Stretch marks... if I havent gotten them?

LiebeMama · July 2009

I am 30 weeks. Am I speeking too soon, or is it safe to say I just may not get them? Or is this just wishful thinking? I CAN get them, I have old old ones from when I took on my desk job.

nofreespeeches · July 2009

yeah... i thought i was safe. and then i hit 37 weeks. and then there was a stretch mark explosion.

ToledoDeux · July 2009

A lot can happen in ten weeks. Some people don't even see any until the very end...or you may get lucky and be spared. You just don't know.

ArmyBride0604 · July 2009

I hate to tell you this, but you could still get them. I got a couple of beauties right below my belly button over the past week. But you still may NOT get them! So keep your fingers crossed!

Amigosa · July 2009

I never got mine with DS until I was about 36 weeks... I got a TON from pushing. So, I'm sorry to say that you are not in the clear.

lilone_06 · July 2009

I got mine at 36 weeks last time...

Sorry.

StaceySnGeorgia · July 2009

the last ten weeks your belly will get it's biggest so there is still a chance. I didn't get a single stretch mark during my pregnancy so there is hope Wink

mizrutherford0901 · July 2009

Yeah I thought I was safe too, then 27-28 wks hit and BAMMMM!!!! lol! But not too bad..just right on mybelly...like 2 inches on either side of my belly button. And also on my sides...eeechhh! They will fade I'm sure..I had old ones from gaining and losing weight.

slhall730 · July 2009

haha good luck! mine showed up at 34 weeks.

andiwal · July 2009

my first ones showed up around 34 weeks, and a few weeks after that the vines started climbing up my belly from underneath.

sorry, you're not out of the woods yet.

ksayles · July 2009

MIL didn't have any all pg, but after she gave birth to DH she had them all over. Indifferent

You are not out of the woods yet.

sweetfern · July 2009

There's plenty of time yet, my explosion happened last week. Some people even get them after delivery. Don't give up hope yet...

lindeenwedding · July 2009

Yeah you are speaking WAY to soon, I didn't have a single one until 38 weeks. Now the bottom of my belly is lined with about 12 of them.

majors31 · July 2009

i had one little bitty one - i named him stretchie in hopes we would be friends and he wouldn't get any bigger or invite any friends...

he betrayed me this week.

Tiffany&Jake · July 2009

i got them right around 30 weeks after puting lotion on my belly every other day. Just prepare yourself, there's nothing you can do.

jk09uhed89 · July 2009

the simple fact that you posted this guarantees you will wake up with them tomorrow Stick out tongue

Shananah · July 2009

::sobs::

please stay away stretch marks...please!

water-fairy · July 2009

I've heard about people getting them even AFTER delivery... I am keeping fingers crossed I don't get any... now, or after the baby.

sam19 · July 2009

You can get them anytime in pregnancy. You can even get them AFTER you give birth. Unfortunately, we are never safe from stretchmarks.

cherrykat · July 2009

Oh boy.. I'm in the same boat you are.

Uiowachick01 · July 2009

I don't think there is anything you can do to prevent to 100%. So women get them and others don't. I didn't have any until the start of last week, magically 4 developed.

I think the lotion just makes them less uncomfortable, at least for me.

Cara2 · July 2009

I still haven't gotten any stretchies *crosses fingers and knocks on wood*

notelizabeth · July 2009

don't jinx yourself. i totally didn't have any until about 28 or 29 wks. i made a comment about how i didn't have any yet. and POW! the next day i swear i had a freaking belt of them forming. it was traumatizing.

thatgirlang · July 2009

I got mine after 30 weeks (very near the end but I forget which week) with DS. But GL!!

LauraandMatt · July 2009

I thought I was totally in the clear last time, but then didn't realize they were under my belly where I couldn't see until I delivered...the good news, they sort of "went away" mostly after a few months for me, hoping to have the same good fortune this time.

Ivana_Stolichnaya · July 2009

For the first 6 months I only had two (one on each hip) All of a sudden about 10 on each butt cheek showed up overnight. Life is so unfair! Stick out tongue

MA&CB · July 2009

Yep, I got mine later too...probably around 35 to 36 weeks. They kind of snuck up on me because they were on the lower part of my belly that I couldn't readily see. And now they just keep on growing!

tigergreen · July 2009

arrrrghhhhh.....i'm glad someone asked this question, but i'm hating the responses!

come on, mom's genes....keep on workin'!!!!

elle_bee · July 2009

Is there any truth to them being hereditary? Have your experiences been consistent with other women in your family?

I'm in the same boat, nothing yet, so keeping my fingers crossed!

madonnadouwanna · July 2009

knock on wood i had one show up around 38 weeks. hopefully i can hold out a few days longer before any more show up...

2006bride* · July 2009

Mine started showing up at 33 weeks. They are mostly little ones, under my belly button, but I fully expect to see more by the time it's over.

MiddMomm · July 2009

nofreespeeches:
yeah... i thought i was safe. and then i hit 37 weeks. and then there was a stretch mark explosion.

This. Practically overnight. I actually looked in the mirror, saying to myself, "Geez, really no stretchies?" and then I glimpsed them under my belly button... FWIW, I don't think they've gotten much bigger than since they appeared. But I still have a couple weeks left, and I know a few ladies said they got some AFTER L&D.

webMistress0609 · July 2009

I had none at all until week 38, & then just a few minor ones on my inner thigh. One day before my scheduled C/S, they started popping up all over my butt, thighs, & belly, & more came w/in a few days after delivering too.

Sucks, believe me. My OB said use Bio Oil on them to help them fade.

fallbride00 · July 2009

I'm at 38 weeks and still all clear. I hope I can hold off for two more weeks. I have heard of women getting them after though. That would be very disappointing : (

4everDsgirl · July 2009

some people have said they got them during the birth....so I would say you aren't out of the woods until you actually go home after havnig the baby....I brought my "cream ritual" to the hospital with me to put on for a few weeks after I had the baby to make sure that they don't show up! I know it isn't suppose to work...but it makes me feel like I am being preventative in some way or another! Didn't get any with DS and crossing my fingers with DD!!! Good luck to you as well!

HerHighness · July 2009

I just found my first one a few days ago. Its only about an inch... but its def. a stretch mark

and my SIL didnt have ANY til she gave birth. Now she is covered. Everyone is different

Bran_ham · July 2009

I just noticed some this past weekend Crying

They're small but I was hoping I wouldn't have any.

bwm2bmw · July 2009

majors31:

i had one little bitty one - i named him stretchie in hopes we would be friends and he wouldn't get any bigger or invite any friends...

he betrayed me this week.

OMG this response is killing me!!!

I had the same question as I'm just shy of 30 weeks and have been in the clear so far. Sounds like they're just waiting and hiding out =(

Want a personalized experience?

Stretch marks... if I havent gotten them?

Re: Stretch marks... if I havent gotten them?

Choose Another Board

Search Boards