ul style="color: #674ea7;"><li style="color: #990000;">Having a bath and putting my lunch by the side...a mini pizza baguette ...only to here <b>a big crunch noise </b>and to look down and see Bella had bitten into it ....very funny/cute</li>
</ul><ul style="color: #674ea7;"><li style="color: #990000;">Her climbing up on my shoulder like a parrot when i was half sitting/half laying in bed and then her lying on my chest under my chin and rubbing her face against my face when i was crying. She's very affectionate.</li>
</ul><ul style="color: #674ea7;"><li style="color: #990000;">When she got a temperature and was very lethargic and not herself. It was scary and I know my cat and I knew something was wrong. Luckily it was just the starts of an infection and we got her sorted out straight away :) </li>
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<tr style="color: #990000;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She never scratches people</td></tr>
</tbody></table><li style="color: #990000;">All the times she will <b>use her paw or arm to pull your hand up to her face</b> to stroke it, or will meow if you stop stroking her and wants more, she is a lovely natured cat.</li>
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<ul style="color: #674ea7;"><li style="color: #990000;">When my sister was having some doors built between two rooms in her house....they had areas without glass in which Bella used to perch on. Unfortunately<b> she didn't notice</b> when they'd had glass put in and launched herself off the sofa to jump on to the ledge only to hit the glass and bounce back. Funny but aww my poor kitty!</li>
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<ul style="color: #674ea7;"><li style="color: #990000;"><b>Finding her Christmas present before she was supposed to</b> ....I had gotten her an amazing triangle hut like bed and found her asleep in it on xmas eve. She loved it until a couple of months later, an naughty kitten from across the road, who liked to wind her up, started invading the house, went in and got her sent on it and put Bella off :(</li>
</ul><ul style="color: #674ea7;"><li><span style="color: #990000;">Finding her <b>asleep in a small soil filled plantpot.</b></span></li>
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<ul style="color: #674ea7;"><li><span style="color: #990000;">Seeing her trying to stop one of the intruder cats at this house trying to get through the cat flap......a lot of cat yowling/screeching was going on and banging noise.....only the see the cheeky evil black food stealing kitten trying to get through the flap and a very upset Bella screeching and <b>smacking the cat flap repeatedly in its face! </b></span></li>
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</tbody></table><ul style="color: #674ea7;"><li><span style="color: #990000;">The funny/cute things she does without even realising.....like when she <b>scales round a room on her back two feet</b> as she wants to sniff higher up or reach for things, or when she will sleep with her head on the pillow or will position herself like she is reading a book or watching TV. </span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Watching TV in front of the fire</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">'Oh Hai!' </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Napping on my Knee</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Cuddling a a doggy teddy</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Chilling Out</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Having A Snooze</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="color: #351c75;">My next post will be about Theo, a cat we rescued from the street, who unlike Bella, was in an appalling condition. He was the sweetest animal I've ever known and even though he passed away at Christmas I still miss him very much.</div><div style="color: #351c75;"></div><div style="color: #351c75;"></div><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span><br />
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<div style="color: #351c75;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-82363843242374982682011-07-25T05:54:00.000-07:002011-07-25T07:39:04.351-07:00Bella - Part One ....how she adopted me<div style="color: orange;"><b><i>Bella strolled on into my life right through a kitchen window in Summer 2007 and has been a part of it ever since.</i></b><br />
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</div><div style="color: orange;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Cl9lZa_C5_-NF_LniuvZvuzJGIlpE4xKPxppFz3KC8yj-9kZmxJqJ6zsUi5ktnoZ0fugOCe11cx7g9IXhMCZBne_QLZidWiAGL-2qICP66YYIJUtQoWfRHYBSKrejtsQqslDV_t0jtE/s1600/Cat-paw-print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Cl9lZa_C5_-NF_LniuvZvuzJGIlpE4xKPxppFz3KC8yj-9kZmxJqJ6zsUi5ktnoZ0fugOCe11cx7g9IXhMCZBne_QLZidWiAGL-2qICP66YYIJUtQoWfRHYBSKrejtsQqslDV_t0jtE/s1600/Cat-paw-print.jpg" /></a></div>Bella is my four year old (turned 4 this month) female tabby cross who thinks of me as her mummy cat and means the world to me. </div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
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</tbody></table>I'd always wanted a cat.....well specifically a kitten ....my dream was to have a ginger tabby who I would call Muffin. I don't know why that name, but that's what I came up with as a child. My brother would have a silver tabby called smokey and my mum would have a tortoiseshell cat. That was our dream, but as we didn't have the money or the space we never got them. </div><div style="color: orange;"><br />
</div><span style="color: orange;">I moved into my third and final home in Liverpool at the end of August in 2007. The first year we had lived in student halls before I moved into a house with 5 of my female friends the next year. We were there for two years, although I missed most of the second year due to having to defer after becoming very unwell and not being able to cope anymore. This meant I'd be in Liverpool a fourth year and luckily one of my flat mates would be too, so we moved in together. This is where I met Bella. </span><br />
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</div><span style="color: orange;">We had to move in by a certain point, and also as I had a lot of exam revision to do which i found hard to do at home, I moved back to Liverpool a couple weeks before uni restarted. Being in a new house all on my own was pretty lonely and I had been suffering from depression and finding life difficult ever since I became ill at 19 just before my second year started. However I'd only been there about a day when I heard a mewing in the back yard. I opened the back door to find a kitten demanding something, I didn't know what. I was very patient and quiet and she came to me and was very friendly and seemed to love attention once she knew she didn't need to be scared of me.</span> <span style="color: orange;">She wandered off after a bit and I got on with things. Later on she came back, so I figured she was a local cat, but then the next day she returned mewing outside the kitchen window really wanting to get in, seeming really hungry.</span> <span style="color: orange;"> I gave her a tiny bit of milk as she seemed hungry, but I also knew that dairy milk is bad for cats so I didn't want to make her poorly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">It was seeming like she didn't have a home, but I wasn't sure and just thought it was really nice to have a friendly neighborhood cat who came to visit. However when inspecting the back yard a couple days later <b>I found a cat food bowl and water bowl</b>. It was starting to make more sense why she seemed to think this was her home, it looked like she had been <b>left behind</b> by the previous occupants. </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Some of the boys came over one night before Jen moved in and were trying to figure out whether the cat was male or female. Raj who was cooing over her like a baby had a feeling she was a girl. Bella was so good natured and let them pick her up and fuss around her and she didn't get annoyed at all.</span><span style="color: orange;">Jen met her and when she'd moved in we decided we better start feeding the cat and go about finding if she did have an belong to someone in the area. It was looking unlikely though due to my findings and the fact that even before feeding her she would mew constantly outside the window to be let in, so I took to leaving it open for her. After taking her to the vets we found out she was indeed a girl, in perfect health and <b>only a couple of months old</b>.....so still a kitten. She also had no chip, but she had been neutered. </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">We took to asking neighbors and looking out for lost cat posters, but no one seemed to be missing her, so we decided to look after her.