Did you develop a Linea Nigra in your pregnancy?

[Nadine]

I have had a faint one going from my belly button down to my pubic area since approx. the 5th month. Then around the seventh month a really faint one appeared on the upper part, going from belly button up. Also have a ring around my belly button.

Non of it bothers me. It just facinates me what your body does when pregnant

[Sal]

Nope, not a sign of one at all on me! I'm pale as a ghost, I hear that makes a difference?

[Nadine]

Sal- They say that the darker your skin is, the darker the line(s) will be too.

[Joy]

I have one, it is medium in colour and starts a couple of inches down from my breast, goes around my belly button and down into my pubic area. DH loves it as he likes to trace it from top to ... well you can figure it out!!

[DoubleK]

i havent developed this as yet.. what actually causes it?


Rach

[Pandora]

I did, but I didn't notice it until 35 weeks or so.
It's still there, sort of a coffee brown colour

[e_p]

I had one, reasonably dark and all the way up my belly by around 5 months. I'm mixed race which apparently makes it more likely. I also got more freckles and darker skin in general. My linea nigra is almost completely gone.

[*Ash*]

No, not during any of my 4 pregnancies.

[*EJ*]

No, not during any of my 3 pregnancies

[megs]

Nope, didn't get it at all during my pregnancies.

Just blessed with many many strech marks instead.

[nickers]

No, not during any of my 3 pregnancies

Ditto this

[Jennifer13]

No, but I'll have to vote when I'm on the laptop.

I'm very fair skinned, not sure if that's relevant?

[~Hestia~]

With my first I did but with my 2nd I didn't.

[Ashlee]

No, but I'll have to vote when I'm on the laptop.

I'm very fair skinned, not sure if that's relevant?

Me too.

[SunnyRain]

I didn't notice anything when I was pregnant, but after my tummy shrunk back to normal I could see a very faint line. I am uber fair skinned.

I was huge during my pregnancy, even though I only gained 8kgs. I never got a single stretch mark. Maybe the linea nigra absorbed all that stretching.

I didn't get anything during my first pregnancy, but I was tiny.

[Hahamama]

I did in third trimester, so weird but I loved it! I am fair-skinned too, but have quite dark hair, does that make a difference?

[Ladylove]

I'm fair skinned and fair haired BUT I have a darker haired 'snail trail' line of hair that runs from my navel to by pubic area, which got darker and thicker when I was preggo. I actually had it waxed about 10 days to two weeks before I had my baby and the line wasn't there yet. Has anyone not developed the line until that late?

[Sterla]

I didn't in my first pregnancy, but did in my second. It was very faint when I had a big belly, but after my belly shrunk back down it was much darker. I too am very fair skinned.