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486679 tn?1234575929

line nigra?

ok so everywhere i read it says the linea nigra appears third trimester..then why am i just barely 10 weeks and it has already reared its ugly head?is this normal.i mean i know it isnt anything bad but y so early???
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486679 tn?1234575929
i am very white too and mine is very visible...lol;..so i think it just depends on the person i dont even remember if i ever got one at all with my first pregnancy to be honest...
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293845 tn?1227997530
I didnt get mine until I was 35 weeks
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363110 tn?1340920419
Oh... and I forgot.. I'm actually very WHITE. lol, Not super pale, but I have a ton of pink tones in my skin...  maybe that's why I don't have one?
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400885 tn?1297698918
Ohh also my pregnancy book says:

This line of pigmentation down the abdomen is usually more noticeable in women with dark or olive skin.
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400885 tn?1297698918
Linea Nigra can show up anytime really. In my pregnancy book it says it usually starts in the end of the first trimester or the beginning of the second trimester and for other it does not appear until later in the pregnancy.

I've got one too!
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363110 tn?1340920419
I guess I'm one of the ones who haven't gotten L.N. lol, I'm 28w and no line yet, so I doubt I'll get one.
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338963 tn?1253660822
nope your not the only one if you look at my pictures you could totally see mine!!!! ive had it since like10wks also!!!
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229857 tn?1319029907
I am 35 weeks and i never got one....
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486679 tn?1234575929
yes linea im sorry i didnt realize i missed a letter..lol..i have no issue with it..i like mine to i was just hoping i wasnt the only odd one who got it this soon...
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shadowserpent, a linea nigra is a line from your belly button to your pubic bone. It can get darker when pregnant.

I had mine early and it is normal. It just depends on your hormones and I also think they're cute!
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443102 tn?1222125946
I never had one!  If I did, it was really light.  But I have seen women with a definite line!
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412969 tn?1224334248
what is line nigra? apperently i never noticed with my son?
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145992 tn?1341345074
Mine showed very quickly to and now 7 months after my son's birth I still have a little bit left.  
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272759 tn?1270485594
mine appeared when i was about 21 or 22 weeks.  it's really light.  i love the line, i think it's cute!  plus as it gets darker it reminds me that my little fruit is getting riper :-)  i think everyone is different.  it supposedly appears sooner for those with darker skin.  i noticed mine started darkening when i began spending more time at the pool.
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357635 tn?1306110809
i had mines when i found out i was pregnant that was one of my signs now im 33 weeks it just got darker throughtout the pregnancy
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287071 tn?1365192513
It's different for everyone.  I'm well in the third trimester and I have a little bit of a line...
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