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">We had to come up with a name we all liked. Nolan (Jen's boyfriend) and I both thought of Bellatrix for some reason ....but even though it sounded good, this kitten was anything but evil like the Harry Potter Character. The three of us decided to shorten it to Bella. Although the boys had other idea's on their next visit....even umbrella was thrown up ....and upon hearing the word she walked right over to one. So it became her middle name, and to humour Raj it was followed up bu Catminder Singh. Now though it is just Bella.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">However we did start to get difficulties.....she didn't like being shut out of rooms so would make a lot of noise or try and scratch to get it....this was at nighttime as she wanted to be in my bedroom. Often I would leave my door open for her, but then I didn't have my privacy.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">She also made a couple of scratch marks in the house, which was a huge worry as we weren't actually allowed pets and had a big deposit on the place. When someone did need to come round to see the house I had to go and hide her at Ian's house for a couple of hours!</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">To try and stop her coming upstairs at night and waking us and trying to get in my room (which somehow she would manage even if the door was shut) we kept her in the bathroom a couple of nights. She hated this however and one morning we came down to find she had ripped some of the floor up. Jen was horrified and decided she had to go :( I could understand because it was going to be hard to fix and hide that and there was the potential she would do more damage and we would be buggered if they found out we had a cat and couldn't afford to lose the huge deposit. At the same time though I was hurt, angry and heartbroken. We'd had her for several months now and she was very close to me.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">When the R.S.P.C.A lady came to pick her up Bella got upset straight away, she could tell something was happening and when she got near her she was very on edge as she doesn't like other cats and this woman smelt of them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">However my sister came to my rescue when she saw how much I was missing her and decided in the meantime she would get Bella back and she could live at her house, until I was in my next place. I am so grateful to her for this, as otherwise Bella would not be in my life now. </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">She also helped Bella with some health problems, as she occasionally had been getting an upset tummy and it turns out she has kitty IBS, so now has special food to help her with this.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">After uni, I lived at my sisters for two years with Bella and she was very happy there. She loved the garden, especially when it was overgrown and just loves attention and being stroked. She's a bit of a tart really :) </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">She now lives with me in Leeds and I'm so glad she chose me as her owner. My next post will be some of my favourite photo's of her and some little bits about her character.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've been having quite a few baths recently due to being pregnant.....mainly bubble baths using Radox.....as I've needed the muscle ease and have been using the sleep easy one since month 8 to help me when I've had problems sleeping. </div><div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">However I have a few lush products building up again (not loads but just some I'd forgotten about plus some new) so decided to make use of them.</div><div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A couple of my maternity gifts from work were from lush ....two being bath ballistics. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Think Pink</i></b>: The first I used was 'Think Pink' pictured below to the left. I love the design of many of their products, very pretty making them more appealing but a little sad when they are dissolved and all gone haha!</div><div style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As you can see, it made my water a lovely girly pink colour, however it did slightly remind me of the fluid at the dentists you have to wash your mouth out with after treatment!</span></div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Here's what Lush have to say about the product</b>: </i></div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span>'The Think Pink Ballistic is back with a slimmer figure. We've made it smaller, but this hot pink bomb is still fragranced with tonka bean's edgy aroma and the sweetness of vanilla absolute. It's sweet, but not overbearingly so, with a subtle bite that will remind you of pink bon-bons. We highly recommend you spoil yourself and think pink'.</div><div style="color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><ul><li><b><span style="color: #e06666;">It's one of their current products and costs £2.50/90g </span></b></li>
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<b style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Space Girl:</i></b> <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The second I used was the 'Space Girl' bath ballistic, which also has a cute little design. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">'Space Girl' bath ballistic</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Bath Ballistic in Action</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Another fun colourful one and this one didn't remind me of the dentist! </span></span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #674ea7;"></b></i><br />
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</div><div style="color: #674ea7; text-align: center;">'A ballistic of astronomical proportions. We were inspired by The Imagined Village's intriguing interpretation of Space Girl from their second album, Empire & Love. It's shaped like Saturn with added space dust for our alien friends, and the refreshing scent of blackcurrant sweeties will make you hungry for your own space adventures. Space Girl is stellar, just remember your blaster and your freezer gun'.</div><div style="color: #674ea7; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><ul><li><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Again this is one of their current products and costs £1.90/125g </span></b></li>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4QutVRA8QzBsNg71H3cC_W8Cwed2MtitXaSHhYq0ZtReU9kOoxIQfhXULXPOYulTZQXtDzrUVWeKesePCc11pUc5ypp4ID4MYRfRuN8O1K0P0FFHHZ5ByNf3VQMZM03AEnE-sNyunA0/s1600/plum+pudding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4QutVRA8QzBsNg71H3cC_W8Cwed2MtitXaSHhYq0ZtReU9kOoxIQfhXULXPOYulTZQXtDzrUVWeKesePCc11pUc5ypp4ID4MYRfRuN8O1K0P0FFHHZ5ByNf3VQMZM03AEnE-sNyunA0/s1600/plum+pudding.jpg" /></a></div><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Pud Bath Ballistic: </span></i></b><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do have my own pic of this one, but I've not uploaded it off my mobile onto my computer and am feeling too lazy to do so right now I'm sorry! But I may edit the post at some point and replace it with my pic.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I got a couple of these and some others for people as gifts at Christmas and also got one for myself as I thought it was cute and smelt lovely (spicy and Chritsmassy).</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hadn't yet used my Christmas treats from Lush that I'd brought myself, so for my next bath I got this one out.</span> <span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">However when putting it in the water and it doing it's usual job of fizzing away, it looked horrible! Like something a dog might have done, and then when the colour had dissipated in the water, it just looked muddy and it put me off so much, that i wasted my ballistic and ran myself a new bath as i couldn't get in this one as it looked dirty (even though I knew it wasn't)!</span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Evidently by the title this is not one of their current products, but here is some info I found on it: </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;">'The 'pud' is one of our most soothing ballistics. It's made with aloe vera extract to nurture dry or rough skin and add a little brown colour to the little bomb'.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><ul><li><b style="color: #e69138;">It was £2.25/200g and is available during the festive season!</b> <span style="color: #e69138;">- So knowing the shops that will be in a few days :p</span></li>
