Did you get stretch marks?

Hi all

my belly is so itchy and stretching a lot , i put all types of lotions and oils and creams on twice a day .

Did you get stretch marks? if so when ?

I didn't get any on my belly, but stretch marks are a genetic thing. I didn't use any creams or anything, I just thank my mum!
I did get them on my bbs. I think they were in the first/second tri.

with my 1st pregnancy i tried everything creams oils lotions potions u name it i used it. and YEP i STILL got stretch marks and alot of them only on my belly tho. they started just after 1/2 way

this is my 2nd pregnancy i have used nothing and i havent got any new ones yet and im 35 weeks preg:dunno:

they say if your mum got them then you will most likely aswell and usually in the same areas. depends on skin type like the elasticity etc.

if you do get them they do fade over time

Ahh the dreaded stretch marks! Well I couldn't believe my luck when my belly kept growing and growing and not even a hint of a stretch mark! I thought I was so fortunate as I assumed they were pretty much a done deal during pregnancy. And then.... at around 38-39 weeks I got them and I got them bad! My poor belly just couldn't stretch without them anymore and then I went 2 weeks overdue and of course my belly got bigger and the stretch marks got worse :cry: Everyone says they fade so I'm waiting patiently for this to happen....

By the way, I used stretch mark moisturiser every day during pregnancy too so I think if you are going to get them then you are going to get them unfortunately.

Good luck -I hope you can escape them!

First pregnancy, none at all other than on my boobs. Second pregnancy I got lots!

Just starting to get them now at 37 wks

I didn't get any. But my mum is covered in them.

I have stretch marks and haven't ever been pregnant (or overweight!)
It's genetic, i just have really bad genes, and dread to the think what will happen when I do become pregnant!!!
My brother got them all up his back just from growth spurts, just like he had been whiped or something!
You can rub Vit E cream into them which will make them fade (as they are basically scar tissue) but I dont think anything will ever get rid of them completely.

my tummy looks like a road map!!! i used to worry about them but then you realise they will always be there even if they do fade...to me they are like my tattoos all thought not so pretty they are a permenent reminder that once apon a time something very special and magical when on inside my tummy.

Around 15% of people don't get them. It's genetic. For the other 85% of us they're pretty much a given. BUT not everyone gets them on their belly during pregnancy - i have a few friends who avoided them on the belly, but got them on their hips/bum/boobs. Unfortunately creams cannot prevent them, but bio-oil can help to fade them.

I have two forming an almost completely straight line underneath my pubic hair - i didn't have them before labour, i'm positive DD caused them as she was born, which i have to admit, i think is pretty awesome :)

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.

I havent got any on my belly yet but i feel they are coming lol

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.

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 :rolleyes:

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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 :rolleyes:

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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

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... (?)

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 :D

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.

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!

I got some on my boobs in the second trimester as they just balooned after not really having any, only got a few on my hips and little ones on my tummy in the last week as i was 10 days overdue with a 10lb bub lol so i couldnt shake them unfortantly my little tummy just couldnt stretch much more lol
oh and i used lots of creams throughout the pregnancy..

I was very smug that I didn't have any - then I hit 31 weeks!!
Seemed to get a new one everyday after that. It's amazing how they start to fade right after the birth though.

Hi,

I didnt use any oils or moisturisers other than a water based one occasionally (QV I think) I didnt get them on my belly at all but my boobs are covered in them....I guess you cant have everything....

Good luck ;)

I got none at all on my belly but my bum and thighs look like a zebra and my boobs went from a 12C to a 14E so they are covered to.

I mainly used moisturiser to stop the itching that you get, I dont believe like alot of people that it will stop them but it may reduce them just the littleist bit.

Because they are scar tissue they will start off red and turn a whitish silver colour once they are healed. Try bio-oil or pure vitamin e oil and the sun will also help fade them (obvisouly not with the oils on, sunblock off course)

i got them - and they looked like tiger stripes, but pink. they've faded now - but no doubt they'll go pink again with this bubba. they fade, and some one told me (i could be wrong) but they fade more so once you finish bfing(?) but i wear them with pride every cloud has a sliver lining and this is mine!

I don't think the BFing makes a difference. I'm still BFing DS & mine are back to the silver colour.

I got them the most around my belly button and in my tattoo (which is just below my belly button) it was a tattoo of a cross but now it's just 'across' my stomach ..oh well it only cost me $50 when I was 24 :D Hubby reckons it looks better than it ever has lol

Second time around I have more around my belly button and tattoo, and a couple on me boobies. I have been using Dove moisturising cream as I did with my first pregnancy and drinking 2.5 litres of water a day. I don't think the moisturiser will stop the stretch marks it just stops the itching. I have heard it is in your genetics, if your mum had em -chances are you will. My mum didn't really get many, maybe thats why I haven't really.

But..I am only 27 weeks there is plenty of time for me to turn into a zebra! :D

I got only 2 stretch marks when i had DS and that was within the last week of being pregnant...

BUT with DD i got quite a few (not as bad as some) but mainly i got them ALL over my legs

ok so i have two small little indent purple marks just above my belly button :(

they started off small and light but now are clearly growing stretchies

i knew they would come ''BEEP'' lol

Hi Shell1!

I rubbed all sorts of creams and potions on my belly from day 1, never saw a single stretch mark but then my mum never got any either, so as someone said it probably is a genetic thing! Since DD I have 1 small mark, maybe 1cm on each boob, due to engorgement problems!

Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy!

Like someone else said, I felt a bitsmug about not having any stretch marks first time around... Couldn't see any... DH said I didn't have any... mum and sister said I didn't have any... even OB said I didn't have any when I asked him. LOL... I just couldn't see them because they were on the under-side of my big belly! And every one else was LYING to me!! "We didn't want to make you feel bad"!! Anyway, some little ones beneath my knicker line on my belly and a larger one on the left side which comes an inch or so above my knickers. Second pregnancy, DS added an IDENTICAL stretch mark on the right side. Hey, at least I'm symmetrical... silver lining and all that. Now we're TTC #3, I'm wondering where s/he will make his/her mark... maybe right up the centre??!!