Birthmarks

KorieAngela

Just curious how many of you had a birthmark and ended up having a baby with one?

My mother has one, and I do too. (Almost in the same spot.) I'm interested to find out if there is a high chance my LO will have one

 

Thanks! 

juliane2004

Yeah, I have a birth mark and the kids (all 3) have birthmarks. Not all in the same spot or anything, I don't think that's a genetic thing?

I thought everyone had birth marks, some just don't know where they are?

Jmollo28

neither my husband or I have birthmarks (none noticeable) and my LO has a gigantic red raised birthmark on his entire forearm (huge to the point where I'm upset and defensive about it) - so, it wasn't genetic.  We had his BM checked out and the dr says that like 90% of kids have birthmarks and its not genetic, it just "happens" its an overproduction of cells / blood vessels

ShelbehhRawrr

BD has a birth mark just above his butt on his lower back... in the hospital they thought it was hair. but once I saw it I realized that it was a birth mark

sam19

I have one on my arm, my first daughter has a small one on her right side a little above her hip as well as a strawberry hemangioma on her ear, and my second daughter has a strawberry hemangioma on her big toe on her right foot.

juliane2004

Jmollo28:

neither my husband or I have birthmarks (none noticeable)

I wonder if you have a hidden one?

My DS has a huge (2 inch diameter) red circle birth mark on the back of his head that was only visible when he lost all his hair as a baby. Now that he has hair, even blond hair, it's not visible now.

Sawyerplus1

I have one on the top of my head. Between its location and all my hair, I've never seen it! None of my 3 LOs were born with anything though. 

KorieAngela

I didn't realize so many people had them! My mother had one on her lower back...it was a dark brown oval and it was cancerous so it was removed. Mine is light brown (tan) with tons of freckles in it. (I call it a rotten potato) and its on my upper back. I luckily don't have cancerous cells in mine. 

Hubby doesn't have any marks but was born with 3 thumbs (so our son might have 3 as well...)

As we near my due date I am getting more and more interested in what our son will look like and what features he will have

 

I didn't know so many people had birthmarks though! I thought they were rare, it's interesting to hear about all the different ones I have always been self conscience about mine but I guess there is no need to be. 

Scorpgirl444

My daughter has one on the top of her head.  It will be covered by hair once that comes in.  I haven't seen one on my son as of yet. 

byrne15

I have one on my neck and DH has a huge one on the entire bottom of his foot.  ds #1 was born with one on his head, but his hair covers it.  I havent seen one on ds #2 yet