re: stretch marks :'(

Quoting mama nats♥:“ Will the stretch marks get worse?? :/ If so is there anything I can use that will actually work?”

they don't stop once they've started  

you'll probably keep getting them until you have your baby

Yes, the keeping moisturized is key, so without your cocoa butter it might have been worse?!!  

Quoting mama nats♥:“ Will the stretch marks get worse?? :/ If so is there anything I can use that will actually work?”

I know there's a cream specifically made for stretch marks called strivectin. Idk
if it's made to prevent stretch marks, but it's made to make them dissapear.
It's like $170.00. You can buy it at your higher end department stores like dillards or nordstrom. And I'm pretty sure victoria secret has it b/c I've seen it in their catologues. I'm def gettting some after this baby!

Girl i worry bout the mommy marks all the time, i started with coco butter, but now i use vitamin E oil, its sticky, but it makes me skin feel GREAT, and so far i dont have any.. and im pretty damn big already! lol. But i dont doubt for a second i will get them!!!! Thats part of becoming a mommy, we are not aloud to look as hot anymore!! hahaha, stretchmarks, saggy skin, saggy boobs with huge nipples, lol.. and after they are here, we will start to get worry lines!!! We are just SCREWED! the things we do for our little loves! lol.
Sorry mama, but You are beautiful, and will be no matter!

i cocoa buttered, moisterized, slathered, and anything else you can think of, I still got them. They don't really bother me though. My husband calls them my "battle wounds". If he only knew!  

Quoting heatherd041407:“ i cocoa buttered, moisterized, slathered, and anything else you can think of, I still got them. They don't really bother me though. My husband calls them my "battle wounds". If he only knew!  ”

Battle wounds, that's great!! 

Quoting bobbicleaver:“ Has the cocoa butter actually worked for anybody???? It didn't for me. I read that it actually doesn't work. But I just wanted to hear from people personally.”

It worked for me with every pregnancy. I rubbed it on in the morning, and everytime my belly woud have an itch. My husband would do it again at night. I had the 100% cocoa butter sticks. I never got a single stretch mark. My mother got them with all her pregnancies so I don't think the genetic thing was valid for us!

Quoting goodiegirl:“ It worked for me with every pregnancy. I rubbed it on in the morning, and everytime my belly woud have ... [snip!] ... got a single stretch mark. My mother got them with all her pregnancies so I don't think the genetic thing was valid for us!”

good for you~~~  that's terrific.
i'm just used to mine. my husband calls them his tiger marks. gggrr!

Quoting bobbicleaver:“ good for you~~~  that's terrific. i'm just used to mine. my husband calls them his tiger marks. gggrr!”

My sister calls her "badge of honor" Its for a good cause! I wouldn't have minded!!

Quoting Excited_Mommy_Alisa:“ Girl i worry bout the mommy marks all the time, i started with coco butter, but now i use vitamin E oil, ... [snip!] ... We are just SCREWED! the things we do for our little loves! lol. Sorry mama, but You are beautiful, and will be no matter!”

saggy boobs oh my god i know! victoria secret is my new best friend ;]

badge of honor, mommy stripes, whatever. they still suck  

Quoting mama nats♥:“ i just noticed in the mirror that i'm starting to get stretch marks and they're getting longer and darker ... [snip!] ... bump not a stomach full of ugly lines ugh anyone else feeling bummed out? :[ THIS COCOA BUTTER ISN'T HELPING :'( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I deffinetely feel your pain hun..its super depressing. Everyone keeps telling me they'll fade after I have the baby but Im terrified that they wont. And I use cocoa butter everyday it deffinetely doesnt fully prevent you.

Quoting mama nats♥:“ saggy boobs oh my god i know! victoria secret is my new best friend ;]”

lol well right now im LOVING my boobs it looks like i have implants NO JOKE!!! hahhaa But i dont... so god only knows... but im always strapping them up with super support just in case!!!!

Quoting Excited_Mommy_Alisa:“ lol well right now im LOVING my boobs it looks like i have implants NO JOKE!!! hahhaa But i dont... so god only knows... but im always strapping them up with super support just in case!!!!”

omg what happeneds to the ladies that do have implants and are pregnant!?!?! do their boobs explode!?!   ouch! haha

Quoting BreeBBK:“ I deffinetely feel your pain hun..its super depressing. Everyone keeps telling me they'll fade after ... [snip!] ... after I have the baby but Im terrified that they wont. And I use cocoa butter everyday it deffinetely doesnt fully prevent you.”

cocoa butter doesn't help at all but my mom says it helps from more coming. *sigh* i just hope i don't look like a mess after this baby is out :[