Stretch mark war and belly progress

I have wanted to see my own progress through this pregnancy and after searching through old posts decided to share what I found. 

Here is my belly progress to date.

A few weeks pregnant.

2 1/2 months pregnant.

Four months pregnant.

Four and a half months pregnant.

26-27 weeks. 

28 weeks.

six and a half months pregnant.

Seven months pregnant.

33 weeks. Seven and a half months.

33 weeks pregnant. (click on his glasses to see)

8 months pregnant.

36 weeks. Only a few to go.

If you go back and look at the first photo and then come back to this one you will see that I have gained a lot.

You have all been so kind in saying that I am all belly and thank you. It makes me feel so good. However when I look in the mirror I just don't see myself.

 It is weird. Like my face is pregnant too or something.

And now what I am doing about stretch marks this time around. 

With Kaitlyn I was lucky and didn't have a single mark. Within a few weeks of giving birth to her you would never have known I had had a baby. 

And then Ethan came along.

I used drugstore creams and wasn't too impressed. My skin felt like it was being ripped apart. Maybe this was partially due to the fact that I had just had a baby and three months later was pregnant again. Maybe my skin never healed and my body was depleted of vitamins.

Whatever it was I ended up with stretch marks and wrinkles. My stomach looked like an elephants butt.

Then I came across a set of creams by Arbonne.

I started using them a few months after having Ethan and a miracle happened.

And it did keep getting better. My stomach went back to looking like normal. It was amazing.

This time around I searched for a cream I could use throughout the pregnancy as well.

I found this cool stuff by Mambino.

Organic and smooth. No itchy skin, no stretch marks. I can still see the scars left from carrying Ethan but they are like shadows.

Oh and it doesn't make veins disappear. You can see the spidery blue veins above but thank goodness that is not stretch marks!

I hope to use both sets of creams after giving birth. I'll let you know how it works out. 

Hopefully not elephant butt this time!

And that is the story of my belly so far. 

I have felt huge throughout this whole pregnancy and compared to Kaitlyn and Ethan's pregnancies I am huge.

19 lbs gained with Kaitlyn. 24 with Ethan.....and so far with this one 38 lbs. I am guessing that this is why I hurt so bad this time around.

I cannot figure out why I have gained so much more. I don't eat any differently and I am more active. Oh well, I'll have my work cut out for me after Jr #3 makes his appearance.

Enough obsessing already! I know!

Back to normal posting soon  :-D