Linea Nigra

[LaDeeDa]

Hello Everyone,

This is probably a silly question

Does everyone get the linea nigra and when should you normally expect it?

I don't have one yet (not that I mind) and just seeing if anyone else has missed out on it

[principessa76]

I thought I'd missed out too but it appeared at about 26 or 27 weeks I think. Its just about gone now (thank goodness).

[Beach Mama]

I had it with Izzy and it went up from my belly button too but I don't have one this time around at all.... Got a double dose of stretchies to make up for the 0 I got with Izzy though.....

I do get this weird patch of white going from belly button down though - its really odd, if my belly is hot then its all cold around my belly button and if my belly is cold then the belly button and this patch are all hot! Bizarro!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

not everyone gets it. DP tells me i have one going from my belly button to my pubic bone. Me personally.. i cant see it as i cant bend to well lol!

[Novella]

I had it from 20 weeks with DD but my belly is bigger this time round and it hasn't come back weird!

[LaDeeDa]

Tan - no strech marks yet - touch wood

Hollye - LOL I'm starting to understand what it must be like for my middle aged father with a massive pot belly I don't think he's seen his tackle in a long time and I sure as hell can't see mine ...LOL

[kylieb77]

I haven't got one at all, and i am nearly at the end of my pregnancy. I have very fair skin though so not as likely to get it as it is to do with the amount of pigment in your skin.

[Sugar83]

This is a very interesting topic and not something i had thought about as i didnt get one with my DS. I have fair skin so maybe that could be why. I'm 26 weeks into this pregnancy and havnt developed any pigment changes although my belly has gotten a bit hairy just under my belly button

[Curly]

I have only gotten my linea nigra in the last 2 or 3 weeks (I'm 36 weeks now). Same as last time - all the way up my belly and not very dark at all, a very pale tan kind of colour. Last time I had a boy, this time I am having a girl.

I'm quite fair skinned. It actually looked darker after I gave birth. It went away within 3 months - I used to exfoliate to help it along!

[mellys bubby belly]

i'm 33 weeks, have fair skin, and i haven't got one yet - which is probably a good thing as i now have a nasty scar from taking out my belly button piercing so that's quite enuff for me thank you very much