Oh my god! The BEST hand cream Iv ever used. Yes really! Being a mum to 3 young children with the endless washing of dishes and clothes, cleaning and general wear and tear, my hands need to be looked after. Right now its cold and dry out and my hands are starting to resemble sand paper. Nota good thing at all!
This cream can be used as a normal hand cream as and when you need it, but it can also be used as a hand "mask" by using a thicker amount and wearing some rather posh thin cotton gloves to bed. When you wake up your hands are like new. The product absorbs quickly and doesnt leave a greasy residue like some hand creams I have used in the past. So its easy to just slick a layer on and go about your day knowing your hands are moisturised and soft. In the winter months I suffer with dry and scaly hands, mainly the knuckles and fingers and this works wonders. Its also lasted me about 6 months and still plently in the tube for another 6 months of use.
The scent is the usual fresh but slightly powdery Soap and Glory hand cream scent. Nothing over powering or offensive and the cream itself isnt too thick nor too runny. Over all this is a perfect addition to anyone's skin care routine. I think it has been discontinued as its not on the boots or soap and glory website, so an amazon or ebay order might be needed to purchase this in 2016. Luckily I have enough left for now!
Saturday 12 November 2016
Friday 11 November 2016
Pregnancy and birth story for my 3rd child 13th June 2016
I found out I was pregnant with my third child and fifth pregnancy in October 2015, just after my mums funeral. Bittersweet but much wanted!
I brought myself a doppler which was an amazing help before my first scan at 12 weeks. I found the baby's heartbeat at around 9 weeks and I felt so relieved! To hear the healthy thump of a heartbeat after suffering two miscarriages was amazing.
I had sickness as usual and tiredness like never before. I felt so drained and only gained 18lbs with my pregnancy which I lost the week I gave birth. The first scan came and I had to go alone as my older boys were sick so I waited, terrified incase there was an issue. There thankfully was no problems with baby and I went home with some lovely scan pictures.
I paid for a private 17 weeks scan to find out baby's gender and I was shocked to find out she was a girl. I never expected a girl after 2 boys so I was in tears! Off I went to buy lots of pink and girly things!
20 weeks scan all was fine, a very healthy baby girl (still a girl!) and at 28 weeks I had a gestational diabetes check which was horrible. I had to fast for 24 hours then drink some thick oily liquid and go back for repeat bloods 2 hours later. Once it was done I ate some lunch and was sick for the rest of the day. Not a nice experience but my bmi was 33 so high and needing a GD test during pregnancy.
Results all clear and pregnancy continued nicely.
I got to the 39 week mark (longest pregnancy so far, 1st was 38wks 3days and 2nd was 38wks 6days) I felt like my vagina was about to fall out on the school run (nice!) and had to be driven home. Fell asleep from 9:30-12:30 and felt funny. I was watching Loose Women on ITV and felt twinges every 10 mins. Just mild period pain aches and back/hip ache. Waddled round Lidl and then picked kids up from school and nursery, Kids dad took them to his parents just in case anything happened later on so I relaxed and ate crisps on the sofa watching The Chase. Pains were still there every 10mins so off I went for a bath around 5:30pm. That made things worse! Pain got more intense but still in hips and back every 10mins.
Phoned midwife around 7pm and she said to come in, so off I went and got there about 9pm. Midwife was amazing and had my mums name (Diane)
She examined me and said I was 2-3cm and she didnt think I was contracting "properly" as it wasnt felt in my bump, just my back and hips. She said we could go home around 9:30pm but we stayed as things ramped up quickly. I needed gas and air around 10pm and we thought the birthing pool would be needed soon. While waiting for the pool to fill up, I got more intense contraction with only 3-5mins between them and gas and air wasnt really cutting it now. Midwife still not sure I was going to have a baby that night but I got into the pool just before 11pm.
She left the room for a while which to me felt like an hour! We called her back in around 11:15pm and she realised I needed her to stay! While having painful contraction, she wanted me to face her and prop myself so she could see if baby was close or if my waters were bulging (they hadnt broken yet) and trying to balance so she cold see with her mirror while in the middle of a contraction was hell for me!
11:58pm Gemma was born in her water sac (which midwife broke and pulled away from her face as she came out) She was 7lb 15oz and my biggest baby. She looked so tiny and new and I couldnt believe it was over! I had to stay til I could give a urine sample (which took til 3am!) then we got home at 5am and had around 2 hours broken sleep. I woke up with a massive jump and shock thinking "wheres the baby!?) when she was in her cot fast asleep at one point during that little sleep.
I couldnt believe she was finally here and I still look at her now and cant believe she is MY little girl x
I brought myself a doppler which was an amazing help before my first scan at 12 weeks. I found the baby's heartbeat at around 9 weeks and I felt so relieved! To hear the healthy thump of a heartbeat after suffering two miscarriages was amazing.
I had sickness as usual and tiredness like never before. I felt so drained and only gained 18lbs with my pregnancy which I lost the week I gave birth. The first scan came and I had to go alone as my older boys were sick so I waited, terrified incase there was an issue. There thankfully was no problems with baby and I went home with some lovely scan pictures.
I paid for a private 17 weeks scan to find out baby's gender and I was shocked to find out she was a girl. I never expected a girl after 2 boys so I was in tears! Off I went to buy lots of pink and girly things!
20 weeks scan all was fine, a very healthy baby girl (still a girl!) and at 28 weeks I had a gestational diabetes check which was horrible. I had to fast for 24 hours then drink some thick oily liquid and go back for repeat bloods 2 hours later. Once it was done I ate some lunch and was sick for the rest of the day. Not a nice experience but my bmi was 33 so high and needing a GD test during pregnancy.
