re: Stretchmarks???
2460 postsposted 26th Apr
Quoting MAKAILEE = 22 DAYS!: Mine actually didn't start showing until 32 weeks (I'm almost 37 weeks now). They arent too bad at the ... [snip!] ... much as I can. Although, I've heard your can bath in that stuff and they still will never make them go completely away.
I put that stuff on 3 times a day. It still didn't work.
I have 1 child & live in Stafford, Virginia
3087 postsposted 26th Apr
Quoting ♡Kimi's Mommy: I put that stuff on 3 times a day. It still didn't work.
Damn that sucks!! I do the same thing...and was trying to be hopefull that I could avoid them somehow..
I've heard folks compare their stretch marks to tiger stripes ...and say they are badges of honor..I hope that if I do get them that I can look at them in such a positive light!!
I'm due July 16th (a girl) & live in Cortland, New York
947 postsposted 26th Apr
I am a little over 36 weeks and don;t have any yet! I also have two tattoos, matching roses on my hips and they look fine. They are somewhat bigger looking but not stretched....my BFF has a tat there too and it didn't mess up and stretch during her pregnancy! My Mom never got stretchmarks with two pregnancies so I might just have good genes!! Good luck!
quoteI have 1 child & live in Jacksonville, Florida
2845 postsposted 26th Apr
Yeah i've heard stretch marks are hereditary and my mother never got ANY in all of her FIVE pregnancies. Her doctor said she has good elasticity in her skin. I'm 27 weeks and haven't gotten any yet and I'm hoping this is one thing I inherit from my mom!
quoteI'm due July 26th & live in Saskatchewan
posted 26th Apr
Quoting Punky Michelle:
I hated them at first. They still bother me a little bit. But my BF doesn't mind them, so that made me feel better about it.
I have 1 child & live in Stafford, Virginia
20 postsposted 26th Apr
I've had them on my boobs since I hit puberty, but they're white and faded. I got them on my sides and stomach probably around 24 weeks. It was like I literally woke up one day looked down and had red marks. I cocoa butter every day and I do have to say that it helps fade them and make them less noticable, but I'm not sure if it helps prevent them. It probably has a lot to do with genetics since my mom got HORRIBLE stretch marks that are STILL red.
quoteI'm due July 28th (a boy) & live in Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania
9 postsposted 27th Apr
I got a couple on my boobs early in the pregnancy. I'm now 31 weeks and still haven't gotten any on my belly. I'm hoping it will stay that way too!
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764 postsposted 27th Apr
Im 23 weeks and have yet to get any new ones, but I still have quite a ways to go. I have gained 30 lbs so far and worry that they'll start popping up from weight gain even though Im still considered "small" for this far along.
I drink lots of water and put cocoa butter and vitamin e oil on daily. If I feel any part of my body feeling itchy I put lotion on just to be sure.
But I definetly expecct to get some since I have some on my hips/butt area and breasts from gaining 25 lbs at puberty. They are a light white now though and only showif I haven't seen the sun in ages.
Are there any women here who have not gotten any so far and have had a large gain? Around 40-50 lbs? As this is the amount Im predicting Ill gain total.
quoteI drink lots of water and put cocoa butter and vitamin e oil on daily. If I feel any part of my body feeling itchy I put lotion on just to be sure.
But I definetly expecct to get some since I have some on my hips/butt area and breasts from gaining 25 lbs at puberty. They are a light white now though and only showif I haven't seen the sun in ages.
Are there any women here who have not gotten any so far and have had a large gain? Around 40-50 lbs? As this is the amount Im predicting Ill gain total.
I'm due August 21st & live in Colorado
1977 postsposted 27th Apr
Mine started about 38 weeks andgot moreas i became 2 weeks overdue. They were under my bump so i couldnt really notice them and around my belly button. After i had her though, oh my! I didnt relise i had so many till then.
But now8 months after it all97% are gone. I only have 2 deeps ones by my hip (the 1st ones i ever got) and on my boobs They dont bother me or my bfeither. There my "war wounds" and im proud of them.
quoteBut now8 months after it all97% are gone. I only have 2 deeps ones by my hip (the 1st ones i ever got) and on my boobs They dont bother me or my bfeither. There my "war wounds" and im proud of them.
I have 1 child & live in Pennsylvania
41 postsposted 27th Apr
im lil past 25 weeks now i dont have any marks on my belly. I have very light small marks on my breasts, but they are hardly noticable. I got those about 23weeks, i went from a size A to a B in a week. I have only gained 5 pounds so far or a lil less. I was adopted so i dont know whether i have good genes or not, i hoping i do. I dont want any more marks, i use coco butter when i remember about 5times a week.
quoteI'm due August 8th (a girl) & live in Washington
996 postsposted 27th Apr
I started getting them on my boobs when I was maybe 18 weeks? Went from a small D cup to an F so far, and now they're covered.
Started getting them on my sides ("love handle" area) at 30 weeks...they're really small though, and I thought I'd care a lot more than I did when I first saw them sprouting! Over the past 5+ weeks since they started, they've grown maybe half inch. Not much further to go...so hopefully they wont get too much worse, but I'm not going to count on it.
quoteStarted getting them on my sides ("love handle" area) at 30 weeks...they're really small though, and I thought I'd care a lot more than I did when I first saw them sprouting! Over the past 5+ weeks since they started, they've grown maybe half inch. Not much further to go...so hopefully they wont get too much worse, but I'm not going to count on it.
I have 1 child & live in Alaska
posted 27th Apr
Quoting alaskanpreggo1: I started getting them on my boobs when I was maybe 18 weeks? Went from a small D cup to an F so far, ... [snip!] ... grown maybe half inch. Not much further to go...so hopefully they wont get too much worse, but I'm not going to count on it.
I just started getting some on my hip/ love handle area in the past few day and I'm just past 28 weeks...
crossing my fingers that they don't get too much worse
I'm due July 16th (a girl) & live in Cortland, New York
208 postsposted 27th Apr
my breasts grew to an ungodly size so I got them there at like 8 weeks. But I totally thought I was going to be one of those lucky women that didn't get them on my belly. I went to sleep at 36 weeks and woke up 36 weeks 1 day with about 20. I am not kidding, that is seriously what happened. Now I have quite a few, not a TON but enough that it makes me sad. I get more every day. My bikini days are O-V-E-R!!
quoteI have 1 child & live in Ohio
2266 postsposted 28th Apr
Quoting Excited_Mommy_Alisa: Ok i have a question for all the mommy's!!!! We all know in pregnancy one of the things we dread the ... [snip!] ... marks???? And When did they get outta control IF they did??? What can i look forward to going through for my little Angel lol.
I'm scared of these awful dreadful things they call stretch marks!!
I'm due October 6th (a girl) & live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
361 postsposted 28th Apr
Quoting Excited_Mommy_Alisa: Ok i have a question for all the mommy's!!!! We all know in pregnancy one of the things we dread the ... [snip!] ... marks???? And When did they get outta control IF they did??? What can i look forward to going through for my little Angel lol.
I'm currently 31 and I have my first and hopefully my last stretch marks on my lower abdomen. They are very light and boy I'm I using lots and lots of cocoa butter, baby oil and elastin lotion. Good Luck.
I'm due June 26th (a girl) & live in Hollywood, Florida
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