what do your stretch marks look like?

blessedhope · March 2013

or do you have any?

My belly looks something like a watermelon with all the stripes, or a map with lots of roads.... you get the point! How has your skin done?

If you say you haven't gotten a single stretch mark.... I don't like you- just kidding! Big Smile

LSzwaya · March 2013

With DS, i did not get a single stretch mark--until 6 weeks PP. That was one thing no one told me. You could make it through the whole pregnancy with none and then get them after the baby is born.

blessedhope · March 2013

LSzwaya:
With DS, i did not get a single stretch mark--until 6 weeks PP. That was one thing no one told me. You could make it through the whole pregnancy with none and then get them after the baby is born.

I never heard of that happening. Was it from the swelling after birth?

LSzwaya · March 2013

Nope. I didn't swell at all. Just can happen as the skin contracts? Who knows...but it is a myth that if you make it through pregnancy without any stretchmarks that your golden...Sorry ladies!

Rachel Goldstein · March 2013

I look like a watermelon!! They start at both hips and run all the way across. I guess that's what genetics and twins do to your skin. Either way I've accepted them and we are friends... unless I forget to lotion and they get itchy. Then we're frienemies...

SunshinyLees · March 2013

I have them on my hips. Little white lines. I'm surprised I haven't seen any on my boobs yet since I've gone up three sizes!!!!!!

panacea05 · March 2013

Oh, man. I look like somebody tried to butcher me or something. Red lines all over my tummy. Sooooo gross.

emeraudecephiro · March 2013

Mine are watermelon like, though they are expanded from what I had pre-pregnancy from weight gain/loss. Now they are turning colors and widening.

blessedhope · March 2013

milkergirl1:
I'd say a watermelon with strips is a pretty good description of mine, all pointing at my belly button...lol. And then a few have shown up on my love handles. It's sad:(

I don't even have a belly button anymore really. After my first it just stuck out like a deflated balloon, never went back in- yuck.

blessedhope · March 2013

Rachel Goldstein:
I look like a watermelon!! They start at both hips and run all the way across. I guess that's what genetics and twins do to your skin. Either way I've accepted them and we are friends... unless I forget to lotion and they get itchy. Then we're frienemies...

I bet your itchy! I'm only carrying one baby and the itchyness can drive me up the wall!

blessedhope · March 2013

panacea05:
Oh, man. I look like somebody tried to butcher me or something. Red lines all over my tummy. Sooooo gross.

same here.

cdnbird11 · March 2013

My stomach looks weird! I had existing stretchmarks from gaining weight quickly before, and they had healed to that white/silver color. The stretchmarks I've gotten this pregnancy are attached to the white/silver existing stretchmarks. So I've got like, an inch of purple/red at the bottom of my belly on each stretchmark, and then the same on the top of each stretchmark. Very odd. :P At least it's really not that noticeable!

kwilson158 · March 2013

got them on the inside of my thighs and a few on my love handles with my first son. They are very light you cant hardly see them now. So far I don't have any new ones with this pregnancy but with 3 days until induction I am waiting for them to appear...

anitanation09 · March 2013

Right now I'm only 7 weeks, so my stretch marks are from my previous 2 DS's. After first DS, I didn't get any stretched marks till 4 weeks postpartum, and it was only one and off to the side- hardly noticeable at all. After second DS I got some light ones, but once I delivered and my skin 'loosed' up, they were a little more noticeable. Over the years they have definitely lightened up. I'm expecting more with this baby, as I'm obviously prone to some. I always say, these are my tiger stripes and I EARNED THESE!

atangiblewish · March 2013

I have one on my stomach and a bunch on my lower back. I'm prone to them. I have stretch mark scars from when I was a teen because I was always yo-yo dieting.