My name is Hannah Bajor the Pregnancy Super Coach with over twenty years in the field taking care of
women before, during and after their pregnancy.
These are stretch marks that are associated from
pregnancy. So, lets look at the stretch marks that you get from
pregnancy. Well, pregnancy stretch marks are called striae
gravidarum. It is just stripes as a result of pregnancy.
Stretch marks are very common in your first baby
and normally, you know, with your first pregnancy they are going to
be very red in color. Why do you get stretch marks. The reason is
because, if you can just imagine that the skin is one of the biggest
organ that you have got in your body and if you are in good shape
and you have a got nice tight tummy, then what will happen as the
baby grows.
The baby is going to grow and stretch and expand
every single cells within the skin, and as it does that, the skin
itself can thin out a little bit more in some areas, in others like
a little rip inside the skin, but the skin does not really rip, and
you end up producing these long red marks like if you got a red mark
called stretch marks down your belly.
Sometimes, there can be just a couple of stretch
marks, other times your whole tummy can be covered with them, and
they are awful looking when they get that bad, but sure enough that
is part and parcel of pregnancy.
A lot of times, you can also get these stretch
marks on your breast as your breast grows. Stretch marks can be on
your hips, on your side, and your buttock, and you may not even get
them at all. You are lucky if you do not get them.
Now, you know, after you have the baby and the
good thing is that these red stretch marks that was associated with
your pregnancy tends to fade and go away. After delivery they become
silvery lines, and most times you will end up not seeing them at
all. It may take a month or a couple of months after the baby, but
sometimes you can permanently have these little silver lines
throughout your body.
Again, not everybody get these stretch marks. Can
you prevent the stretch marks. Well, a lot of people will tell you
that if you hydrate your skin, and I do believe that if you hydrate
your skin from inside and outside, then that is the best you can do
to try to prevent stretch marks happening.
So, you hydrate your skin internally by drinking
at least 10 glasses of water every day. Now, that does not mean tea,
coffee or soda. It means 10 glasses of water everyday during your
pregnancy and on top of that at least twice a day cover your whole
body with a nice lotion, morning and evening. Rub nice lotion into
your body so it hydrates the skin from the outside, and hopefully
you will reduce the amount of stretch marks you get, and if not, may
be you might even prevent them altogether. The more you are informed
about your pregnancy, the better pregnancy you are going to have.
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