Results all clear and pregnancy continued nicely.
I got to the 39 week mark (longest pregnancy so far, 1st was 38wks 3days and 2nd was 38wks 6days) I felt like my vagina was about to fall out on the school run (nice!) and had to be driven home. Fell asleep from 9:30-12:30 and felt funny. I was watching Loose Women on ITV and felt twinges every 10 mins. Just mild period pain aches and back/hip ache. Waddled round Lidl and then picked kids up from school and nursery, Kids dad took them to his parents just in case anything happened later on so I relaxed and ate crisps on the sofa watching The Chase. Pains were still there every 10mins so off I went for a bath around 5:30pm. That made things worse! Pain got more intense but still in hips and back every 10mins.
Phoned midwife around 7pm and she said to come in, so off I went and got there about 9pm. Midwife was amazing and had my mums name (Diane)
She examined me and said I was 2-3cm and she didnt think I was contracting "properly" as it wasnt felt in my bump, just my back and hips. She said we could go home around 9:30pm but we stayed as things ramped up quickly. I needed gas and air around 10pm and we thought the birthing pool would be needed soon. While waiting for the pool to fill up, I got more intense contraction with only 3-5mins between them and gas and air wasnt really cutting it now. Midwife still not sure I was going to have a baby that night but I got into the pool just before 11pm.
She left the room for a while which to me felt like an hour! We called her back in around 11:15pm and she realised I needed her to stay! While having painful contraction, she wanted me to face her and prop myself so she could see if baby was close or if my waters were bulging (they hadnt broken yet) and trying to balance so she cold see with her mirror while in the middle of a contraction was hell for me!
11:58pm Gemma was born in her water sac (which midwife broke and pulled away from her face as she came out) She was 7lb 15oz and my biggest baby. She looked so tiny and new and I couldnt believe it was over! I had to stay til I could give a urine sample (which took til 3am!) then we got home at 5am and had around 2 hours broken sleep. I woke up with a massive jump and shock thinking "wheres the baby!?) when she was in her cot fast asleep at one point during that little sleep.
I couldnt believe she was finally here and I still look at her now and cant believe she is MY little girl x
Thursday 10 November 2016
tough 2015 - amazing 2016
Hello long time no speak! Im going to try to update here more often now. Well where to start.....
I have a beautiful little rainbow baby name Gemma Rose. She was born June 13th 2016 and after 2 miscarriages, she is my miracle. I had a tough 2015. I had a surgery to remove an 8cm ovarian cyst in July 2015 then in September 2015 my mum passed away. She was 51yrs old and had a fall after suffering an epileptic seizure and I was left to organize her cremation alone. Thankfully, the kids dad was here to help me out in that time. I found out I was pregnant in October so just after mum's funeral, and it felt like a gift from her.
I will post a pregnancy/birth story later on so look out for that!
Im still in my social rent home which is rapidly getting crowded! 3 children in an open plan 2 bed terrace is a tight fit at times but I make it work. I will probably have to move away from my town to find a bigger home to exchange with, however I feel torn with the children. I dont want to move their school but if it means we have a bigger family home than thats what I will have to do. I would rather win the lottery and have a Zoella style blog/youtube career but I doubt that will happen lol! In that vein I also thinking of filming some youtube videos and being more prominent on social media and see where it goes. To make an income from blogging/vlogging would be amazing but I know thats very very hard to achieve. My blog and youtube will feature reviews on products, tv, film, shopping hauls and my views on different subjects. I need to get a little camera tripod for my phone (I cant pay out for any fancy camera's at the moment so my trusty mobile will have to do!)
My oldest who is 5 and a half now is in Yr 1 at school, my second is 4 and in nursery and starting school in september and baby is trying to crawl at 5 months old! She is also a champ eater and formula drinker! (8oz every 3 hours - 6 times a day plus 2 solid meals!)
Well thats about it for an update of my year, not alot happened but I will be back!
I have a beautiful little rainbow baby name Gemma Rose. She was born June 13th 2016 and after 2 miscarriages, she is my miracle. I had a tough 2015. I had a surgery to remove an 8cm ovarian cyst in July 2015 then in September 2015 my mum passed away. She was 51yrs old and had a fall after suffering an epileptic seizure and I was left to organize her cremation alone. Thankfully, the kids dad was here to help me out in that time. I found out I was pregnant in October so just after mum's funeral, and it felt like a gift from her.
I will post a pregnancy/birth story later on so look out for that!
Im still in my social rent home which is rapidly getting crowded! 3 children in an open plan 2 bed terrace is a tight fit at times but I make it work. I will probably have to move away from my town to find a bigger home to exchange with, however I feel torn with the children. I dont want to move their school but if it means we have a bigger family home than thats what I will have to do. I would rather win the lottery and have a Zoella style blog/youtube career but I doubt that will happen lol! In that vein I also thinking of filming some youtube videos and being more prominent on social media and see where it goes. To make an income from blogging/vlogging would be amazing but I know thats very very hard to achieve. My blog and youtube will feature reviews on products, tv, film, shopping hauls and my views on different subjects. I need to get a little camera tripod for my phone (I cant pay out for any fancy camera's at the moment so my trusty mobile will have to do!)
My oldest who is 5 and a half now is in Yr 1 at school, my second is 4 and in nursery and starting school in september and baby is trying to crawl at 5 months old! She is also a champ eater and formula drinker! (8oz every 3 hours - 6 times a day plus 2 solid meals!)
Well thats about it for an update of my year, not alot happened but I will be back!
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