I recently posted on my Kristen’s Raw blog about how I’m attempting to prevent stretch marks with eco-friendly, natural products. It’s important to me to only use products that are truly green, healthy, and safe for the environment, my body, and the growing life inside of me.
I’ve been using a number of products to help prevent them so while I’m trying some new products and getting variety… I can’t say for sure which are sure fire for helping – lol. I’m also not sure at what point stretch marks show up, if they do, but I don’t have any yet. I’ve had many people tell me that my healthy high-raw, all vegan diet is also probably helping. In the beginning of pregnancy, I stayed away from essential oils, but I’ve run these products by my midwife and did a little extra research which made me feel better about it. Plus, I’m not using any one of these products daily since I’m switching it up with plain, edible, purely natural products, so I feel safe in my plan. As always though, if you’re pregnant, you should consult your midwife or physician when selecting body care products to use while pregnant. Here are the things I’m using!
Read more here over at Kristen’s Raw Blog.
