They say that you can’t prevent stretch marks, but I don’t know about that. I’ve always gotten stretch marks, I’m prone to them. I got my first ones as a teen when my breasts grew too fast. I didn’t know what they were! I’ve struggled with my weight all my life and I have a lot of old, silvery, healed stretch marks. I’m 41 years old and I was determined to do whatever I could to prevent stretch marks when I got pregnant at the beginning of the year (I’m due tomorrow, in fact.) I did a bunch of research and the best reviews I found were for the Mama Mio line. Well, they were right. I’m 40 weeks tomorrow and I don’t have any new stretch marks! None. And my belly is HUGE. I attribute it to the Mama Mio tummy oil. Fabulous stuff. When I was really expanding and I could feel it in my tight, itchy skin, instead of reapplying the oil I started the day with Aquaphor on top of the tummy oil, and that worked really well.

I do like Mustela products, and I’m sure they’re great, but having gone this far and this successfully with Mama Mio, I don’t want to switch. BTW, their products smell fabulous–it’s a light scent, but wonderful. I also liked their Boob Tube and the super-thick body cream which is great in winter months but not necessary for me in warm weather.