Boo...stretchmarks!

nolachick11

I thought I was escaping them till DH had to point a few out to me.  At first I thought they were veins but no...I have 8 so far.   8 purple swiggly lines that looks like someone came up to me with a purple marker and drew on me.  I'm sure there is more to follow since I have a few more months on the twinkies arrival!   Vent Over!!!

(p.s.  I'd actually take them anyday just to have these 2 miracles inside me.  Its just an initial shock!!)

happy2bTTC

I thought I was going to luck out too... yeah right!!  I just found two today as well.  Two little purplish squigly lines.  I'm not disapointed though, I knew they'd make their arrival sooner or later!  At least I know my little ones are growing inside this big ol belly of mine   I take a full stomach of them if that means they will keep cooking for for a while longer.  Good luck!

TwoBumbleBees

I am so glad you posted!  I am already fat to begin with.. and was on the look out for wavy red lines... now I will start looking for purple squiglies too!  And will double check those roadmaps I thought were simply veins!  And do any of you use creams or swear by a certain brand?  And how often do you use them?

DEP

I'm 35 1/2 weeks and can't look close enough to find out if they are there b/c of my huge budha belly!  I guess I'll have to wait until afterwards.  Can't muster up asking my DH to look!

sfitz0711

It was a sad day when I discovered my stretch marks..and even sadder when DH informed he had seen them a week ago...and then I was a MORON and put a handheld mirror under my stomach to get a good luck at them- NOT A SMART IDEA!  DON'T DO IT!

 

To PP, there is no cream that will stop them, prevent them, or make them go away.  However, the creams will help with the itching.

BelleBaby

Mine didn't show up until 3 days before I delivered! 

Scooter15

I am convinced that were we having just one baby, I would've escaped without any stretchmarks.  I got my stretch marks around 33-34 weeks (just when my fundus measured 40 cm--full term size for a woman pregnant with one baby).  I agree with everyone else though, it's totally worth it to know that your babies are growing healthy inside you, instead of on tubes in the NICU.  I made it to 38 weeks and 1 day and had to be induced, so needless to say, those stretch marks only got worse.  My boys are now a little over three months old and the marks have faded a little, but the wrinkles I've been left with a even more depressing.  They are VERY SLOWLY disappearing, but I know my stomach will never look the same.  I will say this, you do reach a point where you just accept the fact that you will never look the same and just deal with it.  I look at my boys today and know that they are completely healthy and it really brings me joy.  No one really likes stretch marks, but in my acceptance I have come to look at them as something "beautiful" because they remind me of how lucky I was to carry the boys as long as I did.