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The Best Cheap Shampoo…EVER

A couple of months ago I forgot to bring my shampoo while staying at my parents' house. I stood in the shower pondering my choices. I could use my sister's Herbal Essences, or the cheap Costco brand that has been sitting in the corner for more than a year. The thing is, I'm ultra-sensitive to smells (I have always been this way) and if a scent hits me the wrong way, I'll feel dizzy and nauseous. Hence the lack of candles, oils, etc around the house. My scent sensitivity has naturally heightened with the pregnancy, and so I have only been using unscented or lightly-scented products as a result. Herbal Essences is NOT lightly-scented. I took a whiff of the stuff and immediately...

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Battle Scars [Not a Happy Trail]

While on our babymoon, I noticed a slight line extending up from my public bone. "I think I'm starting to get my linea nigra," I told J. "What's that?" "A dark vertical line — usually extending from the belly button and the pubic area — that appears in most pregnancies." "You mean a happy trail?" "No, it's discoloration of the skin. It's not hair." "But it looks like a happy trail!" "It's not a happy trail. It's a LINEA NIGRA." "Haha! You have a happy trail!!!" Yes, my husband is very mature, wouldn't you say? I fully expected my linea nigra to grow darker in the 7 weeks since I first noticed it, but it hasn't. Before pregnancy, I frankly found the linea nigra to be...

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