When to use bio oil...

[wannabump82]

Hi ladies just wondering when I should start using bio oil. I'll be 15 weeks tomorrow and already starting to show. I think it's because this is my third. I didn't get any with my first as he was only 4lb 2. I did with my second a few on my tummy and my boobs around the 36/7 week mark.

 

[MummaMoo]

I'm using it and started quite early on, but not necessarily for stretch marks, just because my skin is so dry.

 

[cskme_]

I just started using bio oil around 13 weeks. Probably should have started sooner. You should definitely start earlier than later (that's what I think anyways lol)

 

[wannabump82]

Thanks ladies. Do I apply it once a day and how do you stop it from sticking to clothes or is it a case of standing naked until it dries ;-)

 

[MummaMoo]

It doesn't take long to soak in, just apply in little bits, rather than a handful in one go.

 

[cskme_]

I have a bottle of palmers cocoa butter formula which is an oil and absorbs very quickly.
I also have the jar of palmers cocoa butter formula which is a different consistency, its almost hard and needs to be warmed up with your fingers. I bought the jar first and didn't really like it so I bought the oil bottle after.
So in the morning I use the pump bottle of palmers, during the day I use the jar as I keep it in my office drawer. and at night before I go to bed I use bio oil, which I find to be super oily and doesn't absorb very well so I will just wear my robe after I use it until I find that it is dry.

I may be going overboard with the oils but the palmers says to use it 3 times daily, so I figured id follow instructions for the best results lol. I hope this helps and I realllyyyyy recommend the palmers oil in the bottle and not the jar. I love how quickly it absorbs

 

[malia]

I've been using it since 6 weeks! I really don't want stretch marks.

 

[wannabump82]

Thanks ladies - just realised as well that it says on the bottle that in pregnancy to start using from start of second trimester so I've just applied it....might as well start as I mean to go on

 

[Buffyx]

I don't use bio oil, but I use another stretch mark cream. I used it from the day I found out I was pregnant! I used it last pregnancy too and never got stretch marks.

However, my mum never got them either, so maybe I wouldn't have got them anyway. But it isn't going to hurt you by using it anyway, so why not?!