Ok, stretch marks- who's got em?

khagan9368 · June 2009

I am hesitant to jinx myself but thus far I'm in the clear (a few on my boobs but that's it)

so ladies, fess up!

I use cocoa butter but honestly I think it's just good genes (thank you mom)

Watch, tomorrow I'm going to wake up covered in them...

mrsgrabmeier · June 2009

I do. I've practically bathed in cocoa butter and yet they came. They're way low on my stomach too...damn them.

*blondie* · June 2009

I have LOADS of them Crying

No one in my family has them and I've used cocoa butter, vitamin E, Collagen etc etc EVERY DAY, multiple times a day and still have them. I don't believe in good genes/heredity or lotions. Either you are fortunate enough to not get them or you do.

kima76 · June 2009

Cocoa Butter, Vaseline, Baby Oil.. has nothing to do with it. My Mother didn't get but 2 with my brother and I.. but I get an erray of them all over my belly with my first baby. It has to do with the elasticity in your skin.

I wouldn't have gotten them but the last 2 weeks of my pregnancy, it was like FREDDY KRUGER attacked me because I fell asleep before midnight.

This pregnancy, I didn't get any new ones. (thank you Lord)

I have been applying Vitamin E lotion on my belly with this pregnancy to help the coloration of my last stretch marks.

mrspink77 · June 2009

Yeah, I've had em since I was about 16.

NDwife07 · June 2009

I didn't have any until about 37w. They've sprouted up on my hips and butt. Lovely.

And yeah, cocoa butter does nothing - they're in the tissue, not on the skin. The only thing it's good for is preventing itchiness and dryness!

khagan9368 · June 2009

I wouldn't have gotten them but the last 2 weeks of my pregnancy, it was like FREDDY KRUGER attacked me because I fell asleep before midnight.

EEK! So much for being in the clear

BeanieWeanie · June 2009

I got a whole bunch, all showed up in the last couple of weeks. Hoping I don't get too many more. Urgh.

Sweetgurl6630@yahoo.com · June 2009

I have a bunch too. They are all over and came early in the pregnancy. Well, what can you do?? Smile

RachB · June 2009

I'm with you in the "no stretch marks" category. My dr even commented on how I have none. I am thinking it's good genes (I don't think I've ever seen a stretch mark on my mom's body) but I also use cocoa butter religiously. Hopefully, I didn't just jinx myself.

rrodgers803 · June 2009

*blondie*:
I have LOADS of them No one in my family has them and I've used cocoa butter, vitamin E, Collagen etc etc EVERY DAY, multiple times a day and still have them. I don't believe in good genes/heredity or lotions. Either you are fortunate enough to not get them or you do.

Exactly this. Thank God mine aren't deep

MKE6115 · June 2009

I just noticed 2 small ones the other day, and I had not noticed any before hand, neither had DH. I was shocked because I thought I was good to go.

aniceucchik · June 2009

no new ones on the tummy...just old ones on the hips from the teen years...a few new ones on the ta tas though..

rebus82 · June 2009

I've had them practically since the belly arrived, and they are about as bad as you can imagine on my stomach. Hell, some of them have turned purple, while other spots have a slight green/yellow tinge like healing bruises. But, whatever, I can't do a thing about them. I lotion to keep from itching, but it's not like you can prevent the damn things. I wasn't planning to walk around topless in public any time soon anyway.?

ghdst1 · June 2009

Yea I just started to get them around my belly button and below.

fallbride00 · June 2009

Not yet, but I still have two whole months to worry about it. My plan is to just stay well hydrated. I've got my fingers crossed that I make it without any.

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