Really?.. stretch marks already? 2nd child..

Re: Really?.. stretch marks already? 2nd child..

• Sawyerplus1 member

  February 2012

  I don't know that you're far enough along for baby's position to make a difference at this point. Many LOs flip back and forth a lot before settling one way or another. But it is a completely different pregnancy, so LOs position, size, and how you're carrying could all be factors in getting stretch marks earlier and in different places. 

  With my first I didn't get any until the very end and, same as you, they were low on my belly.I ended up with quite a lot by the time he was born. With my second, all my old ones stretched more and grew longer, reaching up to my belly button and such.  I haven't yet seen any new ones with this LO, but I feel like I'm carrying the highest I've carried, so it wouldn't surprise me if by the end I had them really high or on my sides (the parts that feel the most stretched). 

  

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• mrsjenni member

  February 2012

  Once you have them, they come a lot sooner.  I never got them with DS at all (even though I measured 4w ahead and he was 9.5lbs born 2 weeks early).  With DD I measured 6w ahead almost the entire time and didn't get a single stretch mark until I was 36w PG with her.

  This time?  I already feel like they're starting.  It's insane. 

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• jasrun80 member

  February 2012

  sounds early to me,,, & depressing. I hope this doesn't happen to me. even breech, I feel like the baby's still so small you're in for a long road. I got big ugly ones at 38 weeks,,, this time I still barely look pregnant at 20 weeks & expect my stretch marks to come on in fu force at 38 weeks. I hate them. I know women try to act proud of them etc, but I'm not. I don't like them at all. 

  
  
  
  
  

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