Taking the hair off was not as traumatic as I feared- hurrah!
We set a chair up in the kitchen and draped a towel round my neck, and Nigel and the kids attacked me with an array of scissors and clippers, under the watchful eye of my mum. The kids were brilliant- I had wondered whether they might freak out, but they were wonderful.
' You don't look as bad as I thought' - Tara
' You don't look too bald, and you're still Mummy'- Emily
'Can I sweep the floor?'- Daniel
I had given Nigel permission (for the first time in 23 years) to lie to me, but he seemed genuinely very pleasantly surprised, and was wonderfully uplifting, which made everything much easier. I had half expected to put on a brave face in front of everyone and then creep off and weep, but the choosing was definitely a good idea.
I was surprised there was so much stubble- and more surprised by the friction it causes on a pillowcase- I was unable to turn over!! Also surprised by how cold it all feels- really tingly like I have been using menthol shampoo !
So, Nigel now sleeps with 'bald woman in hat' !!!
And 'bald woman in hat' is certainly sleeping a lot!
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So after all these years, you finally get the phantom pregnancy - mood swings, sickness, desperately sleepy in the early stages, and then unable to turn over in bed!
K xx
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