thread: When exactly do stretch marks appear?

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  1. #1
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    Feb 2009
    Brisbane
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    My stretch marks also showed up after I had DS and my belly went down. They were never purple and obvious, just a few wiggly silver lines that come up from my pubic area in a fan shape. Quite pretty really.
    I noticed the other day that they have moved up a little further this time but still only silver and that didn't happen until about 34/35 weeks.

  2. #2
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    Mar 2007
    Paradise
    4,473

    I was about 35 weeks with DD1, they started off looking like flames coming up from my pubic area. I also had a couple coming from the scar where my belly button was pierced. To begin with it looked like the playboy bunny. They have gradually gotten bigger over susequent pregnancies, you can even see some of them in my ticker pic!!

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Oct 2005
    near the ocean
    172

    i have one dark red stretchie on the hole where my belly button ring was that looks like a cross, but other than that i haven't got one mark, which surprises me cause my belly feels very stretched. i didn't think you could get them afterwards....nooooo, i hope not. i suppose your right though it's a reminder of carrying your bub if you do get any.

  4. #4
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    Apr 2008
    White Gum Valley, WA
    318

    I look like I've been mauled by a tiger. It's outrageous!! Mine showed up fairly early, but I found out it was because I was taking steroids for hyperemesis. I have stopped the steroids now and haven't gotten a single fresh mark since. I used all the lotions and potions and they didn't do anything, I think it's just the luck of the draw unfortunately!

  5. #5
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    Oct 2004
    Sydney
    2,614

    Not everyone gets them. I didnt get any stretch marks at all.