stretch marks and after
posted 12th Nov
hi im 17, my baby lilly is a small baby im 24weeks atm,, but im scared of stretch marks, and wat happens to ur belly after u have the baby? does ur stomach go back to normal ? coz i used to have a flat tight stomach, and how much do ur boobs go down after the baby?
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Your belly may go back, it may not. It depends on the person. I still have a 'pooch' and my daughter is 3. Stretch marks don't go away. They're scars. They will fade, but they will not vanish. My boobs grew when I was pregnant, then shrunk after I stopped breastfeeding. They're covered in stretch marks.
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Its honestly different for everyone. I didnt get any stretch marks with my 1st but have with my 2nd and my boobs went up 3cups and after BFing went down 2cups so I gained a cup size. I also went to my pre-pregnancy weight of 46kgs. I gained ALOT due to medical reasons though so this pregnancy is different in that area also, ive hardly gained any weight.
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I got huge and had a c-section. With all that being said, my stomach is a wreck. It will never be the same again. Saggy skin, stretchmarks, my belly button looks like a dog's smurf, ugh. And my boobs? Well they're gone to smurf too.
But everybody is different.
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Texasposted 12th Nov
Depends on the person and how much weight you gain while pregnant. Your stomach won't instantly go back it'll take a few months. For some women it goes back within a few months with little to bo work for me I gained 32 with my daughter and my stomach had a bulge for a few months but to get rid of extra fat I had to work it off. I didn't get stretch marks on my stomach luckily but my boobs are another story but they are very light in color. Your boobs will also swell again after birth when yor milk comes in, you think they are big now, wait till after the baby... Lol mine got huge and that's what caused most of my stretch marks.
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oh god really? i went from a small B cup to a large D and im only 6months,
is this growth from my age or bub ? and well before being pregnant i wuld lose weight by not eating for a day, if i didnt eat for a day i'd lose 2kgs, and now ive put on 10kg , but i could never put weight on before, i had been getting skinnier the older i get ?
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Quoting Jenny Cook:" oh god really? i went from a small B cup to a large D and im only 6months, is this growth from my age ... [snip!] ... i'd lose 2kgs, and now ive put on 10kg , but i could never put weight on before, i had been getting skinnier the older i get ?"
I'm confused...what is the question there?
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Quoting Lizplustwo:" I'm confused...what is the question there?"
My thoughts also.
OP , You are pregnant. Your body will change and no one can say exactly what will change and never go back to how it once was. Time will tell
quoteposted 13th Nov
Quoting Jenny Cook:" oh god really? i went from a small B cup to a large D and im only 6months, is this growth from my age ... [snip!] ... i'd lose 2kgs, and now ive put on 10kg , but i could never put weight on before, i had been getting skinnier the older i get ?"
Dude you're pregnant. Everything's going to grow. Might as well just stop worrying about it. Whatever's going to happen is going to go down either way. And once you have the baby, you're not going to have time to think about that stupid smurf.
Or atleast I hope.
Chillax
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Texasposted 13th Nov
i worried about my body too when i first got pregnant. everyone is different. its been 3 months for me and i haven't lost all my baby weight...but i don't exercise and i couldn't breastfed so i guess i haven't really tried to loose the rest of it. i was full C before pregnancy and now im a DD. my boobs didn't shrink after birth... however they aren't as perky either. i got stretch marks. but i look at it this way...no my body isnt exactly like it was before and im no totally happy with the way it is now but it was all worth it. my SO still finds me sexually attractive and i got a beautiful bundle of joy so im ok with it. but i have seen plenty of girls go right back to skinny and flat belly in 3 weeks.
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I'm 25 weeks pregnant and my baby girl is small too.
I haven't gotten a single stretch mark on my belly yet, but I got them on my butt and on my breasts.
I've gone from a 12A to a 14B.
I think it just depends on your genetics and the elasticity in your skin.
Having a baby changes everything about your body, especially for teenagers who are still developing as it is.
You can always lose the weight, but stretch marks are for life, although they do fade.
Just think of the stretch marks as proof of the amazing thing your body is doing, growing a tiny little human
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Australiaposted 13th Nov
Quoting Jenny Cook:" oh god really? i went from a small B cup to a large D and im only 6months, is this growth from my age ... [snip!] ... i'd lose 2kgs, and now ive put on 10kg , but i could never put weight on before, i had been getting skinnier the older i get ?"
Age? Bwahahaha! No way! You're just a kid. It's from pregnancy. Everything stretches and grows when you're pregnant.
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Quoting Jenny Cook:" hi im 17, my baby lilly is a small baby im 24weeks atm,, but im scared of stretch marks, and wat happens ... [snip!] ... does ur stomach go back to normal ? coz i used to have a flat tight stomach, and how much do ur boobs go down after the baby?"
Stretch marks are said to be inherited from your mother. So if she has a ton, you probably will too. I suggest using Bio Oil and cocoa butter stretch mark cream. Your skin is going to stretch but it's made for things like babies! They will actually pop up out of no where towards the end of ur pregnancy. Seriously tho, you're super young and shouldn't have any problems gettin ur belly back to normal especially if you were tiny to begin with. If you have a c-section, that's a different story....your stomach will never be the same.
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I had a friend who was 5 foot and weighed about 100 pouds. When she got pregnant she weighed about 140. She had a huge belly!
No strech marks and she was able too get back into her pants 3 weeks after she had the baby! She tells me not too itch and lotion everyday.
So dont worry about it everyones different, u might be a lucky one after words.
I have a little little belly. But it gets really itchy, when i get the urge too itch. I wear a strechy rubber band and i pull it back so it can take my mind off the itchying. :$
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Arizonaposted 13th Nov
Itching is not going to cause stretch marks...they're genetic. You're either prone to them or your not. Anyone that tells you that they did/used something that prevented them probably wasn't going to get them to begin with. You can make sure you stay well-hydrated to help increase your skin's elasticity but that's it.
I'm covered in them despite using the cocoa butter lotions religiously and all that. I just think of them as my battle scars, and DH doesn't mind them at all.
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