I have been using bio oil twice daily for my whole pregnancy (no stretch marks yet - yay!) but a friend who is pregnant bought some and got itchy once she started using it, so has passed it onto me. I think you're extra sensitive when pregnant so maybe that's why. It hasn't affected me but I haven't been able to wear earrings (weird huh!)

I have heard that apricot oil which you can get from a health food shop is meant to be good to stretch marks, not sure of the price though as I have just stuck with the bio oil.

Slightly off topic but still on the petrochemical debate...everyone I speak with says with new babies you just need to wash them in sorbolene cream and water. I was never going to buy J&J or anything like that but after hearing alot of bad stuff about petrochemicals (and yes I am still using bio oil) I am now hesitant to use sorbolene cream in the baby's bath.

Any ideas for something else that I could use when I want to put something other than plain water in the bath?

Thanks