I'm trying everything I absolutely can to avoid stretch marks. I'm already so self conscious about…

I've decided I'm just going to embrace my stretch marks

There is so much more to life than how we look, I've suffered from pretty visible acne for most of my life and after trying absolutely everything I've just ditched the make up and decided to accept and love myself the way I am.

I tried soo so hard to prevent them. I've used palmers for stretch marks and bio oil multiple times per day my whole pregnancy, plus my mom never got them so I thought I was in the clear. Nope! At almost 33 weeks I got my first ones. Unfortunately if you're gonna get them, they can't be prevented. But it doesn't hurt to moisturize! There's definitely a possibility you won't get them!

I'm not too big yet so its hard to tell if my theory even works... But, I always shower and then bathe in a warm bath afterwards with about 1/4 cup baby oil. It's really moisturizing. Then I cocoa butter my belly, hips, inner thighs, and lower back. Who knows if it works, it comforts me to know I'm trying to ease the stretch as much as I can ☺️

I used stretch mark cream and vitamin e and didn't get any until the last few weeks but you can barely see them. I only gained 20 lbs though