Stretch Marks!

[*The_Mrs.*]

I am so mad it is ridiculous! For the first 32 weeks of pregnancy I was stretch mark free and loving it. I am a little frame so i knew that most likely i would get a few. .....a few!

Well week 33 hit and ever since they have been attacking my sides and my butt like crazy. A new one every day! i feel like crying and DF tries to convince me I am crazy and that nothing is there. Yet, I am talking 20 stretch marks minimum. I look like a tropical fish with designs.

Someone please tell me that these will eventually go away, or at least fade. It is even worse that I am extremely pale so the color is intense on my skin.

[Indadhanu]

Yep they'll fade, I am pale and have HEAPS and they are going a lovely silverywhite, you can still see them but they aren't they horrible painful red that they were. oh and I didn't use anything either, couldn't be bothered lol

[~Trish~]

I feel your pain . I have heaps of stretch marks too. They do fade though, they won't look red forever. Like Leasha said, they will still be there, but nowhere near as noticeable. Apparently rubbing Bio Oil on them can help them fade (after you've had your bub of course )

[~Raven~]

They do fade eventually but they will always be there. Look at them like a badge of honour instead of something bad

[tellytubby]

I'm the same as leasha, i didn't use anthing on mine, and now they are soo faded you can barely see them. I looked like a tiger i had that manY! lol! Don't stress, most women have them, be proud - you carried your child for 9 months

[organicem]

Just wanted to say thank you for this thread.
I got stretch marks with my first but not too many and they faded pretty quickly.
Second time round I got heaps more and struggle with accepting that they are not a bad thing.

[Lulu]

best thing about pale skin is you can barely see them when they fade...yay for moontan!

[Indadhanu]

PMSL moontan, never heard that before!

[Lulu]

Yep, dats what I got!

[maz]

on Moontan .......i suffer it lots and lots then hahahhaa

think of it as a self inked tat of your journey into motherhood

[Early Kids]

Hey hun, are you on FB? PM me if you are, I have pics on there.

I can totally sympathise... I only got a few on my sides and a heap on my boobs with Brendan, but Bubble... bubble has really attacked me The under of my belly is almost one big red stretchmark now.

[organicem]

...moontan...

[*The_Mrs.*]

Yeah, they are awful! Oh, and I forgot to mention my boobs! They have stretch marks too. I just hope they really do fade after baby is born because I would like to wear a bikini again someday.

[*The_Mrs.*]

Sally, How do i find you on FB?