Stretch Marks The side effects of pregnancy

One of the perks of pregnancy is eating more ice cream than you ever thought you would. Having your husband or better other lift the groceries or clean the bath tub or wait on you hand and foot.

Unfortuneately, stretch marks are one of the horrible side effects of most pregnancies and something all women wish they did not have to deal with.

While Stretch marks are not a serious medical condition or even something that you need to lose sleep over. For women that have had to deal with stretch marks as the result of carrying a new life in their belly for babys birth.

As the baby grows and needs more room to move around, the outer lining of a woman's uterus also stretches and the skin which is visible starts expanding to accomodate the growing bundle.

This extreme stretching leaves marks that can be purplish or pinkish or even brownish in color due to different skin pigmentations.

Most Women need not worry about the stretch marks as irreversible as they may have had to centuries ago.

In this day and age there are several options that one can choose from to get rid of these marks.

Now there are several options for stretch mark removal.

Cocoa butter creams and Oils to home remedies and even surgery, some women do go the extra mile, if they can afford it and if their profession calls for it (such as actresses and models) or even if someone just wants to look good in a bathing suit in the summer, stretch marks are no fun.

The good Side Of Stretch Marks

Unlike varicose veins and wrinkles, you do have a plus side to stretch marks. In many cases, you do get to give birth to a miracle, a bundle of joy that you have nurtured in your belly for 9 months. 

Most women are lucky enough never to have stretch marks but like nausea and swollen feet, they usually are part and parcel of the birth. Some mothers have stretch marks that go on their own.

While these are not very common, but still heard of. Just like each pregnancy is different, your experience with the marks can be different too.

You may have had to many stretch marks in your first pregnancy but not after that.

Also, your mother may have had a squeaky clean belly during her pregnancies but you may have not inherited that particular gene!, which is a shame.

So try the various options available, always remebering that even if they do not completely go away, think of your stretch marks as your medal of honor for the effort you have endured having your baby.