re: Stretchmarks???

I got mine at about 20 weeks. Stretch marks also pop up as a genetic thing. If your mom, grandmom had 'em, you're more likely to, if they didn't, well, you're more likely not to.

Different methods to treat, prevent, and help them fade are...

Cocoa butter (everone's favorite)
Vitamine E oil (which helps give you elastisity in your skin again so they fade quicker)
Or, something call 'Preferon'. It looks like a glue stick, but you rub the stuff onto your stretch markes, and it helps 'em fade.

Unfortunately, to my knowledge, there's nothing that just gets -rid- of stretch marks. They 'heal' to a light 'silvery' color.

Ughh, I had a nightmare that I ended up being one of those middle aged women who are fake baking everyday and look burnt trying to cover their stretch marks. You know what I'm talking about, those women you just want to hand a skin cancer pamplet to.

37 weeks. If I wouldnt of delivered at 38 weeks they would be on my tummy. I only got them on my hips.

i hadreally liteoneson my hips before i got pregnant but im 31 weeks and i dont have any on my stomach yet... i do have a scar where my belly ring would be...

I didn't get any until I was 34 weeks and my daughter dropped. Then I just got some on the lowest part of my belly. Once my milk came in after having her, my boobies were covered! They have faded a ton already!!

Quoting ♡Kimi's Mommy:“ Man. I didn't get any untill 30 weeks. And it was only a few. Then I swear I woke up one day and they were horrible.”

That's how I was!!!!

Quoting carynm:“ I didn't get any until I was 34 weeks and my daughter dropped. Then I just got some on the lowest part ... [snip!] ... on the lowest part of my belly. Once my milk came in after having her, my boobies were covered! They have faded a ton already!!”

This worries me cause my tattoo!!!! YIPES!!!!

I got them at about 30 weeks on my hips and lower belly, I was so sad b/c I thought I had gotten that far and I wouldn't get them!! I got them on my boobs at about 25 weeks. There coming................  

30ish weeks. the ones on my butt or horrible, i have a few on the boobies, my love handles aren't too bad and i have some on my underbelly but i can't really tell how bad they are (i can't see my underbelly too well, even with a mirror)

Quoting Excited_Mommy_Alisa:“ This worries me cause my tattoo!!!! YIPES!!!!”

I've also got a tattoo on my hip/tummy area. It's pretty big too. But, it hasn't stretched out, faded, nothing. As a matter of fact, none of mine have. I have seven tattoos, three of them in vital 'watch' areas... The one on my right hip, I have another on my lower back, and another on my left boob.

Quoting DemonBellyX:“ I've also got a tattoo on my hip/tummy area. It's pretty big too. But, it hasn't stretched out, faded, ... [snip!] ... three of them in vital 'watch' areas... The one on my right hip, I have another on my lower back, and another on my left boob.”

REallY?? ok!!! Cause i know if you get stretchmarks through them... YIPES! The whole tat gets messed up! A friend i used to know got them super bad and you could not even tell what the tattoo was anymore!!!

I'm freaked out about stretch marks too!!
I'm into my 29th week and haven't seen any yet ..thank goodness ..I've been using cocoa butter like mad but ..my mother has stretch marks that are about an inch wide on her belly...I really really hope that I don't get them that badly!
On another note..my gf went her whole pregnancy w/o any except a tiny one by her belly ring and then after she delivered she got a few on each side of her belly..that was so not fair..she had made it that far already !
 

i dunno. i know it runs in my family. i've been using bio-oil which is for expecting mothers. it helps with the itching anyway.lol i have a few on my inner thighs already, so i just hope it works

Before I got pregnant I was averaged sized for my height and age, and I think not being stick thin has helped me a lot with this pregnancy in avoiding stretchmarks...I am currently 34 weeks and only have one stretchmark on the left side of my tummy, but that is because my son likes to sit on my left hip, and has therefore he has stretched my skin out on that side...A lot of it has to do with genetics, but you can prevent a lot of damage by keeping your skin hydrated (another good reason why pregnant women should always be drinking water) and constantly using cocoa butter to help the skin grow...Other than that there isn't much else you can do to avoid them...

Mine actually didn't start showing until 32 weeks (I'm almost 37 weeks now). They aren’t too bad at the moment, but I sure keep lathering them up with cocoa butter as much as I can. Although, I've heard your can bath in that stuff and they still will never make them go completely away.