unfortunately if your the type to get them , you will get them, but the creams do help to ease the way of these nasty marks and minimise the damage a little and make them not so itchy when they do. Ask your mums if you can , if they got them, chances are - you will too, but they are a momento of what you did for your kids.
I tried palmers, and really thought it was working, buit I had a small bump till late and then grew so maybe it's best to get fat early in tri1 and grow slowly - perhaps that will help more than skini minis and get them in last 6 weeks.
I got some free aveno mositurisers and it's really not greasy, (don't think my skin would appriciate the bio oil much), and so I will be testing that this time