Wanting my hair to grow F.A.S.T

I know I haven't posted anything for ages I've been trying to have some quality time with my family which is a rarity! But I'm back...

So I have an addiction... to dying my hair! I've been doing it since I was about 12. Terrible, I know!  Blonde, black, red, brown, pink, purple.  You name it, I've done it. Unfortunately, , it's taken its toll on what was thick long locks! My hair grows so slowly now, and although my hair isn't short I would like it to grow a few more inches, and some if we include my shorter layers! It's said that when you get pregnant your hair grows like crazy. Not mine, too much damage!  So Feeling totally fed up with my hair I thought I would try a new shampoo and conditioner that is supposed to help increase the growth rate. 

Now I currently have blonde hair and have had for the last 8 weeks.  My regrowth is only about 3/4 inch long.  Pathetic hey! I have a family wedding to attend mid-April and I'm praying for hair to be just a bit longer and healthier for the occasion.

Now I'm quite sceptical about these 'miracle' shampoos but I'm desperate!!! So it's called F.A.S.T and its a scalp treatment.  You get 300ml of shampoo and 300ml of conditioner and it is £25 at Boots. They say to use it everyday which I have been since 13th December.  I'm going to do a trial with it over 30 days and see if I start to see a difference.  When I review the product in 26 days time I will include a before and after photo.

Does anyone have any tips on encouraging hair growth or even have a review on this F.A.S.T shampoo and conditioner?

Xo

Being a Mummy is... (Part One)

...A blessing, amazing, hard work, exhausting, precious, forever, constant, trying, special, priceless, overwhelming, entertaining, memorable, rewarding, challenging, fun, messy, worrisome, beautiful, hilarious, educational, a journey.
 
There are so many ways to describe being a Mummy, pr even a Daddy for that matter. All the books, midwives, parents and Internet access in the world cannot prepare you for parenthood.It is such an individual journey, going way back to the day you learn of your little bundle, or in some cases even earlier.
 
I remember the day I learnt I was pregnant, it came as such a shock but my boyfriend and I were over the moon. I was only 2-3 weeks when I learnt of the exciting news, so for the next three weeks or so I walked around with my head in the clouds, it was such a surreal feeling, I had a little person growing inside of me. Excited didn't cover it! I made my doctors appointment, which I thought would make everything feel  more realistic but to be quite honest, it didn't. The doctor didn't even confirm I was pregnant, as home pregnancy tests are that accurate nowadays. ( I did seven... yes, SEVEN!) All the Doc told me was to start taking folic acid, what I should and shouldn't eat and to make an appointment with the midwife on my way out! I was quite shocked that that was it,although I don't know what I was expecting.
 
By the time I reached 6 weeks, morning sickness hit me like a sledge hammer. The name is so deceiving, for me it was all day, every day sickness. My bed and the bathroom became my new best friends. All I did was sleep and eat dry frosties (that was about all I could keep down). I was extremely unlucky though, not everyone suffers from it, and if you didn't, I envy you! For me it lasted for about 11 weeks! Even though i was going through this unfortunate, yet natural part of pregnancy, it STILL didn't feel real that i was going to have a baby. It wasn't until my '12 week' scan which i didn't have until i was 14 weeks, that it started to sink in. Seeing our baby for the first time, it was a feeling like no other, seeing that tiny pulsating heart. The little limbs and side profile of their face. Wow! I couldn't stop looking at the photo. Absolutely incredible! Its such a reassurance to hear that everything is as it should be, although i had been surprisingly calm from the get go. I had no reason not to be.
 

To be honest morning sickness aside, I had a healthy pregnancy. I was slightly anaemic in my third trimester but again that is very common. I loved going to all my scans, we paid to find out the sex of our baby at 16 weeks. We were having a girl! All things pink! My boyfriend had said from day one that we would have a girl, he was spot on. We were delighted, what was even better is we had already decided on a girls name. We then paid for  a 3D scan at about 30 weeks. the little tinker kept on covering her face with her hands and feet, but that was okay because we got to go back the following week at no extra cost. Even then she only decided to show her side profile. She was beautiful! She was ours! We couldn't help but shed a few tears!

When I got to 31/32 weeks I wanted her here, I was dying to meet her. Not to mention I was suffering with squashed ribs and an extremely painful pelvis. Sleeping I found difficult from the minute my bump started to appear as I have always slept on my front. All the pillows in the house were not going to make me any more comfortable. The one thing I did find that helped me to sleep, which I still do now, is put cotton wool in my ears, it really helps me to shut off from my thoughts oddly?



***awful photo*** Me at 32 weeks whilst at work at Topshop

My princess was always extremely active in my tummy, especially around lunchtime and in the evening. When I was 30+ weeks she seemed to find a position she was happy in and would dig her heel in my right side below my ribcage all the time, my word I would yelp sometimes whilst at work it would come as such a shock! little lanky long legs my baby! Awh! The first time she had hiccups in my tum, that was an interesting feeling, I couldn't decide what it was for a little while, it felt like my own pulse but in my lower tummy. She had these A LOT!

There are so many significant and memorable moments during pregnancy. It would be the longest post ever if i spoke about it all; the first fluttery movement I felt, the first baby grow I bought, deciding what sort of birth I wanted and what I didn't want. Finding clothes to wear that went over my bump that I still felt like myself in. How she always kicked and wriggled during every bath I had or every time I watched One Born Every Minute.. The first time my bump sat to one side or had a pointy lump sticking out. There are so many!

The further into my pregnancy I got the more I was willing my princess to arrive, not to soon but around the 38 week mark would of been great. Lets face it the excitement and anticipation of meeting your baby is enough to make anyone want to wish a few weeks away. Right?
 
By 35+3 weeks gestation, my baby girl, Maisie Summer was delivered via emergency C-Section. It was unfortunately not the arrival we had hoped or prepared for. She was extremely poorly and for the next month, life was going to be harder than we ever thought possible, but that is a story I hope to share later on with you all...
 
So this was my pregnancy in a nutshell. what were your favourite or least favourite parts of your pregnancy?
 
I'd be interested to hear your story.
 
xoxo

Let the Festive Season Commence...

So I'm a day late posting this, my apologies, but I had a busy one yesterday. It was the perfect start to December... something that has become tradition for me over the years. This year however, is going to be even better, for one very special reason...

You see, every year I go round to my Mum's house and together we put the Christmas tree up and decorate the rest of the house with lights, snowmen, Christmas bunting, you name it, its there. The house feels even cosier than normal. All I want to do is curl up by the fire and watch Santa Claus the movie. I love it, what better way to start the festivities than with the people you love most? Start as you mean to go on right? There we all are; my boyfriend relaxing on the sofa playing Mr Scrooge (or so he likes to act, he loves it all really though). Me and Mum are stood in the front bay window, decorating the tree very strategically. (We take it very seriously you know) :) and the extra special someone was sat on the floor with a ball in hand. My 8 month old princess, completely mesmerised by 'Happy Feet' on the telly. She didn't even blink!

What was even better is that once me and my Mum had finished decorating the tree and turned the pink lights on.... yes, pink lights! Her little, excited face was such a picture, completely melted my heart! It probably wasn't the best idea to take her too close to the tree like we did though, as she decided to pull the bells off and not give them back, the little tinker!

I have so much to look forward to this Christmas, so many firsts with my baby girl! Christmas dinner, opening presents, Christmas films. I can't wait to catch it all on camera! I have even more to be grateful for; a wonderful boyfriend, supportive family, great friends and my miracle baby! I feel so lucky to have all these lovely people to surround me.

So now I've shared my first tradition of December, what's yours? What makes this time of year so special for you?

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xoxo