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May 2016 Moms
Anolt03
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What's your belly regimen?
Anolt03
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(I used the search feature and didn't see a post on this before, my apologies if there is one..)
What are you using on your body/belly?
So far I'm using coconut oil and 2 products from burts bees mama line: belly butter and oil
What are you using on your body/belly?
So far I'm using coconut oil and 2 products from burts bees mama line: belly butter and oil
Re: What's your belly regimen?
It won't prevent stretch marks altogether, but when/if they pop up, conditioning the skin makes them more comfortable so that the itch won't drive you crazy.
Married: 1/2008 ~ DD#1: 3/2012
TTC #2: Started 4/2014 BFP 7/30/15 MC 8/3/15 BFP 9/4/2015 EDD 5/16/2016
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
I'm not really sure how soon it's necessary to start. I have been using coconut oil and I've used it all over daily since partway through last pregnancy when cocoa butter was no longer helping. Last time, I started using cocoa butter at the beginning of the second trimester and my skin still felt tight and uncomfortable by 20 weeks.
From the Cochrane Collaboration:
Stretch marks commonly develop during pregnancy, particularly in the third trimester. They affect 50% to 90% of women. They appear as red lines or streaks that fade slowly after the pregnancy to leave pale lines on the skin. The abdomen, breasts and thighs are most often affected. They do not disappear entirely, therefore any treatment which prevents them would be welcomed by many women. In this review, we identified randomised controlled trials and quasi‐randomised controlled trials that compared topical creams, lotions and ointments containing active ingredients with placebo or no treatment, and topical preparations with active ingredients versus other topical preparations.
We included six trials (involving 800 women) in this review. We found that the application of a skin preparation to the areas affected by stretch marks during pregnancy did not prevent the development of stretch marks in the women during pregnancy. Only three trials (involving 461 women) looked at the severity of the stretch marks and did not show a clear difference. The preparations used included Alphastria, Trofolastin, Verum, olive oil and cocoa butter, which all contain vitamin E; Alphastria and Verum also have hyaluronic acid. Of the six trials, we judged three to be at low risk of bias. All trials were relatively small, with four of the six trials each including less than 100 women. The trials were also different in terms of when the women first started to use the topical applications, ranging from the first trimester to the first 20 weeks.
We found no high‐quality evidence to support the use of any of the topical preparations in the prevention of stretch marks during pregnancy. There is a clear need for robust, methodologically rigorous randomised trials involving larger sample sizes to evaluate the effects of topical preparations on the development of stretch marks in pregnancy. In addition, it is important that preparations commonly used by women to prevent and treat stretch marks are evaluated within the context of robust, methodologically rigorous and adequately powered randomised trials.
Oil users, how long does it stay greasy on your skin? I hate that feeling and use the lotions I do because they're fast absorbing.
DD: 05/14/16