Did you get stretch marks?

[Stevie]

i used palmers stretch mark cream for half my pregnancy and then sitched to bio oil for the last half, i didnt get a one.... until about a week after she was born i got some, no where near as bad as some ppls, just a couple under my belly button and about 3 small lines on both hips, my bbs however are COVERED in them (i used cream on them too) but i had practically no boobs before got pregnant and now they are massive.

It sucks i know but its all apart pf having babies.

[sas85]

My tummy was pretty small during DD's pregnancy so I didn't get any there but I was expecting them, and am sure I will get them if my skin actually has to stretch there in this pregnancy - as during puberty I got them Baaad on my breasts and upper arms. They have faded to white silvery/grey lines but they are still there 10 years on and destroyed the elasticity in those regions. My mum doesn't have a stretch mark on her (stretch mark genes can come from fathers side too) but she got left with an 'apron' after getting so huge with a giant baby and too much fluid - I'd rather have a few stretch mark scars than that - I am afraid of getting that.

[whoops]

I got them when I preg with DS1 all over my tummy, but no extra ones with DS2 and 3 and haven't got anymore with this pregnancy so far. *touch wood*. I hate them, but DH calls them his love marks

[helle]

I got them when I preg with DS1 all over my tummy, but no extra ones with DS2 and 3 and haven't got anymore with this pregnancy so far. *touch wood*. I hate them, but DH calls them his love marks

N'awww! my DH calls me stretch XD Wish he'd come up with something a little more romantic!
Mine seemed to appear over night, at around 30ish weeks? I've been using a Tinderbox belly rub that three ladies told me they had used and never got one stretch mark... sure proved them wrong! XD

[Bathsheba]

After having 3 babies I am fortunate not to have any on my belly. I have some small ones on my boobs (because I went from being a size A to a size C+) but they have gone white and you can hardly see them. I agree that it's genetic... don't waste money on creams... they don't get in deep enough and even if they did i doubt if it would help. I'm pretty sure all stretch marks turn white... (?)

[Jaffaz]

I got HEAPS on my tummy in the last 2 weeks with DS (9days O/D), so far no more this time round. My Mum doesn't have any but Dad has them on his back from weight gain. Guess I take after my Dad in that department

But it's not all bad they do fade and before I got pregnant with this one mine were light enough that I was comfortable wearing a bikini. No one really looks that close and if they do oh well I have a beautiful little boy.

[Tiff+2]

I got stretch marks in the last 2 weeks with DD. I used all the coco butter and all of that right through and still got them. Was such a shame I thought I was doing so well then that last little bit tipped my over!