I was one of the lucky ones. I somehow (while huge!) escaped stretch marks while I was pregnant with Max. Honestly, there is no real rhyme or reason as to why you get them – because I can’t give you an answer as to why the stretch mark fairies skipped over our NYC apartment for 9 months.
But I will tell you this.
I still woke up every single morning and rubbed Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula diligently all over my belly. I was also itchy as hell, so this helped a lot in that department, too. For nine months I always expected to wake up and have them appear but they never did. It was just this huge round belly.
I can’t say for sure if the Palmer’s helped to even keep them from coming or not – but I’m a preventative kind of girl. I like a little Dysport in my crows feet (truth!), and I like to eat quinoa and kale hopefully not end up with clogged arteries from all that fast food I ate in my twenties.
And this was almost 7 years ago (woof). Max will be six years old in July. That means Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula has improved slightly. Just like strollers and car seat innovations change immediately in front of our eyes to the point you can’t have two babies back to back without some sort of new technology you can’t live without from one to the next, Palmer’s has been behind the scenes trying to help the pregnant women of today feel a little less insecure about themselves and their stretch marks.
While some of us may see them as a badge of honor, some just don’t need to be reminded of that war room in L&D every time they slip into a bikini for the rest of their lives. And these new formulas have some pretty impressive results. After only 8 weeks:
- over 98% of women saw improved skin elasticity (ummmm hello butt cellulite too? I’m coming for you.)
- over 98% of women saw a reduction in the appearance of stretch marks
- over 98% of women saw an improvement in skin texture and tone
98% of women, ladies! That means you have a pretty good chance of seeing some change for the better – just by rubbing some creamy delicious tummy butter all over your belly.
Ok so yes, that is a fake belly I am wearing above and sorry to disappoint but alas, I am not currently pregnant. But that doesn’t mean I still have some fertile years left in this machine and may just surprise you all one day. And with that, it makes me feel less anxious about the possibility of stretch marks in a second birth with impressive, quality products out there for expecting moms like Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula.
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Momtrends and Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula. Thanks for being a reader of Football Food and Motherhood. All opinions are my own.