</ul><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My reaction may have been a bit pathetic and I'm sure people will still love this variety of their ballistic, but it's not for me. </span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Lush do a range of amazing brightly coloured beautiful products, not just these ballistics, but I'm sure you all know! They make <b>brilliant gifts for adults and children</b>; I remember my nephews reaction when we first used a bubble bar in his bath and the water went bright blue. He loved it!</div><div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">They also are a great self indulgent purchase and my favourite thing about them is that they are <b>animal friendly</b>. They don't use any animals products or anything tested on animals, which makes them Vegan and as they are all made with <b>natural products</b> they are kind to the skin, which is <b>great for those with sensitive ski</b>n like me!</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My favourite products are probably their bubble bars, also for use in the bath, which I shall do a review on at some point, but the ones I currently have are so pretty I'll be sad to let them go!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">x - X - x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-10466771618830897302011-07-23T05:10:00.000-07:002011-07-25T07:23:53.516-07:00My first pets<div style="color: #e06666;">I have always been an animal lover, when I was younger dreaming and wishing of having a pet, writing down lists of names and projects of how I would look after them and drawing what their home would look like, writing plans of where I would get everything from (usually the Argos catalog as that's all I had access to at the time).</div><div style="color: #e06666;">We didn't have any money though so the idea of having pets was unlikely, which I didn't fully understand.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"> My mum gave in when I was 11 (my brother 9) and got us our first pets. We got them after going to a Radio1 road show on Plymouth Hoe, when they did it on Sundays at several venues round the country.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Our first pets were a rabbit and a guinea pig .....Holly the rabbit who was so small she fit in the palm of my hand and was a cheeky little thing bouncing up to the glass to say hello. She had the colouring of a wild rabbit with a white splodge on her tiny twitching nose, fluffy white paws, and was a half lop...one ear up one ear down.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Not our actual pets, but these two look good friends as well</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #e06666;">Sparky was the guinea pig ....she was the smallest of the litter ....the runt and very shy, running and hiding behind the other animals, particularly Holly. I loved her at once and knew she was the one. She was black with a thick white stripe down her face and bits of brown on her body.<br />
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They had lovely friendly characters and we'd let them run around inside and outside. When we had an old pram out the garage with a blanket in the bottom, the pair of them climbed in and snuggled up together and would groom each other. They loved being together. </div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Holly however died very unexpectedly when still very young. I say unexpectedly, but the night before I'd had a vivid nightmare that she had died. It was so real I was incredibly panicked and had to go and check on her the next morning before I rushed off to secondary school. She seemed fine. I still remember the walk home, picking some dandelions for her, only to get back, open the hutch door and see her laying exactly as I had in my dream.......dead. I was heartbroken and also horrified as it all went exactly as my nightmare had and I will never be able to explain it.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">I remember the next day at school, trying not to cry and obviously looking miserable, and having my Geography teacher say something along the lines of "cheer up it might never happen". I could have screamed or hit her (if i'd been violent and unstable lol ) It already had happened!!! I think that is one of the most ignorant moronic things you can ever say to someone.....if they look that upset, it is pretty likely the bad thing has already happened!!</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Sparky mourned her greatly. They had been very close, they were best friends and Sparky was always squeaking her head off when Holly was in the run without her and scrambling up close to her when they were back together. We got another guinea pig to keep her company, a tiny tan coloured, at first very very shy, but very loving girl who we called Mossy, only to find Sparky was too territorial and bit her! :(</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">So they had to live separately. They were lovely inquisitive, intelligent, loving pets. They loved to cuddle up to you and would lick your face and come rushing up to see you. A couple years down the line Mossy got ill......I think it must have been mange, and i didn't realise then what is was and that my mother couldn't afford to take them to the vets. I think maybe she could have been saved which is heartbreaking. If I'd been older I might have known to try and take her to a shelter or somewhere to help her.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">We tried our best to care for her, bathing her, which she hated, but that didn't make her better. Then one day when out in the run she didn't want to leave me and kept scrambling up on my lap to be as close to me as possible. I didn't know why so cuddled her then put her back. That night she died. She hadn't wanted to be alone. It was awful and I wished more than anything I'd let her stay with me.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFO0VjvFGPawyMyHqUZaKfsdM9vVW0eiN8tD7oMM3lFVroze7EwJlR6eyamalA2iWbgzUEaBQ5DgtSpFWYM0coLVOV9cHuwgF-zGoaJ_mKv-0CsnYeyeUHTwtFj7EXGTLb0VFl1sffHUc/s1600/cucumber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFO0VjvFGPawyMyHqUZaKfsdM9vVW0eiN8tD7oMM3lFVroze7EwJlR6eyamalA2iWbgzUEaBQ5DgtSpFWYM0coLVOV9cHuwgF-zGoaJ_mKv-0CsnYeyeUHTwtFj7EXGTLb0VFl1sffHUc/s200/cucumber.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="color: #e06666;">Sparky still lived on and I spent a lot of time with her, especially when i was going through hard times it was a great comfort to have her to cuddle and care for. Like Mossy she could be very vocal (especially if either of them heard vegetables being chopped!) and she loved her food, especially cucumber! She wasn't allowed too much mind to protect her tummy. When she was about 3 and a half however, she started developing the same skin condition and I couldn't believe it, but as I didn't know much, I still never thought she would die. I so wish we could have taken them to the vets, I suppose we should never have had pets in the first place if my mum couldn't afford that, but she was trying to do something nice for us.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">I knew she was getting worse when she would refuse things like her cucumber, and the night before, she did the same thing as Mossy, which I'd forgotten about so didn't realise the significance of it, when I tried to put her back in her hutch she didn't want to leave me and kept jumping out onto my lap and scrambling as close to me as possible. That is the most heartbreaking thing. I wish I'd never put her back in and just let her stay with me.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">The next day at school I got incredibly violently sick out of the blue and couldn't stop thinking that something felt wrong and it must be Sparky. I got home and mum wouldn't let me see her, said she'd fed and cleaned her out etc. I was desperate to see my pet and put up a big fight, only to find my mum had been trying to protect me as Sparky had died at lunchtime when I'd been throwing up at school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WgHAEfuReofu3mvHd3nDhU-aYM19KlYyTTs59pI0yZZafxiTDqYin-2JUhsFltUzO5gZTIdHuziZrH8dDsy5AqVpF03yrQ3QxYrr2nafdiuSHELWIJ_89Ac43tX0Ke44PggW7Lq91_M/s1600/19109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WgHAEfuReofu3mvHd3nDhU-aYM19KlYyTTs59pI0yZZafxiTDqYin-2JUhsFltUzO5gZTIdHuziZrH8dDsy5AqVpF03yrQ3QxYrr2nafdiuSHELWIJ_89Ac43tX0Ke44PggW7Lq91_M/s320/19109.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #e06666;">Sparkys death was the worst for me, I'd never felt pain like it. They'd all been part of the family and I'd grown so close to her and people don't realise how affectionate and interactive guinea pigs are once they know you and feel comfortable, so they can't really understand your loss. </div><div style="color: #e06666;">I would cry myself to sleep every night, feeling so hurt and my mum at one point suggested antidepressants (I was 14 at this point, I think at about 13 i had started to develop signs of depression when I became unwell with IBS, tried to tell my mother after spending ages trying to pluck up the courage and she told me because she used to be a nurse, she knew everything and that I was crazy and there was nothing wrong with me. She was wrong, but made me feel helpless, alone and rock bottom at that point. Life at home was very difficult for other reasons then too. Hence why Sparky was often my comfort). I remember thinking, that it didn't matter if I searched every inch of the earth.... I would still never find her.