I can not figure out why I have stretch marks were I have them.  I am happy however, that if I have to have them were I have them is the best place to have them.  Mine are on my stomach mainly, a little on my backside, a little on my thighs, ans a little on my breasts.  The most noticeable are on my stomach.  They aren’t the bright red or purple ones though.  They are the transparent shiny ones.   So they are not too bad.  I have seen people with them lower down on their thighs and legs.  I have seen women with the stretch marks as low as to their elbows.   

I know there is no way to remove my stretchmarks but at least I can disguise or hide them.  I wear my shorts a little longer, My sleeves are never any less than a standard short sleeve and my blouses are cut to a modest neckline.  I was never one to expose my stomach anyway, so that is not an issue.  I have learned to accept my body.  If I can’t improve it with an honest effort I accept what I have.  That does not mean I like what I see when I look in the mirror.  I just accept fact are facts.  I do however strongly believe for myself, I don’t like looking at all the stretchmarks and giggles so I keep it covered.  I figure if I don’t like seeing it no one else wants to see it.

My daughter is getting ready to have her second baby.  Stretch marks weren’t a problem with her first one.  It looks like what she did get faded over time.  She kept going into early labor because according to the Doctor she was stretched to capacity.  The baby was only six pounds.  I worry about this one though she is in her sixth month and already much larger than she was with the first one.  She was a ten pound baby.  The father of this baby was a ten pound baby also.  Her stomach itches so much it drives her crazy.  I am only assuming that this baby is going to be a big en. 

I think the extreme itching could be from the skin stretching.  If that is the case it only makes sense that she is going to have stretch marks this time.  I am not sure what to tell her to do.  I know allot of people tell us coca butter.  I am not sure if that worked though.  It smells good at any rate.  She says it relieves the itching some what.  But she says she has to keep applying the lotion allot to control the itch.  I am hoping she is not going to have too much trouble with stretch marks but I also worry that her skin did not have enough time to recover its elasticity before the second pregnancy.

We are going to Flordia at the end of the month.  I really wanted a new swimsuit.  Every swimsuit I tried on looked awful.  They are all cut so short and so low.  I admit I am a busty gal so that does not help either.  My biggest problemis stretchmarks on my thighs, backside and breasts.  With the swim ware cut so low now days my chest looks like a road map.  The skirts are so short that every stretch mark on my thighs show. 

If heaven forbid my skirt should blow up and the suit has shifted, I would feel sorry for anyone in eye view.  I know there is a song out there that says ,”I love big butts,”  But nowere in the song does it make mention of stretch marks and cellulite.  Even though, little do they realize that comes with the big butt package.  I just wish there was an easy remedy to these unsightly stretch marks. 

I thing I am going to have to go with something that is called board shorts and a swim top.  Board short are a good idea for people like me.  Meaning people with figure flaws.  The only problem is board short are really designed for surfers.  This means thy usually have things like skulls and cross bones, not my style.  Designers are missing a whole demographic in us chubby figure flawed women.