For the itches, my wife's doctor gave her some anti-itch medicine and also some sedatives, which supposedly knocks her out for the night so good-bye scratchy hands ...as for the stretch marks hmph, my wife goes to a beauty salon which treats her to a weekly treatment for 14 months (I'm not making this up) which I have to say does make a difference... but I'm not even going to mention the cost... serves me right though for commenting that the lines (caused then by our firstborn) resembled the london underground map ...anyone can recommend an over-the-counter cheap alternative?

My dear, your hubby has my deepest respect and admiration... even after four kids, I am still learning to keep my big yappity mouth shut when it comes to the sacrifices the mother (my darling wife) makes for the children... 'still' being the operative there... actually, I don't even care about the stretch marks on her, I just let my big mouth slip that once (okay, it wasn't once... more like 7-8 times... but I was only teasing her in a funny, loving way... nothing malicious at all!)

...but mothers, please remember us hubbies don't really care about the stretch marks... (insert usual line here)... If we could suffer it for you, we would

...Also useful when you lose your GPS unit and driving around in an unfamiliar place... *hides*