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">That's the catch with pets, they are such a joy to have, but you know at some point you will lose them and it is awful when you do.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Sadly as my mum stopped taking photo's after I was about 7 (I've no idea why) I never got any pictures of Holly or Mossy :'( and only managed to get a small one of Sparky ....which I still have but I don't have a scanner to scan it onto my computer. </div><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="color: #e06666;">About a year later I did care for two mice for a couple months, which i called Amber and Fluff, without my mum knowing. Amber was white with browny black patches and Fluff was white. I ended up having to give them up as they would escape during the night and I'd find them in my wardrobe after searching for ages. They were lovely, inquisitive, entertaining pets, but just not right for me at the time.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">I didn't have a proper pet then until I was 17 and had moved in with my friend Catherine, due to my family having to move away and me wanting to finish school.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Instead of going to an optional P.E class, me and Cat somehow ended up going and buying a Hamster!!</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Completely random I know! After making a list of names we whittled it down to Minstrel, who at first interaction bit right into my finger. </div><span style="color: #e06666;">We'd chosen her as she'd got too old to be with the other babies and had been separated all on her own and needed a home. Once she knew she was safe with us, she was a lovely friendly creature, although Cat always seemed somewhat squeamish around her, I think she prefers bigger pets! Then again me and Tony did used to put Minstrel on her shoulder....maybe that was why! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Unlike this cutie, Minstrel was a lovely sandy/golden colour</span></td></tr>
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Minstrel lived on the top floor with us, which was best considering Catherine's gorgeous friendly, very over excitable dog Saffie who would have loved a chew toy.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">When I moved away when school had finished, Minstrel came with me, but then a couple months later I started University and wasn't allowed to take her with me :( So from then on, I missed out on her life.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">My mum developed cancer that year (which thank god she recovered from after a traumatic 8 hour operation and radiotherapy) and Minstrel ended up having to go back and live with Catherine and I never saw her again. I do have a picture of her, but again not a digital one.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">I didn't have the option of having pets during university, even though at this point, if I'd budgeted well (which I didn't ....first time I had the money and freedom for nights out and to get clothes) I could have afforded one. I didn't have the space or the rights in any of the places I lived to have one.</div><div style="color: #e06666;">However in my fourth year in Liverpool, when I'd moved into my and Jen's new place, a week ahead of her, so all on my own, a little creature decided to adopt me as her owner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYyeJ5txfMdy6ea-e9FfdE0W-EJOfbpABggqA8vMVhiWq7LsNKMw85ekOefWpRmGgRLTnJEO3M9g9TaE0UHWq_i-VQEdD6wBm5lU0-HgK0563EgHluOoPeFEi3kp0sCw1VDyF5VRSQ6k/s1600/Cat-paw-print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtYyeJ5txfMdy6ea-e9FfdE0W-EJOfbpABggqA8vMVhiWq7LsNKMw85ekOefWpRmGgRLTnJEO3M9g9TaE0UHWq_i-VQEdD6wBm5lU0-HgK0563EgHluOoPeFEi3kp0sCw1VDyF5VRSQ6k/s1600/Cat-paw-print.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #e06666;">My next post will be about her.</div><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">x - X - x</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-12120079982607330302011-07-22T06:32:00.000-07:002014-08-01T14:52:20.732-07:00Songs I 'm loving today<div style="color: #351c75; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
I'm not really feeling in the blogging mood today, even though there are posts I want to get done before my little one arrives. I'm feeling bored and a bit restless. I'm mostly completely prepared for the baby and It's now way too tiring to go out shopping etc, so things have slowed down. The most exciting thing I did yesterday was make cheese scones! But that actually was nice as I want to do more cooking and Ashley who can be fussy liked them :). I've decided that last couple days to let myself sleep more.....I usually don't like to sleep too long as I feel like I'm wasting the day ...but its not like there is much else I can do with being the size of a whale and without getting a zimmer frame :p</div>
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I am looking forward to getting my body back as well as meeting my baby!</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been wasting time yet again on the computer and been on Youtube today and listening to a few amazing tracks so for my post today I'm gonna share them with you. I like all sorts of music, but these are just ones I popped on to listen to this morning. The titles of the songs will take you to them so you can listen too.</span></div>
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<i style="color: #073763;"><b>LINKIN PARK</b></i><span style="color: #073763;"> - </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtwZ07N1ic&ob=av2e" style="color: #073763;"><i><b>Cover Rolling in the Deep Live at iTunes Festival</b></i></a><br />
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I saw this on t.v on Tuesday night. It had been a horrible night and I'd been very upset and when this came on I just calmed down and had to listen. I loved Adele's first album and brought it straight away and I really love this track too, although it wasn't an instant thing. I also love the Glee cover which actually did it justice but this is by far the best version I have heard, its so powerful and beautiful.</div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I saw Linkin Park live for the first time last November, we were right by the front by Chester and it was unbelievable, it was like he was singing straight to us. We were so near the stage we could see him warming up before he came on. His voice is amazing and their version of this track is just beautiful.I love Chester!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b> THE SCRIPT</b></i> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzCLLHscMOw&ob=av2n" style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b>Break Even</b></i></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">The two tracks I've been listening to this morning are his versions of </span><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwfNexdaIdU" style="color: #073763;">Mad World</a></b><span style="color: #073763;"> and </span><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXNuTtiSza8" style="color: #073763;">Nothing Compares to You</a></b><span style="color: #073763;"> both spellbinding I think. He really is talented, I hope we hear something from him soon. Oh and I was a little bit in love with him. I'm very glad Matt won though as his voice is like an angels!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">O.k I am ashamed by this, not because its Glee....but because of who the song is originally by ....that's right I don't mean the Queen song....I mean the Justin Bieber one. Now I HATE that kid, he's an obnoxious little shit......excuse my language, and I almost didn't watch this Glee episode because of it, but it ended up being really funny and I actually love their version of this, mainly because it isn't him haha but its just really upbeat and fun. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Now I blame Karen Beech for me liking this song. Snoop Dogg is another artist I don't like ....misogynistic and arrogant, but I love this song, it makes me want to go out, get drunk and have a dance. It's the combination and I do like my dance music.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">I love this girl and her music. Her latest album is brilliant and this is one of my favourites off it. Perfect for if you are angry at a boy too and great to sing a long to. </span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #c27ba0;">I was out at the supermarket (Morrisons) doing my general shopping and needed some new blades for my Wilkinsons Sword razor. To my horror they'd gone up to over £10 for only 3 blades! I just couldn't buy them, it was ridiculous. I found myself looking at the other razors and prices and saw the new Venus Spa Breeze for less than £5 complete with two replacement blades, so it was so much better value! Its currently only £4 at Asda, £4.49 at Tesco (however their site states its half price, so perhaps these are promotional offers) and £4.98 at Wilkinsons (the shop not the razor brand obviously :) ).