Can you feel your skin stretching?

NJBrit · October 2010

Every night for the past week or so I've been feeling an intense stretching sensation to the left of my belly button. It's ridiculously painful!

Is anyone else getting this, and any ideas on how to soothe the skin?

*I've been very lucky to not get any stretch marks yet, and I think this may be the beginning of the end of that!

egb927 · October 2010

YES. It's the weirdest feeling isn't it? No suggestions on soothing the skin...except just for maybe some lotion or something...

I haven't gotten any new stretchmarks (have a bunch from my previous pregnancy) but I think the ones I have already are just getting irritated again...

shabby · October 2010

My skin on my stomach feels like it's getting stretched every night! That is when my belly feels the biggest. I have yet to have stretch marks, too (knock on wood), but it is a weird sensation. Mine hasn't been particularly painful. I've been putting Eucerin on my belly after I shower just to keep things moisturized. I'm more worried about belly itchies. My friend had a horrible time with itchy skin at the end of her pregnancy. Hoping to avoid that!

SAlibrarian · October 2010

Mine has been stretching like crazy. I haven't been lucky enough to avoid stretch marks, I'm extremely pale and started getting them as soon as I started to show.....but now my skin is really itchy and so I've been layering moisturizer on, and it helps.....sometimes. I think my biggest pregnancy whine at the moment is that my skin is so itchy!!

pawcall · October 2010

I've been using the thickest creams (not lotions) I can find. DH filled my christmas stocking with tons of travel sized creams and lotions last year, so they're finally being put to use. This keeps me from being overly itchy and stretched-out feeling.

As for stretch marks themselves, I have them on one of my hips (one??) and all over both boobs. I honestly believe there's nothing I can do/could have done about them.

girllennon · October 2010

My tummy feels as if it's a tight drum head trying to get stretched out. It's worse at night, though, but to be expected. The strangest feeling is my belly button. Depending on were the LO is, it feels as if it's going to pop open. My former innie is turning into an outie (more along the line of a turkey timer, lol!).

I've been using boby creme from Bath and Body work twice a day to keep my tummy moisterized, otherwise it'll be annoyingly itchy. I'm hoping I don't get stretch marks. I haven't seen any at this point, except for my boobs, but nowhere else at this stage.

missjd07 · October 2010

Mine feels tightest at night too. I try to use a thick cream to moisturize after I shower and so far I don't have any stretch marks -- but I'm pretty sure I'll end up with some at least on my breasts.

NJBrit · October 2010

cdobry01:
I've been using the thickest creams (not lotions) I can find. DH filled my christmas stocking with tons of travel sized creams and lotions last year, so they're finally being put to use. This keeps me from being overly itchy and stretched-out feeling.
As for stretch marks themselves, I have them on one of my hips (one??) and all over both boobs. I honestly believe there's nothing I can do/could have done about them.

Don't you fret, I'm not trying to prevent them and I feel the same way. If they show up, they show up. The only person who is ever going to see them is DH, and I'd like to think he's not going judge me for them. He actually has them too -- he lost 65 pounds after his divorce, so his tummy is covered in them. I call them his battle wounds from that relationship.

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