Stretch Marks :(

[Stacey1718]

Anyone starting to see any stretch marks??   I think I see the beginning of some (red/pink lines) on my boobs!  I was really hopeful that I wouldn't get them because my mom and sister didn't.  I lather on body butter every morning (all over!) but I don't think it is going to help.  Does anything actually help with stretch marks?

[AriQueen]

I haven't gotten much except my lower sides of my hips and they are slighly fainted. I have none on my breasts or stomach. I'm really not too worry about it.

[NicMom]

I got them on my boobs like right away because they got so huge in the first few weeks. So far I don't have them anywhere else.

[Stacey1718]

Well, these stretch mark "battle scars" will certainly be well worth it.  I just wasn't expecting to see them so soon!  A friend of mine got stretch marks and stretched skin so bad with her second pregnancy that she actually had a tummy tuck.  I think it was partially due to how she was carrying the baby.  I remember her belly stuck straight out like a torpedo!  I guess all we can do is hope we don't get them and if we do, then hopefully they fade over time.  I'm still going to lather on the cream though! LOL

[cure65roses]

Amazingly, I don't have any stretch marks so far with these twins.  I'm surprised and bracing myself for them, though.  I didn't have stretch marks with my previous pregnancies, so maybe I'm one of the lucky ones who just doesn't get them.  Now watch,,, I'll wake up with a ton of them tomorrow.  It's okay though, like Chantal said, it's all worth it.  =)

[chantal21]

I developed them a few weeks before I delivered my first child. They never went away completely but are not that noticeable. They are on the side of belly or hip area. They are not getting any worse as of yet...we'll see by the end of this pregnancy. No amount of cream is going to prevent them if they are going to happen. I use cocoa butter everyday just to keep my skin moisturized. Your skin either has really good elasticity, or it doesn't. My mom never got stretch marks and she had 4 kids. Thankfully mine aren't too bad. I have a friend who got them all over her belly and they were bright red. I felt so bad for her. It's all a part of pregnancy. Babies will change our bodies forever. But I think it's all worth it in the end!

[sphillips]

I had stretch marks on my upper thigh/hip/butt region since like 8th grade (my family gets them easy). I have notice over the last couple weeks that one of those lines on each side are starting to creep toward my belly. I can tell cuz the old lines are white and the new ones are pink. I don't have any on my actual belly or breasts yet...but they are coming.

[jenntanis]

I've had stretch marks for weeks between my belly button and my boobs, like since 6 weeks preggo!  I have some between my belly button and my crotch, but the newest ones (and darkest) are right around my belly button, in the crease I have there.  My belly still have alot of the same shape as it did before I got pregnant.

[Juana824]

I have them on my breast and the lower part of my stomach...I didn't notice them there until I started getting bigger. I am carrying the baby high now and the lower part of my stomach has gotten smaller....I am actually watching the Tyra Show and they are tking questions from an audience of pregnant women...someone asked about stretch marks and the doctor told them that there is really nothing you can do to avoid them outside of  watching what you eat and not gaining much weight....

Juana