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Also, not that it should affect my choice of razor as you just want a good one that's kind to your skin, good value etc, but I loved the colour of this one, which I think helped catch my eye, as did the design and packaging. </span></div><span style="color: #c27ba0;">I never realised until after I had brought it and been using it that this was one of the razors Jennifer Lopez had been advertising, as tbh when she comes on TV I mentally switch off as for some reason I've always found her really annoying (I'm sure she is lovely). So it really was just the products packaging that initially jumped out at me and made me look at and consider this razor.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"> The product is a 2 in 1, due to the fact that you don't actually need shower gel to shave with it. All you need is to wet your skin and get on with it due to the shower gel bars, which are also infused with white tea for a pleasant 'shaving experience'. I still do use shower gel with mine, as I didn't even realise until I used them for the first time that it had gel bars, then you could tell you don't need the shower gel. I use Imperial Leather Foamburst which is excellent for shaving and even though its not needed I use it anyway as it makes my legs extra smooth after I've shaved. Even though it sounds like a corny line from a 'real' person on an advert, its true that my legs have never been so smooth! The Venus Spa Breeze is gentle to my skin and my legs feel amazing afterwards. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">I was so pleased with my purchase and not only is it a great razor and a lovely girly colour, the inner packaging is useful too. It has an inner section to hold your extra re fill blades so you don't lose them and they stay protected and the outer section holds your razor. I love it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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My last pregnancy post left me at 33 weeks pregnant. It had been a very stressful emotional weekend, the Saturday was good but tiring as I went to Doncaster wildlife park with my family, however on the Sunday me and the boyfriend had a massive stumbling block in our relationship. That's too personal to write about on here, but its safe to say that's been my lowest point during pregnancy.</div>
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Monday was my fourth iron infusion and our first antenatal class. Ashley came with me to the infusion and that out the way I went to buy us some tea and then came back up to work to wait for him to finish so we could eat before going to the class. I bumped into a few of my work friends whilst I was there which was nice =) (oh and the creep too eurgh), it was really good to see them as I've been missing them and feeling pretty unsocial at points whilst I've been away. </div>
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Our class started at half 5, and we had a lovely young midwife called Rebecca running it (who I'd met before in the Maternity Assessment Center). It was not how I expected, not like the one's I'd seen in the movies with women sat between their partners legs practicing breathing techniques. I think they had separate 'Active Birth' classes for that which I'd been misinformed about. Instead the first class was a talk through of labour and giving birth, what exactly happens in each stage, how to deal with the situation, when to get in touch with the hospital, pain relief options etc.</div>
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I knew roughly what I needed to about the stages, when to contact someone, pain relief options, but it was good to go through it in more detail and feel more prepared. The one thing I hadn't thought so much about though, is the bit after your cervix is fully dilated....when you've got past that pain, you then have to fit this baby through your birth canal! Whenever I'd thought about the terrifying prospect of giving birth before I got pregnant, I always just related the cervix and the birth canal together, thinking they both widened and opened up. I suppose I'd just never thought about it properly. So talking about the actual giving birth and pushing the baby out part of labour in the class and solidifying the idea into my head, I did feel that terror coming back.....it just seems impossible to me, even though millions do it.<br />
The main thing that got to me besides that was talking about epidurals, which I no way on earth want, but I know you can never predict what will happen. The thought of the huge needle...and mainly the location where it goes (....it could so easily paralyze you if it was done wrong) are what put me off, but my nativity again became apparent to myself as I didn't realise a needle is left in to control and keep the dosage going. Whilst the midwife was talking through this my blood pressure was dropping and I really thought I was going to pass out. I just can't handle hearing about it due to my phobia. </div>
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After the talk she took us to see the Delivery Suite rooms, two types, one being a bit more homely with a separate room with a massive bath, which I would prefer if i get to choose and then that was session 1 over with.</div>
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Its funny, since becoming pregnant my feelings towards giving birth have changed a lot. Before I used to think it was absolutely terrifying, that I couldn't do it and I would have to have a C - section and if not definitely an epidural. Now they are the last two things I want (I really don't want my bikini line slicing open and my stomach muscled being a bit damaged) and during most of this pregnancy the thought of giving birth hasn't scared me at all. I think once you have a baby inside you and make a connection with it, most of you just focuses on looking after it during pregnancy and meeting it after the labour. It gives you another focus, but I have to say now I'm counting down the final days until my due date (9 days left at the time of writing this) I am getting a bit scared. I mainly just want her out and also partly still can't imagine it actually happening, but with the back pains and braxton hicks I have been getting the past couple days it is starting to feel more real and I do have fear in the background thinking can I get through it? I'm pretty sure I will be crying! But it will be worth it in the end I know.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So first antenatal class out the way, it was my final Iron Infusion on Wednesday, when I turned 34 weeks pregnant. Ashley wasn't at this one and I was quite unhappy as I didn't have either of the midwives I'd had before and this one kept dropping things on the floor. I'd had a G.I appt before it and once they were both over I thought I'd finally go to the exhibition at the museum I walk past most days. It was the Spice Girls one and was only on until July and I thought I may as well go and have a look especially when I'd just been topped up on my iron!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Unfortunately it was up several flights of stairs and I did get bad backache while looking round, so didn't get to the rest of the exhibitions such as Ancient World which looks really good. The Spice Girls exhibition was quite fun to to round though, mainly very nostalgic, especially when I spotted things I had owned, so I'm glad I had a look. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The next day I managed to walk to the sorting office to get another lovely parcel from Emma Louise, mummy to Cameron. So I got two lots of lovely gifts in the space of two days. Emma sent me a few things including my babies first pair of shoes and a couple things for myself such as an Elephant ring which I love!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My next antenatal class was the next Monday, so after a trek round a couple shops I walked up to work (this time hiding from the creep in the tea room but bumping into about 3 people and finding out yet another work colleague is pregnant. Definitely something in the water!) and waited for Ash to finish. This talk was mostly about breastfeeding, how to do it successfully, reassurance, techniques etc but it also covered how to bath a baby and how to change its nappy, at which stage we all got baby dolls, where the women had the practice the positions to hold a baby in for a feed and then men had to practice changing the nappies! Ashley swiveled the dolls head round so it was looking at me to creep me out, like that moment with the giant baby doll in Toy Story 3. