Did you get stretchmarks...I know this sounds vain...just curious!

[sweetangel7]

Did you get stretchmarks?  Just curious how many people got them...

[alaysha]

I got really bad stretch marks while I was pregnant but a couple of weeks afterwords they disappeared. I think its because I put lubriderm lotion and vitamin e oil and mederma on like 5 times a day. :)

[ashiepooh]

3rd kid and still have none!  I had thought I got some on my boobs, but I didn't they were veins, LOL  I even had to ask my doctor because I was confused.  :)

[AHP84]

I've got a road map on my lower abdomen.

[Avanaar]

I got some years ago when I gained weight ...then they faded after I lost it.  But now they're back with this pregnancy ... and just in the past week they've been itchy.  I think Jaiden's having a growth spurt and making my belly grow too fast!  =D  I just keep putting lotion on them to ease the itchiness and it works well for me!

[baby_edgar]

i look like a tiger! lol i got them really bad.

[njrohe]

I already had some on my boobs and hips from puberty, but I got a few more on the fronts of my thighs where they meet my pelvis during pregnancy.  None on my stomach.

[johannaviles]

Its my second pregnancy and i have NONE!  God I hope they dont star showing at the end brcause this belly is getting biiig!

[sweetangel7]

So there is hope!  Glad to hear all your experiences!  These are the things that people usually don't talk about but nosy people like me like to know...especially now that I am pregnant!

[amy0013]

I did wind up with stretch marks on the under side of my belly.  I was so large that I didn't see them until I was trying to get video of the baby moving in my belly.  When I went back to watch the movie I screamed for DH to come and tell me they WEREN'T stretchmarks!  I got a mirror and sure enough...big ol stretch marks hidden!  :)

Now that skin is so stretched out that my stomach looks like a charpae (sp?) puppy when I bend over...but that's also because I gained more weight than I should have.  :)  Good thing I never wore bikinis to begin with!  LOL!  

[ashiepooh]

They say if your mom had stretch marks/has them, then your likely to get them!  But if you gain weight stedily and exercise daily, you can avoid them!  The itching that happens on your stomach is your skin stretching and if you don't put lotion on it to help soothe, it'll give you stretch marks!

[K1990]

I only made it to 12 weeks pregnant and I had HORRIBLE ones that started like 5 weeks after getting pregnant and I got them on the upper parts of my legs!  It is horrible!

[JoyRenee]

I have them! But they do fade. When you first get them they're like BRIGHT red/purple but then they fade to silver shimmery marks.

[Whitneylauren]

I got them on my sides, my bum, my thighs and especially my breasts. I guess that will happen when you go from a size 34d to a 34 E inside of a month (that was before I got my milk)! Luckily I still don't have any on my tummy, and this is my second pregnancy.

[Fay1984]

it is sooo great i don't even have one single stretch mark and am 26weeks 1 days pregnant ...My mom had 6 and she never had one ..i guess am genetically lucky

[ovaz129]

I am 23 1/2 weeks pregnant and don't have any!  But, my mom had 3 kids (and my brother was a 10 pounder!) and she didn't get a single one.  

Like someone said, you can help prevent them by gaining weight steadily, eating right, and working out.  All things... IN THEORY, we should do anyway!  (But, I can't say I do the last two consistently! hahaha)  Doctors say genetics is really what determines if you will get them, though :)

[GRose]

I didn't get any until I was 8 months preggers, I thought for sure that I beat genetics, no luck. I too look like a tiger and it is disgusting, yes they did fade but they are still very noticeable. I am seriously considering plastic surgery when I am done having kids. My mom did it and she is much happier with her body now.

[LauraB78]

My belly (especially lower) at 29 weeks (now) looks like Freddy Kreuger got at me.. =(

It's disgusting and I use Palmer's and various lotions several times daily and it doesn't seem to help. I keep getting more..

[durhamjk1]

I got them when I was in junior high - when I hit puberty on my hips (I didn't get fat - just got my hips really fast).  So it is no surpirse I have them while being pregnant.  I got some on my boobs, and sides of my stomach and front of my stomach - but after time, they do fade like Joy said to a flesh color almost.  

[Momofthreecrazykids]

When I was pregnant with my son 4 years ago, I had stretchmarks below my belly button and thought that was AWEFUL!  Then 2 years ago I got pregnant for twins and I DEF got worse stretchmarks and WELL above my belly button....so I'm hoping for this pregnancy i don't get anymore.  LOL  Well see next month though...LOL

[neasyc]

i rmember when i was pregnant with my first and my sil was pregnant with her 3rd we were compairing strech marks when my mil sayes what are strech marks my sil looked like she could have killed her lol my mil had 6 kids and not one strech mark

[momof2with1onway]

i am 18wks4days with my 3rd pregnancy and i still haven't gotten any strechmarks anywhere. i thought for sure that i would get them when i was pregnant with my daughter because i got so big and i can't stand lotion but somehow i manage not too so there is hope!!

[mami1323]

I didn't have any until my last month of pregnancy.  They aren't that bad though.  I hate my saggy loose belly skin more.

[justice6920]

I did get them with my first (she is 10 now) But I carried her SOOO low that the stretch marks are REALLY LOW thank god and can be covered mostly with panties or a bikini..... so there not too bad.... So far i havent gotten any more or the ones i have havent gotten any worse yet (22 weeks) But I still have a bit to go with this pregnancy so we will see LOL

[GNicole]

I also thought I wasn't going to get any but then around 8 months I got them. Now I have saggy belly skin and stretchmarks. Lovely!