Media etc teaches us to criticize ourselves way too hard.I've come to look at them as a part of the miracle of giving life-a badge of honor if you will-they aren't going away. I've just learned to live stretch marks this being part of me.
Whenever this type of shit gets to me,which it does, I just say to myself, as if I were talking to someone else, if you don't like it, don't look! That usually helps me feel more confident. There is nothing sexier than a woman with confidence. I bet if you walked down the beach w/ confidence, stretch marks and all, no one would notice the stretch marks!!