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I'd passed 35 weeks it was almost Tasleen and Mel's due dates (24th and 26th), which was SO exciting, but both came and went with no babies being born! I'd been trying to stay active and still had to get things done so over that weekend I trekked to several areas in town to try and get crib sheets, the next day to do a big grocery shop, and then again on Monday out to the shops again. I was still keeping up with the housework too. I think I'd been over doing it a bit, but there were things that needed doing so I didn't have much choice and you are meant to stay active to a certain extent.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I turned 36 weeks I had a bit of a scare .....well it was a big shock. I had a bleed, and not just a tiny bit of blood, what seemed like a lot. I was worried but thankfully Ashley was with me so I wasn't alone but I was thinking is this it, is she coming now ?!! Is she Ok? Besides those passing thoughts I was kind of numb and just on automatic mode I think. I called the Delivery suite who put me through to the Maternity Assessment Clinic and they told me to keep an eye on it, but that it was probably nothing to worry about as sometimes hormones can cause this to happen. So I managed to calm down, but later on I realized I was still bleeding and had what seemed like a show. I started getting sharp pains low down as well and during the evening and night, barely once felt my normally extremely active baby move.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I was worried again and in the morning with no make up on, hair not brushed I got a taxi to the hospital to get checked out. They monitored babies movement and her heartbeat for fifteen minutes and not long after the monitor straps were on she decided she was coming out to play and started moving loads, which was a relief but probably made me look silly. They also checked for a reason of bleeding and to see if I was dilated at all. I wasn't and the bleeding had been caused by a hormonal erosion which goes away after a bit. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For people who've had babies before it would probably seem like nothing, but it was all a big concern for me so I am glad I went and got checked out because I felt a lot less stressed afterwards.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was now the Friday 1st of July and both Mel and Tasleem were having their sweeps .......was anything going to happen. For Tasleem unfortunately not, but for Mel who was already slightly dilated......finally progress....she was getting stronger cramps and it looked like early labour was starting.....cue massive excitement from us all! By the next day at 20.10 Mel had given birth to Podge.....who turned out to be a beautiful baby girl that they named Neve Evelyn! She'd done it! She gave birth and Podge was finally here! It was an exciting time for us, checking for updates constantly and I imagine an absolutely exhausting one for her!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had had my mobile glued to my hand from Friday night, but when she actually gave birth I was in the cinema seeing Transformers 3 3D (my baby did not like the noise!) and had no signal!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Taz finally had her baby on Tuesday 5th of July at 18.15pm and she too ended up having a beautiful baby girl called Zara. So now both babies were here I got very inpatient haha. I'd started thinking Woah this has actually all gone pretty quick, considering its been almost 9 months of my life, but then having no babies to wait for anymore except mine, it suddenly felt like AGES to go again even though it was only 3 weeks!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tuesday the 12th I finally saw my G.P midwife again. I had avoided her a bit as she had been so useless and it was literally a waste of time seeing her and I'd been having plenty of hospital appointments.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She finally measured my bump for the first time and felt for the baby, but didn't tell me what her findings were, but I knew from my hospital check after my scare that the sharp pains had been the babies head engaging and from another appt that baby was now 4/5ths. The one good thing she did do however, which I'm not sure she is meant to, is to book me in for a sweep on my due date to get things going if they aren't already by then. So I'm glad I won;t have to wait a few days for that if she isn't on time. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After the midwife appointment on tues I went into town and then to work to meet Tammy and Lina as we were going to Tasleems when they had finished. I got there early so saw quite a few people and then when the girls were ready it was time to go! I was really looking forward to seeing Taz (who I hadn't seen since she was 37 weeks and I was 32 weeks, at a picnic we had at Kirkstall Abbey) and obviously baby Zara! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I couldn't believe how tiny she was! I was actually too scared to pick her up at first in case I broke her lol, but when I did hold her it was lovely. She is beautiful and seems to have a great temperament. It was really nice to spend time with the girls too as I'd been missing them, and we also met Taz's 3 year old nephew who was very chatty and cute, but as he spoke their language as well Taz had to translate half the time.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The rest of the week remained quite busy with another hospital appointment on Thursday morning where I ended up on the monitor again and this time for quite a while as babies heart rate was seeming quite erratic, but ended up all ok. They are happy with my haemoglobin levels now, but don't know my iron levels, but the Hb levels returning to normal suggests they are ok, even though I have been starting to feel a bit funny again with palpitations. I think it may just be may low blood pressure again. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Friday was a G.P appointment, like the hospital one, very early in the morning and I went into town after it to get hold of some raspberry leaf capsules (even though I currently now have no money) and my free mum & baby pack from Sainsburies. Walking through town was very hard and I was so glad when I made it home. I think that will be my last trip in whilst I'm still pregnant! My pelvis was so bad after these active days that it killed just to roll over in bed!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So now I've reached the 18th of July, I'm 38 weeks and 5 days pregnant and <span style="color: magenta;">9 days to go</span> until my due date! I've been getting more braxton hicks the two days I took the Raspberry leaf, but also terrible back ache, so I skipped the tablet yesterday. They don't induce labour however, just help your cervix to dilate when you are actually in the process. Something I'm trying to get across to my mother who still goes my the knowledge of when she did midwifery briefly 37 years ago. She thinks they are terribly dangerous, so I've told her to do some research :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have taken it today and have no symptoms as of yet, so hopefully the backache was unrelated, and very possibly baby just squashing me when I needed the toilet or something (t.m.i sorry!).</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-11596594542628018092011-07-17T07:05:00.000-07:002011-07-25T07:28:12.669-07:0025 Questions Tag<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Rachel Marie tagged her followers to do this, so I thought I'd give it a go. You can see here answers <a href="http://rachaelmarie-x.blogspot.com/2011/07/25-random-questions-tag.html" style="color: #741b47;">here</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"> </span><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUMZaLxqG6SEXX6_hDsF2seu04-SXVm0yguvq6Fy_8ii83fd9bsTVpqpSiplg6j3n5yPmuWVAUccOlxyur0JavKRxa2tjcLMLVnJ9n-5STF94UdNPPESALdSPPQ1mTtqR8wpHSX9tj6o/s1600/question_mark2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUMZaLxqG6SEXX6_hDsF2seu04-SXVm0yguvq6Fy_8ii83fd9bsTVpqpSiplg6j3n5yPmuWVAUccOlxyur0JavKRxa2tjcLMLVnJ9n-5STF94UdNPPESALdSPPQ1mTtqR8wpHSX9tj6o/s320/question_mark2.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> <i><span style="color: #741b47;">1. Do you have any pets?</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;">Yes I have my gorgeous cat Bella. I also used to have another cat, sweet little Theo, he passed away at Christmas and I still miss him. When I was younger I had a rabbit, 2 guinea pigs, 2 mice and a hamster at different points (Holly, Sparky, Mossy, Amber, Fluff and Minstrel).</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><b>2<i>. Name 3 things that are physically close to you</i></b></div><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;">My Medicine, a bottle of unopened Champagne type stuff and a free Simba Lion King clock </div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>3. What's the weather like right now?