When did you start getting stretchmarks or belly line?

christina4436

Just trying to gauge if there was a particular timing or weight you remember when this started if you have experience and have gotten either in the past? I'm still pretty small so haven't gotten any yet, crossing my fingers!

aah1013

Mine didn't show up until a while after pregnancy. Fortunately they are on my lower sides/hip area so I still feel ok in a bikini.

bgriest

So far nothing! Although I lost 27 pounds over the past year and I'm still about 10 pounds under my highest weight so I'm guessing my skin is already stretched from when I was heavier.

I'm sure it's coming though!

sweet+cheeks

Every woman is different. Some never get any others get tons of stretch marks. I only got a few and didn't notice them until after giving birth.

mommy_wife_nurse

Stretch marks are a hereditary thing, so asking your mom and grandma would be better than asking us, as it might vary so much!

jenn2132

My first child I got them almost immediately on my hips and thighs but didn't get any on my belly until 36 weeks! This time the line down my belly showed up around the 15 week mark and I noticed two tiny stretch marks on my belly two weeks ago gah! Every woman us different so it's really hard to compare these things to others experiences although I will say most women get them in pregnancy but the severity differs and some are lucky to never get them or the line

RainbowMama7

I got mine week before DS
arrived! I was so bummed because didn't have any the whole pregnancy.
Only got tiny ones on each side lol don't think I will be so lucky this time

beckles112

I already had a couple on my stomach, but I just noticed a couple new ones a few weeks ago. It was around 18 or 19 weeks. I still don't have the line.

Carmofrap

Never got them.I already had a lot on my hips and Boobs from growing as a teenager but no belly ones and no new ones from my last pregnancy. Hoping for the same.

Carmofrap

I never got the line.

LiveNLove44

christina4436 said:

Just trying to gauge if there was a particular timing or weight you remember when this started if you have experience and have gotten either in the past? I'm still pretty small so haven't gotten any yet, crossing my fingers!

The way this is phrased, it seems like you're looking for:

"When I hit 32 weeks and the scale reached x lbs, I started getting stretch marks."

Small, medium, or large, no matter what you are right now, you could get them, and you might not. I didn't have any with DD, but I'm still doing what I can to gain weight at a slow and steady rate while staying hydrated and moisturized. That is really all I can do because if I am going to get them, I'll get them. Try to enjoy the other parts of pregnancy. I've found that when we worry too much about the changes, they take over our mental attitude the whole time!

christina4436

@mlobrummond obviously I know it may vary and that is fine. I'd rather have more knowledge then none. My gramma is no longer alive and my mom does not remember and had me 6 weeks early so that is why I am asking others.

christina4436

@LiveNLove44 I feel like if people got them they might know around when they did. So yes that is what I am asking. I am not super worried or stressed about, I am just curious when they started showing up. I have not gained much weight and am drinking ensure to gain more so it's definitely not effecting my mental attitude. At the end of the day my hubby loves me so not a big deal. Would just be nice to avoid in swimsuit season. I know some people do and don't get them. I was just curious as to when-ish.

babybumb1229

My stretch marks came in about 23 weeks the line came out a bit more earlier like about 17 weeks

christina4436

Thanks for the info ladies!!

allielouu

Mine started showing up at the end of my pregnancy, around the last month and a half.. I got them on my back/hips, down my thighs and butt a tad and my boobs.. They aren't very bad ones at all, but I can notice them and they bother me.. Neither my mom nor my grandmother nor aunt have any stretch marks... I was almost certain I wouldn't get any, but I guess I was wrong..

kmama37

I got stretch marks at 39 weeks with my son. I was much smaller then.
Over the last year I've lost some weight so I'm hoping that it avoids getting anymore or stretching previous ones. So far so good but only 25 weeks now

taralohse

I just started getting the line, but it's still really faint. I'm not sure if it gets darker as I continue to grow? 

No stretch marks yet! I'm not sure if my mom had them but I just keep lathering myself with lotion hoping it will help lol.

christina4436

Yea asked my mom and she said her line wasn't dark but she didn't get stretch marks and didn't remember timing.

carlymarie021

Carmofrap said:

Never got them.I already had a lot on my hips and Boobs from growing as a teenager but no belly ones and no new ones from my last pregnancy. Hoping for the same.

Same here I hope I don't. My mom had ZERO. Both grandmothers had just a few. But I have a few on boobs and mostly on hips. So if I do .. They are my mommy battle scars il call them lol

rm0nique

I used bio oil everyday with my first pregnancy but the stretch marks came in my last month

journeygirl3

I just noticed today I have a very faint line running below the belly button, central...on the bump.  

Sballerina

I noticed I had a belly line around 11 weeks. Not sure when it appeared exactly, because I can't remember how pale or dark it was before I go pregnant. Maybe I always had it, or it got darker, or it did appear then for the first time. Absolutely no idea. I have gotten stretch marks on my butt (either side of the crease), outer thighs, and the back of my thighs/inner thighs. None that I can see on my tummy yet. I think they started appearing about a month ago, after gaining about 9 lbs. Stretch marks I've gotten before pregnancy have faded well, so I hope these do too.

mommy_wife_nurse

BrooklynBroussard said:

Don't have them, but I'm just hoping most of you ladies with them still feel sexy! 

