Warding Off Stretch Marks...

Thanks to a great recommendation from Andrea, I started using this coconut oil as my "stretch mark prevention plan". It's still early in the game, as I'm not quite in the third trimester, but I haven't gotten any new stretch marks yet. And seeing as how I have them in certain spots already just from normal, pre-pregnancy life, I thought that for sure I'd be plagued with them by now. But so far so good! The thing that's great about the coconut oil is that it's totally organic and even edible...which means I'm not rubbing lots of chemicals into my skin on such a heavy basis- a good point Andrea made that I hadn't really thought about before. As long as it's not in a really warm area, (like a hot car), it stays in a solid form and is very easy to rub on. And of course it smells great too! So, we'll see how things fare over the next few months. It's probably all genetic, so who knows how effective my efforts will be. But hey, if I end up with a belly full of new "mommy marks", at least I'll know I did what I could and won't have any regrets.  :)