I started reading up on how to prevent stretch marks when I was still in my 10th week of pregnancy. I have dry skin, so I was sure if I don't moisturize my skin well, I was definitely going to have stretch marks.

I heard of Earth Mama Angel Baby natural stretch oil by chance when reading some of the forummers' experience on stretch mark prevention. Different people have different views and experience on what works or does not work for them. So it was mostly down to trial and error.

I decided to give Earth Mama Angel Baby natural stretch oil a try, since it was organic and all natural. I bought a bottle from an online blogshop at RM90 (including postage). I loved it the moment I used it. I love the soft citrusy smell, and the fact that even though it's oil, it doesn't feel heavy or sticky after using it.

My skin around the belly started getting tight and itchy around my 13th week of pregnancy. After several days of using the oil, the tightness disappeared. Yayy! I'm now in my 24th week of pregnancy, and I haven't seen a hint of stretch mark yet (touchwood!).

I was down with sore throat, flu and cough last week. Typically, I'll get a sore throat, followed by fever, then flu and finally cough. My cough can usually last up to 2 weeks, even with cough syrup.

A friend of mine introduced coconut oil to boost my immune system and advice me to try and avoid taking the usual medicine for flu and cough. So I bought myself a bottle of virgin coconut oil from BMS Organic shop. It was selling at RM56+ for a 750ml bottle. At that time, my sore throat was almost gone, and I starting to have flu already.

I took a tablespoon of coconut oil, three times a day, and popped in vitamin C tablet as well. The next few days, I still had flu and started coughing a little, but that was it. It seemed to be 'under control'. By the third day of taking coconut oil, the flu and cough was gone. Yay!!! And that was without taking any antibiotics, flu or cough medicine.

I googgled about coconut oil and discovered the below:


So I guess I'll be taking coconut oil from now on. :)

Additional good reads:
http://www.thevirgincoconutoil.com/articleitem.php?articleid=217

My sister recommended me to try Sea-band, which is basically an anti nausea wrist band, to help with my nausea. She herself uses it to help with her motion sickness, and it has helped her a great deal.

It's basically a wrist band, with a small ball on the inner side of the band. The ball needs to be positioned on a particular acupressure point called "pericardium 6" (p6), which is known in traditional Chinese medicine to relieve nausea.

A better explanation by Sea-band:


As my sister had a spare, she gave it to me to try. I later found a Malaysian blog shop selling it, and bought a pair for myself for RM35. Initially, it seemed to help. But after wearing it for several days, I realized that it didn't really help me that much. It has been reported to work on some people, but perhaps just not everyone.