My Pregnancy Chronicles: The Products I Use

When I got pregnant, I had trouble the first couple months with the skin on my face. Isolated pimples would appear, and it seemed to me that my skin got even oilier! Oil equals shine for me, and I don't like it even though I'd stopped working and stayed home most of the time. My face regimen has always been simple. Wash, rinse, and moisturize. It got even simpler when I got pregnant -- just wash and rinse, as my ob advised. She said the less products I use, the better! I have been a loyal user of Dove facial wash for years, and was really surprised that it didn't seem to agree with my face this time around. All those hormones in overdrive I guess. So I did trial and error with the other facial cleansing products I had in my closet. And the only product that worked for me was Face Shop's Fruits Mix Cleansing Cream. No breakouts ensued, and it didn't render my face too dry or too oily. Thank goodness! 

The Face Shop Fruits Mix Cleansing Cream

This cleansing cream is applied, massaged onto the face and either left on, or wiped off.  In my case, I still like to rinse with water afterwards. (Not everything gets rinsed off, so no worries!) 

Another thing my ob advised was not to use any anti-stretching creams or products on my tummy. She said that they don't work; that she'd had patients who ended up with ugly black line marks on their tummies because of the products they used. Besides, genetics have a lot to do with stretchmarks, she said. I was very  obedient as always... until Big Sis sent me a bottle of Bio-Oil and insisted that I use it. She used it for her past three pregnancies and vouched for its effectiveness. I read the enclosed leaflet and thought it harmless, and so I have been using it faithfully the past 5 months, and plan on doing so till I give birth. I'm on my third trimester now (30 weeks 3 days, to be exact), and haven't seen any stretchmarks threatening to form. Not yet anyway. And I hope never! 

Bio-Oil

Bio-Oil is applied twice daily, on thighs, breasts and tummy-- where stretchmarks are most common. But since this is not available where I live (at least not that I know of), I only apply consistently on my tummy, sometimes on my thighs, and rarely on my breasts. Teehee.