starting to get depressed abt these stretch marks

Formerly Mrs D S

I know I know.. there is nothing I can do.. no amout of cream can help me.. its genetics meh.  I can't hep but feel so depressed that they just keep appearing.  With DD I had a few, after delivery I worked out, got my body back and was not embarrassed to wear a bikini with how light and few the stretch marks were.  THIS time... I hit 36 weeks and my stomach became a war zone.  Every day just keeps getting worse and worse.  I am SO depressed about it.  I still want to wear a bikini, but I just dont see (with the amt I have) how its going to even be possible.  Heres to hoping they shrink and go silver quickly

sammylee007

I know what you mean! I made it to 37 weeks before my skin could take no more stretching without consequences. I am trying to stay positive but every day I stay pregnant, I seem to get more stretch marks.

But as for your bathing suit dillema, these days there are lots of cute one peices, monokinis, and tankinis that are modern and stylish. You will wear a cute suit again! 

AllisonLeigh

My tummy looks like a map of the u/s interstate system I have so many. I even have new ones over my old ones from last time. So believe me I feel your pain. I didn't think I could get more since I already had so many.

ncjulia12

I feel you!  I naively thought that since I made it to 37ish weeks without them, I could get by without then, but they just appeared in the past 2 weeks- swollen ankles too!  Hopefully all of ours will fade in time!

GinaMeloni

I got stretch marks on my boobs(sorry if TMI) before I even started showing I was pregnant! I really thought I was in the clear for my stomach, but I was definitely wrong! I got all the way to 39 weeks and there they were ! Right under my belly! I was so upset about them = [ I've been looking for cute one piece bathing suits. Stretch marks truely are the devil !

dragossoul84

I use a stretch mark lotion from Earth Mamas and I think it helps a lot I haven't noticed any more develop since I started using it and I think the ones I developed look a bit better.

khill86

I started getting stretch marks on my lower belly after 35 weeks, too. I can hardly see them unless I'm looking in the mirror. DH confirmed that they were there, but hasn't said too much otherwise. I got them on my inner thighs first (which don't bother me at all, you can't even see them when I'm standing). Then I got light, light beginnings where my thighs meet my hips, then my belly, then the tops of my hips. I'm still lotioning so they aren't too traumatic, but I don't know if that even matters. What bothers me more than even having them, is that I still have at least 3 weeks to go, so they're only going to get worse!

asheins

I wasn't too upset as I expected them and thought I did really well as I didn't get them until 35 weeks. That all changed two nights ago when they became CRAZY itchy and lightly scratched them for five minutes. OMG - I made them so much worse! Even my husband was shocked...they were light pink and now are deep purple/blue three days strong. So pissed, lol, the itching wasn't even that satisfactory