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Must-have Pregnancy Toiletries

  • 31-03-2015 2:26pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Since reaching my second trimester I've suddenly ballooned and am looking into buying a decent moisturiser in a bid to battle stretchmarks.

    Does anyone have any recommendations for toiletries in general for looking your best during pregnancy?


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  • #2
    Sligo1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,948 ✭✭✭Sligo1


    Bio oil!!! 2 pregnancies and not one stretch mark to my name! Could be genetics tho. But I swear by bio oil :).


  • #3
    goldlocks10
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭goldlocks10


    Bio oil


  • #4
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Didn't use anything really... Bar eating my own weight in oily fish. Does that count? Never liked moisturisers in general. Too slimey for me. No stretch marks on the belly luckily.

    Bio oil smells nice though.


  • #5
    bp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭bp


    I tried all the products: bio oil, mamma mio etc and unfortunately you could draw a road map with my stretch marks - a lot comes down to genetics so I would find a cream you like the smell of and go from there. I had one rancid (to me) one - wanted to vomit if I wore it :-)


  • #6
    Ms2011
    Registered Users Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭Ms2011


    Yep it's all about genetics, if you're gonna get them you're gonna get them unfortunately no matter what you use.
    I personally like cocobutter because I love the smell & it absorbs quickly, my skin is lovely & soft but I do still have stretch marks though, I didn't win that genetic lotto :D


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  • #7
    lazygal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    I don't even think stretch marks are genetic. I didn't get any first time but second time by the end under the bump had rivers of them. The good news is 19 months on they're barely noticeable. I used biooil before and after pregnancy but I don't think it does much.


  • #8
    seventeen sheep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 776 ✭✭✭seventeen sheep


    I only used bio-oil and other moisturisers sporadically. I ended up with only a couple of stretchmarks. I doubt the oil made a difference either way. But anyways, they really don't bother me. Your body changes when you have a baby, it's normal and healthy and something to be proud of.


  • #9
    traineeacc
    Registered Users Posts: 401 ✭✭traineeacc


    I found the body shop vitamin e body butter good. No stretch marks on 2 pregnancies but that could be just good genes


  • #10
    fall
    Registered Users Posts: 926 ✭✭✭fall


    It's down to genetics. My mam had six of us and hasn't got one. I have none either. Don't use the bio oil now, it won't stop you getting them but it can help to reduce their appearance afterwards.


  • #11
    comongethappy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,753 ✭✭✭comongethappy


    I religiously used bio oil, mama mio, and burt's bees belly butter from boobs to thighs since I was 12 weeks. I had no stretch marks up to 34 weeks. My bump dropped then, and my stomach, hips, and upper thighs are covered in them.

    One good toiletry I would recommend is the Tesco leg cooling spray. I had major swelling in my feet and legs and it helped me feel a bit more comfortable.


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  • #12
    tinkerbell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,423 ✭✭✭tinkerbell


    I used Burts Bees Belly Butter and got no stretch marks whatsoever. I'd highly recommend it.


  • #13
    Ginny
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 13,425 ✭✭✭✭Ginny


    Didn't use anything last time and got nothing same this time. All down to your own skin, bio oil etc can't change the composition of your skin. It might help if you do get any, but it's not going to prevent it.
    I actually have bio oil sitting in the bathroom from last pregnancy that I never used, just used my usual moisturiser, in my usual haphazard way :).


  • #14
    PandaPoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,977 ✭✭✭PandaPoo


    I'm destroyed with stretch marks, my stomach looks like a giant rasher. The marks are about an inch wide, so fading makes no difference unfortunately. A few midwives have said they're the worst they've seen. :o


  • #15
    Roesy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Roesy


    I would have bet money that I was going to get stretch marks as I have a good few from puberty. I got none last pregnancy and haven't any yet this pregnancy. I'm nearly 28 weeks so there's probably still time I suppose! I did use bio oil or Boots stretch mark oil spray last time. I'm using Palmers Cocoa butter spray this time. It can't hurt.


  • #16
    PLL
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭PLL


    My grandmother has none, neither does my mother, yet i am covered in them.

    The ones on the inside of my thighs are s couple of inches deep. I don't know what happened to me!


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