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;">Dull, windy and rainy, cloud filled sky, lovely July haha! It was lovely yest eve n during the week though.</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>4. Do you drive? If so have you crashed?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;">No, I've not yet been able to afford a car and to run it so don't see the point of doing my test until I can. I need more money!!</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>5. What time did you wake up this morning?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Not til past 8, besides the multiple times I had already woken up to go for a wee!</span></div><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;">Plus I was up so late with horrific back pain, turned out not to be labour, i just think baby is crushing my insides!</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>6. When was the last time you showered?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"> Today about 12ish I think</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>7. What was the last movie you saw? </b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">At the cinema it was Transformers 3 in 3D. On Tv it was Marley and Me</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>8. What does your last text message say?</b></i></div><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">'Nearly there now. U Ok?' x</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>9. What's your ringtone?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Just a rubbish preset one, as my current phone is AWFUL so haven't bothered putting music on it like my last one.</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>10. Have you ever been to a different country?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="color: #a64d79;">Yes.....up until 18 only Wales a few times though. But been to France (Paris) for a week at 18, then Le Harve in France for a day when we did a jailbreak for our uni's R.A.G and then Spain when I was 19. Was the last thing I did before I became really ill.</div></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><b>11. Do you like sushi?</b><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Vegetarian Sushi yes! :) </span><b><br />
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</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>12. Where do you buy your groceries?</b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Err wherever, Morrisons, Asda, Tesco, Holland n Barret, Sainsburies, Co-op </span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>13. Have you ever taken medicine to help you fall asleep faster?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="color: #a64d79;">No, have used herbal tea though, particularly when I've gone through insomnia bouts or during this pregnancy ....Honey and Camomile by twinings.</div></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>14. How many siblings do you have?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">Well 2 proper ones, a younger brother and older sister, but my father who i haven't seen since i was 3 thank god, had 3 daughters before me, so they would be 3 other sisters.</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><b>15. Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop?</b></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">Desktop, would love a laptop at some point but have other things I need/want that come before that</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>16. How old will you be turning on your next birthday?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #a64d79; text-align: center;">ARGH don't ask me that! Only just turned 25, which is bad enough. I can't bring myself to type the next number!!</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>17. Do you wear contacts or glasses?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #a64d79;">Neither</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>18. Do you colour your hair?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #a64d79;">Yes, as I hate the colour my natural hair went, it was nice when i was younger, I started off blonde and then it went dark blonde but then went a horrible toneless dark colour. If it had stayed a nice shade of brown would be ok, but my natural colour now i don't like. I'm blonde atm but thinking off going auburn soon.</div><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>19. Tell me something you are planning to do today?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #a64d79;">Rest, I've been doing too much and I'm only a few days from my due date (10 today).</div><div style="color: #a64d79;">Ash's mum and partner did pop round this morn tho and I did a bit of cleaning first. </div><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>20. When was the last time you cried?</b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Wednesday when had a bit of a disagreement with my boyf </span><b><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Vegetarian Supreme ....onions, cheese, tomato, pineapple, pepper etc</span>,<span style="color: #a64d79;"> also like one by pizza express with artichoke and asparagas, the guardinia I think its called.</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>22. What do you prefer? Hamburgers or Cheeseburgers?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">Erm veggie burgers since I'm vegetarian :)</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>23. Have you ever had an all nighter?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="color: #a64d79;">Yes, I miss uni!!! Although had a couple good work nights out both before I got and before knew I was pregnant.</div><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>24. What is your eye colour?</b></i></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">Blue</span></div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #741b47; text-align: center;"><i><b>25. Can you taste the difference between pepsi and coke?</b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Yeah but I rarely drink either. I don't really like Fizzy drinks </span><b><br />
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<b>x - X - x</b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16846399197801685808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313133806297775465.post-75753149225705412122011-07-16T09:31:00.000-07:002011-07-25T07:26:28.964-07:00My favourite Jewellery Sites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx09VlMgIpNW-OoytvZ-Nk6a1LA9_rlQmHQ2lf8yX8farmRDRuwuv0ftL-L0tATBUW1kt_vAgOpl-DgghgSuRPas-4w5VRbxETWKnz1DjJnVrLmbqBlJedogrs5eOl0kS2yVev6vvK2AM/s1600/ocot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<div style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So...I don't want my blog to be ALL about pregnancy. I have done a few unrelated posts and now its time for another. I'd been thinking about doing my first blog giveaways and been thinking about what 1st prize should be for the main one. I've decided it will be jewellery of some sort so it inspired me for my next post .....my favourite jewellery sites. Many introduced to me by the lovely Shibani Pushparajah quite a while back, who has her own blog <a href="http://myhappyplace-shibzzi.blogspot.com/">My Happy Place</a> if you fancy taking a look and is the Queen of finding amazing jewellery crafters online. There will be more information on the upcoming giveaway at the end of this post.<br />
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I've got a few bits of jewellery from shops such as New Look and accessorize (gifts from people) and elsewhere that I love but I thought for this post I would focus on what I like online. It's going to be more vintage and kitsch/retro themed from more affordable sites, rather than real luxury items that break the budget.<br />
Based on some of the pieces from these sites, I don't think you have to break the budget to get something beautiful, and then there are the cute fun items you can't help but love too.<br />
