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Regardless of how slim and fit you may be, during pregnancy your stomach stretches like a balloon and is distended stretching and putting substantial pressure on dermal tissue.

As the skin expands more and more you are likely to feel that it is going to burst. But tissue on our bodies is amazingly elastic and resilient. It has the ability to stretch as much as it is required to and after delivery and childbirth it shrinks again. But you will still have to tackle the problem of preventing stretch marks during pregnancy.

What Causes Scarring

Basically, the middle layer of your skin is made up of collagen. When the skin on your stomach keeps stretching beyond breaking point the body keeps trying to compensate by releasing more collagen to the area. The extra collagen then forms scar-like tissue. The ability to develop scarring is often considered to be hereditary. So if your mother also had stretch marks you will need to take precautions.

Precautions during Pregnancy

Some of the steps you will need to take for preventing stretch marks during pregnancy will involve eating a well balanced, healthy and fat-free diet. Sudden weight gain during pregnancy often causes stretching. You must also drink lots of water to flush toxins out of your system and keep your skin well hydrated, soft and supple. Apply creams on your stomach containing Emu Oil, Vitamin E or Cocoa Butter. Massage in well. This will help increase blood flow to those areas and improve dermal elasticity and healthy cell regeneration.

The Post Delivery Situation

After you have done whatever is necessary for preventing stretch marks during pregnancy there are certain steps you can take even after your delivery. For one thing you must continue massaging cream on your stomach to keep the skin soft. You also need to exercise regularly in order to get back your muscle tone and prevent your stomach ftissue from sagging. The lower abdomen is affected the most during pregnancy.

A Cover up Job

It will take some people longer to get rid of their stretchmarks than others. It really depends on your skin type and skin tone. Regardless of the steps you take for preventing stretch marks during pregnancy, you will have a few here and there which will gradually fade over time. Until then do not wear midriff baring clothes!

What are the best exercises to help you with a weight loss program. You will need a good whole body workout routine to improve cardio-vascular fitness and general muscle tone. When you lose weight, fat will disappear from many areas of the body and to prevent general loss of skin tone you will need to build up the bulk of your muscles. Then you may need to look specifically at areas where a large amount of weight loss has occurred and this can be around the stomach, the hips and buttocks or around the shoulders and arms.

Special work outs are designed to build up and strengthen the abs as the stomach area is where most weight loss usually occurs. Strengthening the muscles which lie across the stomach will bring many benefits. The flatter your stomach is, the younger and fitter you will look. Also, having strong muscles in the stomach region gives support to the muscles of the lower and middle back. This can reduce lower back pain which sometimes is associated with being overweight. With weight loss it is important to strengthen the muscles of the back and stomach area to provide good structure and support for bones and joints as they adjust to your new shape and fitness.

Sit ups are good for the stomach muscles. Care must be taken to make sure that you do use your stomach muscles and not pull from the back of your neck. Do some sit ups every day and you will see the difference it can make to your whole posture,. With your tummy tucked in, you tend to hold your shoulders back.

There are many exercises that you can do to strengthen your buttocks and thighs. These powerful muscles when strengthened will help with circulation and excretion and give your body a strong foundation which will help as well to make ankles and knees aligned. Ankles and knees often cause problems when people are overweight.

With improvements to your posture, come improvements to your breathing. It will help a weight loss program if you start to take slower, deeper breaths than our usual quite shallow and rapid breathing.

Good breathing oxygenates the body, helping fats to be removed, providing more energy for exercise and giving you more appetite for healthy food.

If you begin a weight loss program only intending to cut down on food, then you are selling yourself short on the potential for healthy improvement to your whole body system that some easy exercise routines can bring. In today’s stressful times, having a body which is in good health and balance means that your body is less stressed, and more able to cope with stress. This will help you to feel more relaxed and mentally able to face all of life’s problems and worries. The key to having a peaceful mind is very much about having a relaxed and tension free body. Having a relaxed and healthy body is helped by you having a peaceful mind.