stretch marks and when did they show?
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Topic: stretch marks and when did they show?
Posted By: Zasha
Subject: stretch marks and when did they show?
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 10:55am
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Well just a matter of curiosity, when did you all start to notice those nasty stretch marks first making an appearance, So far I've been pretty lucky, I've managed to escape with only a couple on my boobs and the only other one I have got has made a very faint appearance on my hip a couple of weeks back but hasn't seemed to get much bigger. I realise stretch marks are pretty much an occupational hazard with pregnancy, but how many of you have managed to go through your whole pregnancy with out getting to many?
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 11:01am
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I got none on my tummy, and I think I got an extra couple on my hips (Hard to tell I already ahd heaps from changing shape when I was younger) around 26 weeks (DP swears I got none). ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 11:27am
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i think I got my few in my last few weeks, when my tum started dropping? ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 11:29am
I don't have any new ones this time around which is good, but I do remember getting to about 35-36 weeks and feeling like there was possibly no more room in there, and then BAM, woke up one morning and had a whole lot of them.   Some people unfortunately get heaps and others get none at all even with lots of stretching going on. I think it depends on your genetics and your skin tone too. I have very very pale skin and stretch marks just LOVE me!
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 11:36am
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I've made it to 35 weeks without getting any. We'll see how much longer that lasts though - I'm very definitely still expanding round the middle so I'm expecting them any day!
I keep asking DH if there are any on the bottom of my bump where I can't see but he says there aren't  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Inlove28
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 12:53pm
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Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 1:00pm
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I got a couple of small ones at 34 weeks and been getting more and more ever since. All on my tummpy below my below button but I also got one around where my belly button ring was at about 20-something weeks. I think the tummy dropping thing might have been when they got worse too. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 1:10pm
I had none all through my pregnancy (well, that I could see anyway!)  but lo-and-behold once DD was out, there they all were on my lower tummy I think for me, the stretched skin actually hid them to a degree, so I didn't discover them till after! -------------  
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Posted By: MrsH
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 1:13pm
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I'm riddled with them and I noticed a teeny one show when I was about 12 weeks!! Strange though since I didn't start showing until I was about 22 weeks and then they just started. I could really feel my skin stretching, it was sore.
Oh and I have dark skin so I don't think pigmentation has much to do with it. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 1:13pm
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I thankfully didnt get any at all. But I started using Anti Stretch mark cream early on to prevent them . Dunno if it actually helped. I do have the odd small one on my hips and butt but I cant remember if they were there prior to pregnancy or not. ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 1:14pm
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I had heaps almost straight away! By about 20 weeks, but I haven't had all that many more show up since that lot... fingers crossed i've had my fair share ------------- 
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 2:01pm
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I got stretch marks on my boobies at about 16weeks after they ballooned up about 3 cup sizes.
Didn't get any others, don't know if that is because of the fact that the babies were too cramped to do any major gymnastics. I didn't use any anti-stretch cream but did keep extremely hydrated and kept popping the flax seed tablets which were good for hormone imbalance and for skin as well. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 2:47pm
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I didn't get any on my tummy at all , juyst a few white ones on my hips that have faded now, I got quite a fewe purpley ones on my boobs when my milk came in but they have faded to nothing now too .
I use palmers stretch mark cream twice a day |
Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 4:42pm
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Im almost 28 weeks and I think I may be getting a few on my hips. They are just little dots at the moment, so could be something else? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 4:51pm
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just got a few this week at 36 weeks.
With DS1 started getting a few earlier at around 25 weeks but they have all faded now as that was over 2 years ago. -------------  
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Posted By: X
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 5:26pm
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With DS I didn't get any on my tummy & only got a few on my boobs which are now faded & hardly noticeable. I'm hoping this time I'll get away with none on my tummy too.
Apparently the creams & potions can't stop you from getting them. Apparently it's genetic & determined by your skin type. Even so, with dS i used Palmers cocoa butter for stretchmarks every morning & body shop body butter every night. This time round I am using Palmers in the morning & bio oil at night. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 5:30pm
Same here, I was bitterly disappointed! -------------   
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blondy wrote:Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 7:38pm
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I was fine til 38 and a half weeks when he rolled :sigh: he planted his ass into my belly and it grew over 10cm overnight (literally) and my skin couldn't keep up. If he'd stayed where he was (which BTW was perfectly fine for birth) I'd have been sweet!!! This time round nothing as yet at 25 weeks.
I attempt to remember to use palmers cocoa butter every morning and bio oil at night but it doesn't happen very regularly  -------------   
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Posted By: escadachic
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 9:20am
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I think with my first pregnancy I got them on my boobs at about 7 months and on my belly going all the way up to my navel from about 6 months. This time around I haven't got any new ones on my boobs or belly, but have them on my thighs instead. -------------   
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 9:33am
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I started getting them at around 26-28 weeks I think (measuring around 34w) but they were pretty minor. However, after I had the girls, they appeared from nowhere and I have them from just above my belly button down now
It is supposed to be genetic although Mum didn't get any, I got a few before having them, and my sister is riddled with him. |
Posted By: emz
Date 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. |
Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 10 November 2009 at 10:13pm
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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 ------------- http://lilypie.com] 
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Posted By: Zasha
Date Posted: 10 November 2009 at 10:49pm
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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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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date 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 ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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Posted By: zoeymil
Date 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!!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Janie
Date Posted: 13 November 2009 at 9:27pm
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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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Posted By: MissAngel
Date 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. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Liberty
Date Posted: 16 November 2009 at 7:26pm
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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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Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 16 November 2009 at 8:17pm
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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 By: kaybee
Date Posted: 18 November 2009 at 11:07am
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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 By: MamaT
Date 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 By: Jane25
Date 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?? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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