I think I tend to have more necklaces more than any other jewellery item, but I love earrings too, but often ending up loosing one of a pair :( (happened a lot at uni due to nights out) and I love rings but just don't own many.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">My 'Jessica' Necklace</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIeCajXJ65hTKN1qq6hGDVzwMH58NTUBmHabpg8cfVIEGTavWL0foqaxynKNKnk_unfGnlTkiebELizyTy7zM7fFRuW8_soyXYCp_cic177jRT35KkgssWj8299Jat6UMpdLxY4gZ1O0/s1600/IMAG0363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIeCajXJ65hTKN1qq6hGDVzwMH58NTUBmHabpg8cfVIEGTavWL0foqaxynKNKnk_unfGnlTkiebELizyTy7zM7fFRuW8_soyXYCp_cic177jRT35KkgssWj8299Jat6UMpdLxY4gZ1O0/s200/IMAG0363.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">My 'Love O' meter' necklace</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="http://www.meandzena.com/"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Me and Zena:</span> </a></i></b></span><span style="color: #45818e;"> <span style="color: #674ea7;">I first came across them</span></span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">when they were featured in More Magazine due to the celebs wearing some of their items. I fell in love with the 'Jessica' necklace that was featured in the mag, only to find out they had stopped making and selling it. I searched everywhere online and got in touch with the company about it and Paul (I think that was his name) got back to me quickly saying that they might have just one left from sales on the market stall and that he would try and find it for me. </span></span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">I was so grateful and very lucky as he did indeed find the last one left and let me buy it</span>. I also brought the 'Love O' meter' necklace with it.</span></div><div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They are the only two pieces of gold jewellery I own, as I usually don't like it, but these are two of my favourite items. </div><br />
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<div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">My current favourites by them are the<a href="http://www.meandzena.com/By-Collection-NEW-ME-&-ZENA/c1_2/p70/*Take-Me-Down*-Pink-Limited-Edition-Necklace/product_info.html"> Limited Edition Pink 'Take me Down' necklace </a> (<span style="font-size: x-small;">although I also love the silver and blue version</span>) and the <a href="http://www.meandzena.com/p71/*Roller-Girl*-Roller-Skate-Necklace/product_info.html">'Roller Girl' necklace</a>. </div><div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://shop.thischarminggirl.com/products" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This Charming Girl:</a></span> </b></i><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This site does quite a few lovely vintage pieces and my favourite which I have wanted for a long time is the <a href="http://shop.thischarminggirl.com/product/fairydust-locket">Fairy dust locket.</a> Since my phase of buying a few pieces online over a year ago, I then never seemed the money to do so, so haven't got hold of this yet.<i><b> </b></i></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6Aa4EZ-B396H48DEb6el8Z40pcU6GbF1BtujfsakFwDSYL8XEgWV6OkAqGCZdtd6N2NCBvt8CnHen23mj3dWYTXjNhRomdceTECATEyXuFHQnnLPI_OrRt_18Mg-UrdY1FzCHXD-Ke0/s1600/charminggirl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6Aa4EZ-B396H48DEb6el8Z40pcU6GbF1BtujfsakFwDSYL8XEgWV6OkAqGCZdtd6N2NCBvt8CnHen23mj3dWYTXjNhRomdceTECATEyXuFHQnnLPI_OrRt_18Mg-UrdY1FzCHXD-Ke0/s1600/charminggirl.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">It is currently out of stock, but I'm hoping when they get it back in I can drop a few hints to my boyfriend!! Maybe it can be a 'you've just given birth to our baby' present and if so I think that's worth two necklaces :p so I may as well as for the me and Zena anchor necklace too!<i><b> </b></i></span><i><b><br />
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<b style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><a href="http://www.vintageprincessjewellery.bigcartel.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Vintage Princess Jewellery: </span></span></a></i></b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">This crafter (Laura Rutter) started out on Facebook and has since expanded and not only has her own website but jewellery shop too (based in Durham). When she was just at the beginnings of her wonderful jewellery empire :) I was lucky enough to get several, great value original pieces made by her, including a gorgeous cameo necklace and a beaded bracelet. There was a lot more I wanted to buy from her but my bank balance wouldn't allow it :(</span></span></span><b style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></b><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><a href="http://www.charmfactory.com/" style="color: #134f5c;">The Charm Factory: </a></i></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">I came across the site recently thanks to Emma Louise. It does various types of Charm bracelets which are incredibly popular at the moment, but they have great prices for them, which is appealing as they can be very pricey over here, especially if you are thinking along the lines of Pandora. I mentioned them recently in my wishlist post, where there is a picture of my favourite by them. To find out more, click on the title link.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: xx-small;">Cupcake necklace ...I did want the pink&white but they sent me this one</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Maybe not to everyone's taste ...skull earrings ...I like skull jewellery</span></td></tr>
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">If you like the look of these items you should definitely explore the rest of their site. They also have some very cute rings and earrings as well as some vintage designed jewellery and also accessories such as bags and brooches and homeware which features some very cute cushions.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br />
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<i style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gothic-Fusion-Jewellery/128851500470172" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Gothic Fusion Jewellery:</span></a></span></b></i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: small;"> This is a Facebook based site which does gorgeous Gothic themed alternative jewellery. I'm not sure I could pull some of the items off, but there are so many beautiful pieces and I really love Gothic jewellery, so I do like this collection, and the lovely lady who runs it made me the gorgeous necklace below: </span></span></span></span></span><i style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></b></i><br />
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</i></b></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="http://eclecticeccentricity.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;">Eclectic</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">Eccentricity:</span></a></i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></i></b><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some of the items on this site are a little bit more expensive, but in general its still very good value for original, special pieces of jewellery which you would love to have yourself or would be great to give as a gift. This site is definitely worth a look, there are some really gorgeous necklaces, rings and earrings and they also do bracelets and hair accessories. Their website is quite pretty too. Here is my favourite necklace from them: </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">'Winging my way back to you' necklace £18.50</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I also love the 'Some Time Pocket Watch' and the 'Make a Song and Dance' working harmonica necklaces, along with the 'Prudence knows best' Cameo earrings.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="http://www.tattydevine.com/jewellery.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Tatty Devine:</span></a></i></b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The jewellery on this site is much more expensive than the other sites I've talked about so far and isn't one I've purchased from because of that but I have friends who have and they are quite popular. I think the best thing about them is their amazing customized name necklaces. Click '<a href="http://www.tattydevine.com/jewellery/name-necklaces.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;">HERE</span>'</a> to see what yours could look like. I think I like mine best in the 'Original' style, in glitter blue with a lightening bolt. But I just wouldn't spend that much money on it, but it would be a nice gift. Maybe my attitude towards this would change if I was well off. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><u> <a href="http://clutterflyjewellery.vpweb.co.uk/New-In---.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Clutterfly Jewellery:</span></a></u></i></b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I only discovered this site yesterday whilst I was doing my pre blog post research. I'm not sure what I think of the website set out but they do some fun and some alternative pieces and are running a competition to find someone with the alternative look to help model their jewellery. They have a few items similar in style and design to Tatty Devine, but for a lot cheaper.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My favourite piece off their site is this necklace below as it's a catch phrase of good old Keith Lemon!</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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