hen I was pregnant with my 1st son, I was horrified reading article after article, “your body will never be the same”. Sure, my body isn’t what it used to be after having two baby’s, but I found it wasn’t as bad as what I was expecting. As is the case with most things, we tend to anticipate situations being far worse than what they actually end up being. While there is nothing wrong with stretch marks (I have them from adolescent growth spurts), I preferred to not get more. If you have spent any time reading about this topic, you have likely read that genetics (if your mother had them) is an indicator. However, in my case, my mom got stretch marks, I have them, and yet, I still did not get ANY stretch marks during either pregnancy.
Through trial and error, and lots of research, here are 10 things I did. I have listed them in the order of what I feel most attributed to no stretch marks during both of my (big) belly on pregnancies.
Dear mama, in the end, if you do get stretch marks, it isn’t the end of your beautiful body. In no time they will fade, be less pronounced and be a gentle reminder of the extraordinary journey you went through. I still have a faded linea nigra on my tummy and love it.