Bad reaction to Bio-oil?

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 :)

Hi Hummingbird, sorry to co-hijack the thread Claire... but I was advised to use no products for the first six weeks. I thought that would result in a smelly sticky baby but she's six weeks today and she's quite nice-smelling. I did wash her hair in J&J (only thing on hand) after she slept on my dad for a few hours after he went on a big bike ride. Her hair STUNK like his BO and I just thought it needed more than water to clear it. Thankfully, no bad reaction. Mum's given me some organic bath wash which I'm going to use later. Water seems to be working ok for now.
BTW, I am usually very sensitive but I had no reaction to bio oil. I started using it at about 34 weeks, usually forgot to put it on, and had no stretchies. But I think that's genetic, not really related to any product.

Hi I got the rash and swapped to a water based qv type cream...no stretchies on my belly but my boobs copped it lol..

Hi there,

I've just joined and not sure how all these forums work. I know this is an old one, but I saw the post from Sullen2 where they've written:

"i use almond oil ... practically no smell and not too greasy on the skin ...

and it only costs about $4 for a 1.5ltr bottle!! "

I have been trying to find almond Oil for a couple of weeks now and the only one I could find is 200ml of sweet almond oil in chemist/pharmacy for $15.

Could you (or anyone else that uses almond oil during pregnancy) please let me know where you found your almond oil from? I'm in my first trimester (just found out about it a couple weeks ago :) ) and would like to start using almond oil to try and avoid stretch marks.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks heaps!

Mum2B: I got my massive bottle from a health food shop. It's actually oil you can use for cooking so just go to the HF shop and ask for almond oil. I have used it on and off since start of my pg and it has been pretty good! Barely used any and not greasy like most oils. And it is really high in Vit E and no chemicals.