2 thumbs & a dummy

Yes! It’s true….a miracle man! *does a jig*

Till now I don’t know when it happened or HOW it happened. *lol* With Arianna, I was diligently rubbing on cocoa butter everyday after my bath from the moment I found out it’s benefits and properties. My best friend’s sister told me about it and swears by it coz after 3 kids, she’s got NO stretch marks at all. Lucky woman! And truth be known, I didn’t get any stretchmarks at all and I was so happy about it.

Then KR came along and I guess I slacked a little and took my skin for granted. =.= I’d only put it on when I remembered and sometimes, I’d go on for days before I remember slapping some on. And throughout the pregnancy, although I hadn’t been diligently been slapping it on, I did keep an eye out in case something happened. And just when I slacked in that department as well, I got hit by a couple of lines!! :/ I was so upset about the lines as well as upset with myself for slacking off like that. The fact that I didn’t notice it was because it was at the end of the 3rd trimester and it was underneath my belly when I would not have noticed it at all if I didn’t just happen to give it a rub during my bath. I thought to myself, ‘Wait a minute, that felt like a stretch mark.’ And the as the thought sank in, I was like, ‘NOoooooooooooo!!!’. But ‘twas too late.

Unlike slapping on my acne scar cream which actually does reduce scarring to a certain degree, once you get stretch marks, it ain’t going anywhere at all, hun. *sigh* So you can imagine why I was so upset with myself and totally blame my laziness on what happened to me. Keeping THAT in mind, just imagine my elation when I noticed it gone just a few days ago!! *lol* I was over the moon coz I just couldn’t believe it possible. To be honest, the moment I realised that I had those ghastly lines, albeit just a few and not too deep, I slapped on my cocoa butter like nobody’s business I tells ya! I was going to redeem my skin as best I could after the damage I did to it myself and even after KR was born, I continued for awhile until summer came and I couldn’t take the greasy feel of it on sweating skin. Guess part of that after-birth treatment might have helped a bit but I’ve learnt my lesson well. No more taking my skin for granted anymore!