I also LOVE the smell of Mama Mio Tummy Rub Oil!!! Used it last time, had no strech marks (maybe just lucky, don't know). This time ordered it again, arrived yesterday and used it straight away, I think I just missed the smell of it

Both pregnancies I used Bio-oil. Discovered it when using for stretch marks on boobs, has really faded then.

Haven't had any stretch marks using this stuff, (35 weeks now). My mum didn't have any though, but I wasn't taking any chances.

I do believe it's genetic and age related too though. The younger you are the more prone. My (half) sisters had them as did their mum, plus they were both very early twenties. I was same age as my mum (32) when I started having kids...

Hey ladies

I've got no stretch marks and baby is being delivered by C-section next Friday so very hopeful that I have managed to avoid it.

My mum and sister both got them so don't think my good fortune is genetic and I was a size 8/10 pre pregnancy and have a massive bump with baby expected to be 10lb+ at 39 weeks so all in all I thought I would have had them. So, did some research and did the following:-

Made up my own organic oil of 30% unrefined avocado, 30% rosehip, 25% jojoba, 10% evening primrose or blackcurrant seed and 5% vitamin E which I applied copious amonts of and massaged well in (ie 20 mins massaging)every night at bedtime. I also took supplements of 2000mg a day of Vit C (needed for collagen production, and it is the tearing of collagen that causes stretch marks)30mg of zinc and 400iu of vit E as well as a standard pregnancy multi vitamin.

I know some of you will read this and be horrified as it goes against everything you have read and been told but I must reassure you that I am a holistic therapist and took the supplement advice from a qualified nutritionist. I am 39, and have had no morning sickness or nausea, no fluid retention/swelling, no backache, very good bloodpressure and the baby is big and strong (not fat according to scans) and very active. Furthermore a deficiency in Zinc (which is very common)and vit B6 is strongly linked to post natal depression and supplements have been succesfully used to treat this condition in all but the very worst of cases.

Sorry for the long post but I am rather evangelical about all this and very frustrated that this sort of information is not routinely shared, and is even discouraged .

ALL THAT SAID YOU MUST CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF BEFORE TAKING ANY SUPPLEMENTS AS THERE MAY BE OTHER FACTORS APPLYING TO YOU PERSONALLY THAT WOULD MAKE THIS REGIME UNSUITABLE ie vit E and blood thinning meds*

If anyone would like to know more please Pm me and I will do my best to point you in the right direction

Bio oil, and no stretch marks yet (30 weeks) but my mother didn't get them at all, so maybe I'll be lucky. The bio oil has reduced the appearance of the old stretch marks on my thighs though, and they have been there since puberty.

i'm motoring through the bio-oil. no stretch marks yet... i think... although there's a large underside to the bump that i can't see so who knows what horrors lie beneath... keeping my fingers crossed anyway...

I love the Mamamio tummy oil - smells divine. Used Clarins oil last time round and avoided stretch marks until went overdue (then got loads ) but didnt like the smell much so looked around for something different this time round..

I absolutely and totally swear by Erbaviva Stretch mark oil - it is amazing! It is certified oragnic(so important not to use chemical laden products when you are pregnant because of the hormone disrupting effects) - it has carrot seed oil in it (which boost elastciity) and some sort of secret essetial oil blend that works as an anti inflamatory. Just AMAZING! You can buy from Space NK but is always sold out so I went to their UK website (www.erbaviva.co.uk) and got the number and called them and they have been posting dircectly out to me!! I wish I had discovered this range earlier, it is sooooo AMAZING!

Galenic Elancyl stretch mark prevention and reduction cream. It absorbs really quickly and feels nice going on IMO. V pleased because just picked up a twin pack which was cheaper to begin with than buying two and then had big discount off again while on holiday in France . You can get it from Boots although they'd sold out for a while hence delight at the bargain in France.

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I posted on the due in Feb thread when I thought my date was 2nd Feb but the hospital have got me as 31st Jan, may well be planned section so will definitely be Jan so I will go and join Jan thread - thanks for reminding me!
I have now invested in the Clarins oil and am using at nightime but it does smell quite strong (although v.nice)- thank god my days of nausea are well gone.

With both my pregnancies i used BIO OIL and had no stretch marks until i went well over due date (10and 11 days late, lazy babies!) However only have a few and they are really pale