Every pregnant woman fears stretch marks. It comes with nausea, fatigue, and back aches. The fact is that 90% of all pregnant women will develop stretch marks while pregnant. With the right home remedies you can prevent stretch marks during pregnancy and after pregnancy.
You can look forward to having the red lines appear on your bulging stomach. This usually will happen in your later trimesters. There are other places you will develop these ugly unwanted stretch marks like in your thighs, breasts and arms as well. They will show up in every place the body grows during pregnancy. However if you make an effort to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy they may not be as bad or even not show up at all.
Genetics does play a role in getting stretch marks. Chances are if your mother had them then you will to. However there are ways you can prevent stretch marks during pregnancy. By practicing these home remedies, your odds of getting them will greatly decrease.
First thing you need to do is eat healthy. A normal pregnancy weight gain is 25 to 35 healthy pounds. You want to gain this weight over the whole pregnancy evenly. This will stretch your skin at a steady rate.
Second thing you want to do is to massage your skin daily, especially where you’re more likely to get stretch marks. This increases circulation to the skin.
Third thing to do is to drink a lot of water. This is critical to having healthy skin. Not to mention it’s healthy for you and the baby.
The last thing you want to do is to use natural creams that are designed to prevent stretch marks. There are many on the market today that will help with stretch marks. One I use is by revitol. What ever you choose to use make sure it’s natural and healthy for you and the baby.
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