This made my day/week/everything!! I barely ever take my shirt off anymore in front of my bf because I'm so embarrassed. I have only gotten them on my boobs so far, and it's just so weird for me! I've always been an (barely) "A" and I'm sure if I wore a regular bra I would fill a "c" cup. It happened so fast that they are full of the little lines.

Sometimes I think we forget that our husbands or SO really do not care about the marks. Mine is intrigued by the growth too much to care! Lol.

cnorth82

Now...this week...23 weeks. It's not so much a stretch mark line (stripe), but more like a misshapen dot that I can tell will turn into a stretch mark line as my belly gets bigger. Still don't see the dark line, though.

Started applying lotion, but I don't think anything is really going to help. I thought I would care more...but it's nice to me that I actually don't. I'm so happy I'm finally getting a baby. I've been itching for so long and watched all my SIL and BIL have babies ... And I'm looking at my husband and he's saying just wait, just wait, we aren't ready and then finally it was time and now it's my turn!

anorthro

I got the line pretty early (13 weeks) but don't have any obvious stretch marks yet (I'm almost 26 weeks). I think they'll come though. The skin around my belly button looks different... My mom got them but said they faded eventually.

christina4436

mlobrummond said:

BrooklynBroussard said:

Don't have them, but I'm just hoping most of you ladies with them still feel sexy! 

This made my day/week/everything!! I barely ever take my shirt off anymore in front of my bf because I'm so embarrassed. I have only gotten them on my boobs so far, and it's just so weird for me! I've always been an (barely) "A" and I'm sure if I wore a regular bra I would fill a "c" cup. It happened so fast that they are full of the little lines.

Sometimes I think we forget that our husbands or SO really do not care about the marks. Mine is intrigued by the growth too much to care! Lol.

Oh totally - hubby would take the stretchmarks for the growth in boobs and butt any day :-)

ems028

This is probably a silly q...does everyone get the line? I have a fair complexion and at 25 weeks there is no sign of anything coming up on my stomach.

dparker721

I'm not going to lie....I look like a tiger clawed my stomach in the past couple of weeks since I "popped". I just want to cry and hope they go away...

Sballerina

@ems028, no I don't think everyone gets it. I think I've read some women on here say they didn't woth previous pregnancies.

amberrmariee20

BrooklynBroussard said:

Don't have them, but I'm just hoping most of you ladies with them still feel sexy! 

My body is a road map ! A very sexy road map ! Haha girls mind them more then guys do let me tell yah
;;)

MrsL32

I've never had either with my first 2 pregnancies, and nothing yet this time either. Fingers crossed!

MirandaC1984

ems028 said:

This is probably a silly q...does everyone get the line? I have a fair complexion and at 25 weeks there is no sign of anything coming up on my stomach.

Not a silly question and the answer is no. Those of us with fair skin are less likely to get the linea nigra. I don't have one. I don't have stretch marks from pregnancy yet either but I do have them on my hips, thighs and breasts from puberty so I am sure they will come. What I DO have is WAY more hair on my belly. It's thin and blonde but its all over and weird. lol

elmann1

I haven't gotten stretch marks on my  belly yet, just on my thighs. My dark line came in around 11 weeks! I was shocked and kept trying to scrape it off thinking it was dirt or something. 

MamaOwl15

I got the linea nigra by 20 or so weeks with DS. Stretch marks, I seem to recall, showed up later. It was like one day I looked down at my belly and it was like "holy stretch marks, Batman!" I went from nothing to my belly being covered in pink squiggles.

This pregnancy, I have yet to notice any sign of the linea nigra, nor have I gotten any new stretch marks. I think the latter is because my skin had already been stretched quite a bit with my previous pregnancy. I am curious to see if they'll show up later.

MamaOwl15

dparker721 said:

I'm not going to lie....I look like a tiger clawed my stomach in the past couple of weeks since I "popped". I just want to cry and hope they go away...

They'll fade eventually.

eheba

around 17 weeks I think is when I started to get faint stretch marks on my hips/butt area. now they are much more noticable. I hate them but my hubby loves them. he sees me looking at them and says they're gorgeous. So I'm slowly accepting it!!!

gabrielafrnqyepez

amberrmariee20 said:

Don't have them, but I'm just hoping most of you ladies with them still feel sexy! 

My body is a road map ! A very sexy road map ! Haha girls mind them more then guys do let me tell yah ;;)

totally agree @amberrmaree !!!! I saw my stretch marks as stripes of pride ...they signify I made it through a pregnancy and I'm a mom....I had always been pretty self conscious about the few I had from growing up ..but let me tell u nttn compares to the mommy ones lolzz !!! Meeting dh was when I became a lot more confident he helped me see how truly beautiful my mommy body was I believe the first silly term he used was a MILF! it was kinda rudely blunt but I guess he got my attention!

gabrielafrnqyepez

To answer the original q with ds I got them mb by my 2nd. Trimester but so far w this baby I don't see any new ones and my linea negra just darkened this week so by 22 weeks!

nianicho777

The belly line appeared around 10 weeks I think. The stretch marks started around 17 weeks or so. It sucks but I like to think of them as mommy scars lol

Sballerina

On a somewhat related note I just noticed that the splotching around my already now large aerolas (they grew in first trimester I think) seems to be getting darker and or spreading. I was showering and looked down and it looked like I had chocolate milk dribbled everywhere around them, not very organized haha! Anyone else have that?