If you have stretch marks..

Jessica Westbrook · March 2009

when did you first get them? Just curious!

dgurl26 · March 2009

3 weeks ago so I was 29 weeks

I LUBBINS YOU! · March 2009

Um...probably week 11. I affectionately named it Herbie.

lucyatx · March 2009

Nothing yet! I'm using the palmer cocobutter lotion and crossing my fingers that it won't happen!

Mama Jan · March 2009

I was 36 weeks when I got my first ones with DS. And it was all downhill from there. My belly was covered in them by the time I delivered 4 weeks later.

chantellg · March 2009

none yet and im 22 weeks.

I am going to start using Mothers Friend, has anyone heard of it...my 68 year old Grandma swears by it....7 kids and no stretch marks.....

nerdsbride · March 2009

Right at 20 weeks I got one small stetch mark on each hip. Nothing since.

patrickandkim · March 2009

As soon as I POAS with DD.

Abc123 · March 2009

For those using creams....stretch marks are genetic. You can sit in a tub of lotion and if you're going to get them you're going to get them. There is thought it will help with their color...so I guess keep using them for that.

I got my first one with my DD at 33 weeks. By 38 weeks they covered my "under belly" so I couldn't see them. I thought I had escaped getting them bad. Then I had my c-section and was able to see my belly.....talk about shocked. They are all flesh colored now....they were a purple/redish color. I used Mederma (I think that's what it's called) on my scar and my stretch marks, and by 3 or 4 months PP the color in them had disappeared.

MrsBenke2B · March 2009

Im getting what i think will be one on my boob. Hot I know!!! Gotta love the extreme boob growth.

UrbanHippieMama · March 2009

My boobs were covered at 15 weeks. ?None anywhere else yet... but I know they'll come! ?My mom got tons, so I will too!

SoonToBeTabor · March 2009

Hate to break to all you trying so desperately to prevent them but they are genetic. While the extra elastin may make them less red, you cant prevent them.

I got mine at 18 weeks with DD, by 36 weeks they literally went from crotch to boobs...I pray NO ONE gets them this bad.

Mama Jan · March 2009

AlenaS:

I used Mederma (I think that's what it's called) on my scar and my stretch marks, and by 3 or 4 months PP the color in them had disappeared.

I didn't use anything on mine post-c/s and they did the same thing.

Sharra711 · March 2009

I can't tell you when they started, but I have them! Nothing new for me, I have them on my hips, boobs, back of knees, inner arms, and lower abdomen from my growing during puberty.

They are all skin color now, and not as deep feeling as the ones on my stomach, and I never put anything on them.

It's just in my genes, and they will eventually turn to skin color... but right now I look like a cat scratch post (and I'm -10lbs from pre-preg weight)

My SIL was so excited that she *didn't* get them... then she woke up at 37 weeks and swears they happened overnight.

jaxgev · March 2009

When I was 12 and was over 200 pounds. Seriously though, those stretch marks all but disappeared over time and they're back now. Haven't gotten any new ones...yet.

Chilz08 · March 2009

In week 4. Started using Palmers Tummy Butter since then, and they have faded. No new ones have appeared, so I think it's working!

abrix96 · March 2009

Yesterday =(.

Bernadette5 · March 2009

I got them on my boobs almost immidietely. I can't remember exactly when they started to show up on my hips, maybe around week 20. Now they are on my hips, thighs and butt. I lotion every day and it does nothing. It sucks! I hate them!

mrslinde · March 2009

jaxgev:
When I was 12 and was over 200 pounds. Seriously though, those stretch marks all but disappeared over time and they're back now. Haven't gotten any new ones...yet.

Wow! Good for you for taking care of business and looking awesome!

jaxgev · March 2009

mrslinde:
jaxgev:
When I was 12 and was over 200 pounds. Seriously though, those stretch marks all but disappeared over time and they're back now. Haven't gotten any new ones...yet.

Wow! Good for you for taking care of business and looking awesome!

Ha ha...thanks. My only problem now is that I'm extremely insensitive to heavy women.

lacey_ja_r · March 2009

Oh about a week ago, 23 weeks. And they are still growing.

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