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emz 
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 Posted: 09 November 2009 at 2:28pm |
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Didn't get any with my first until abotu 36-37 weeks. Only have a few on my belly because I didn't carry very big at all (never looked even close to full term in either pregnancy).
Its all about genetics - some people escape them, its not because of anything they do (although keeping your body and your skin hydrated does help to minimise them a bit, and to fade quicker) its just because they're lucky.
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Raspberryjam
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Posted: 10 November 2009 at 10:13pm |
Well I have none from my first pregnancy and I was an enormous 120cm round! ( humor me, its my only skite) but thats to say I wont get them this time.
I did start using derma oil towards the end, dont know if it helped or not, but I have noticed my daughter scar looks pretty good from using oil on her so I will be using it again just incase 
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Zasha
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Posted: 10 November 2009 at 10:49pm |
wow 120cm, made me curious so I rushed to grab the tape measure to see how big I had gotten lol, only 108cm still a 38cm increase from what my waist use to be, and still 7 weeks to go....
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Raspberryjam
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Posted: 11 November 2009 at 8:28am |
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haha, yeah like i said enormous!! that was full term, with too much fluid!! even funnier is that im only 160cm tall!! could have just about rolled me into the hospital! I lost 4 kgs when my waters broke!!
Hopefully i wont get that big this time, so wont get stretch marks
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Posted: 11 November 2009 at 11:42am |
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I had them from about 20 weeks on my tummy in a circle all going out from my belly button!!!!!! I had Millie at 28 weeks , i dread to think how bad they would have got if i had gone to full term!!!!
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Janie
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Posted: 13 November 2009 at 9:27pm |
I didn't get any until I was 1 day overdue. I was quite disappointed as I thought I had gotten away with none. They aren't too bad though and are mainly around my navel piercing scar.
I religiously moisturised my belly with bio-oil in the mornings and palmers cocoa butter in the evenings. I don't think this stops the stretch marks but at least my belly felt nice 
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MissAngel
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Posted: 14 November 2009 at 8:03pm |
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I didnt get any! yay! hehe. Didnt use creams or potions or lotions or anything. In saying that you bet your left eye I will this time.
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Posted: 16 November 2009 at 7:26pm |
I'm 33 weeks with my first baby and started using this stuff called pot of gold baby balm on my boobs and stomach - it's all natural and so far no stretch marks!!!
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Richie
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Posted: 16 November 2009 at 8:17pm |
I'm almost at 28wks and so far so good. No sign of any stretch marks. I've always had a few on my hips cause I went from being a rake to having child bearing hips pretty much overnight when I was about 18 so they have always been there. But haven't got anymore anywhere else since being preg. I've been using Palmers stretch mark cream morning and night since I found out I was UTD at 4 1/2 wks as well as using Bio Oil on the odd occasion. Have also changed my body wash to one with collagen and elastin in..... prob wont make a difference but I'm doing whatever I can to avoid them! lol Think I'm blessed with good genetics tho, I'm on of 6 kids and my Mum hasn't got a single stretch mark. My youngest brother was 11lb 12 so if she was going to get them, she would have with him! She was MASSSIVE! And my sister has 2 kids who were both 8lb 6 and no stretchmarks for her either so fingers crossed!
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Posted: 18 November 2009 at 11:07am |
I have made it to 40 weeks and no stretch marks yet (fingers crossed it stays that way and I don't go too overdue!), but then my Mum didn't get any either and all the ladies in my family have quite good skin. I think the best way to tell is to ask your Mum, Aunties etc. what happened to them, and whoever you most take after skin-wise, you'll probably have a similar outcome.
I do wonder what will happen to my belly-button if I get any bigger, I know someone who went overdue and has no stretch-marks but has ended up with a really saggy belly button instead. At this stage it's pretty hard to imagine it going back to how it was before!
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Posted: 18 November 2009 at 11:49am |
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I noticed I have a couple of little stretch marks on one boob, so far, nothing else. I'm not really suprised though - my boobs have grown HEAPS in the last 34 weeks
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Posted: 19 November 2009 at 4:39pm |
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I was lucky and didn't get any. I used baby oil every day, sometimes twice a day from quite early on. I don't know if that's what prevented them cause I have also heard it is genetic as to whether or not you get them??
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