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<\/p>\nGRABBING her purse Chloe McIntyre, heads out the door of her house and walks eight minutes to her local town centre.<\/p>\n
Five months pregnant with her first child Chloe, 28, has a craving for sausage rolls but as she approaches the bakery she realises that she\u2019s attracted a bit of attention.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThat\u2019s terrible, a mum in pyjamas at 11am – I\u2019m shocked,\u201d Chloe hears a glam mum whisper to a friend.<\/p>\n
Not one to take criticism lying down, Chloe, of Melton Mowbray, Leics, is quick to give the fellow mum a piece of her mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told her what was terrible was the fact that she mum-shamed me,\u201d Chloe says speaking exclusively to Fabulous.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m five months pregnant, none of my clothes fit, I can\u2019t afford to buy new ones because of the cost of living crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy pyjamas double as loungewear, I only live a few streets away and I thought you as a fellow mum would understand.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I constantly get mum shamed for\u00a0being pregnant and wearing my pyjamas and slippers to the shops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cEven when I was nine months pregnant other mums were calling me lazy and a fat fashion failure.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to feel humiliated. Now I am appalled that other mums can be so nasty.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Chloe who is engaged to 38-year-old fianc\u00e9 Jack, a personal trainer and is mum 17-month old daughter Clementine admits that her fashion choices were never at the forefront of her mind during her pregnancy.<\/p>\n \u201cI was just thrilled to be expecting,\u201d she says.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n FABULOUS FIVER: SPEND \u00a35 AND GET A \u00a325 WELCOME BONUS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAfter the horror of lockdown and not being able to work, a new baby was a joy.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was my first pregnancy and I went from a size 10 to a size 14 by the fifth month of my pregnancy.<\/p>\n \u201cNothing fitted and the clothes that did felt\u00a0 constricting and uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n Chloe a former self-catering manager, admits due to the financial drain of lockdown she couldn't afford to buy maternity clothes and instead relied on her supply of PJ\u2019s and loungewear onesies.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey weren\u2019t garish or they are classy PJs and I felt comfortable in them,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n \u201cThe limited savings we did have were for when the baby came. I couldn't afford new outfits so I made do with what I could.<\/p>\n \u201cI repurposed my PJs with a jacket as my \u2018pop to the shops outfit\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cSome women wander to the shops in bikini tops and tiny shorts or barely there dresses. I considered my outfit conservative.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn't think I needed nails, glam makeup and designer outfits to buy a sausage roll.\u201d<\/p>\n But fellow mums didn\u2019t agree.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember waddling to the shops two weeks before Clemmie was born in the only PJs that fitted and a yummy mummy took aim at me,\u201d Chloe says.<\/p>\n \u201cShe told me to \u2018have some respect\u2019 and that I was a \u2018terrible mum-to-be.\u201d<\/p>\n But Chloe says that standing up to mum-shamers gave her a newfound confidence and says it actually helped her during labour.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat the mum shamers don't know is that they actually helped me give birth. I got the last laugh,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n \u201cWhenever I had a contraction I pictured the vile mum shaming women and thanks to them my labour was only three hours.\u201d<\/p>\n Chloe\u00a0and Jack welcomed their daughter,\u00a0 Clementine, on April 30last year weighing 7lbs 5oz.<\/p>\n Ignoring trolls is something Chloe is used to.<\/p>\n In January this year she told Fabulous how after the birth of her daughter she\u2019d stop washing her hair and using shampoo and shaving her legs in a bid to beat the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n She says: \u201cI ditched shaving, my \u2018bits and pits\u2019 and letting my hair's natural oils\u2019 bring the shine\u2019 rather than using pricey shampoo. I don't care if you think it's wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n In fact Chloe says that the small changes have seen her save \u00a3400 this year by not shampooing her hair and chucking\u00a0the razor.<\/p>\n \u201cI make sure that I spend no longer than two minutes in the shower now which leaves me no time for shaving,\u201d Chloe adds.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I am in no way horrified by the forest of dark hairs that's started growing.<\/p>\n \u201cIn fact, seeing my formerly shaved \u2018bits and pits\u2019 grow back is a badge of honour and a daily reminder of my \u2018kerching\u2019 moment and plan to be super frugal to ensure I could pay the heating bill and buy groceries.<\/p>\n \u201cI challenge myself daily to come up with more and more inventive ways of cutting costs.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I started I didn't wash my hair hasn't for nine weeks and it looks amazing and my legs and my body are getting hairier by the day.<\/p>\n \u201cI know some people will troll me and likely label me disgusting but that doesn\u2019t bother me.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ll be jealous when I\u2019m not up to my eyeballs in debt.\u201d<\/p>\n Chloe is currently on unpaid maternity leave and she and her partner have a joint income of just over \u00a325,000 a year.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen grocery prices started skyrocketing and energy costs went through the roof I needed to radically economise,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re new parents and literally every penny counts. I started researching extreme frugality and money saving tips.<\/p>\n \u201cI was spending \u00a320 a month on shampoo and conditioner and if I totally cut back I could save\u00a0 \u00a3240 a year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n In a bid to disguise her greasy locks, Chloe simply scraped her hair back into slick ponytails or buns during the day.<\/p>\n She adds: \u201cI brushed it every night to stop it going knotty.\u00a0<\/p>\n And Chloe was thrilled that she stayed focused as just two weeks in, she noticed a great difference.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the first 14 days my fiance asked if I\u2019d given in and washed my hair because it looked amazing,\u201d she explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI looked in the mirror and was amazed. Gone was the grease replaced by super shiny locks.\u201d<\/p>\n Chloe claims her hair has never looked healthier, both thicker and shinier than ever before.\u00a0<\/p>\n Every month Chloe uses the \u2018just water\u2019 washing method and rinses her hair.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cA non-product rinse is all I need,\u201d she claims.<\/p>\n "It saves money and allows me to buy the best for Clementine."<\/p>\n As for the mum shamers Chloe says she still wears her PJ\u2019s on a sausage roll or milk and bread run to the shops just to prove to mum shamers they don't intimidate her.<\/p>\n \u201cI am standing up to the mum shamers. They should help young mums not shame them,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n And now brave Chloe is giving back at\u00a028 years old she has become a foster mum.<\/p>\n \u201cJack and I are fostering a teenager because we want to help others. It\u2019s been amazing and our foster child is brilliant,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople twice my age are shocked to learn I am fostering. I don't know anyone my age who has fostered.<\/p>\n \u201cThat's why I won't be mum trolled for my fashion choice. I know from experience there are more important things to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/jr-prince-harry-invictus-games.jpg\")
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