LOL, because hey, why not!

No really, c'mon...

I was thinking today, about stretching during birth and perineum tearing and things like that, as you do, and I was also separately thinking about my lack of belly at almost 16 weeks and how maybe I won't get as big so no more new stratchmarks maybe? And then BANG just like that, with the BANG and everything, my thoughts collided and created a new thought...

Hey, is that how the universe began?

Anyway...

Thoughts collided, BANG, and new thought...

Do you think stretchy skin (i.e. no stretchmarks, or very few at least) is related to stretchy perineums? The more stretchy your skin is, the less likely maybe you are to tear? Maybe?
Mind you, this theory is NOT good news for me and my perineum if baby exists south... because I got a LOT of stretchmarks first time around, very unstretchy skin, it's like as my belly grew, the skin didn't stretch nicely, it just tore and created massive gouges that sort of resemble tiger stripes (I did consider getting them tattooed over with flames or pointy tiger stripes or something cool like that, but Jazz pinched one one day and it REALLY hurt so I've reconsidered that, and I'm NOT getting tattoos over my stretchmarks...).

So, let's talk stretchy perineums. Did you get stretchmarks? Did you tear? Is it more to do with positioning, counterpressure, doing the pant-not-push through crowning etc? What are your experiences? Is this just another crazy theory my brain has decided sounds good enough to be true...?