No linea nigra?

kah01009 · June 2013

I thought I had it by now with DD. anyone else not have one yet? Is there still time for it to appear?

Chelseamolee · June 2013

I only have one from my pubic region to my belt button, no higher. And it just appeared about a week ago.

JBear02 · June 2013

I don't have it- does it always appear, though? I thought that sometimes women don't get one.

I did, however, get my first several stretch marks yesterday. Yuck!

Soleil3 · June 2013

I never get one *shrug*

ELauren88 · June 2013

Almost 33 weeks, and I don't have one! I don't think everyone gets them, or that you get it every pregnancy. Though that may not be accurate.

I do, however, have plenty of stretch marks.

amarissa85 · June 2013

Some get them and some don't.

JBrooks315 · June 2013

I'm at 32 1/2 and mine is very very faint. Like unless you are looking for it you wouldn't know it was there.

kah01009 · June 2013

I know not everyone gets it, but I did w DD. In fact, it didnt fade until she was a year old! Maybe it appeared even later than 34 weeks? I don't remember. Interesting if i don't get it this time!

MommyAmes2 · June 2013

Never got one with previous pregnancies, don't with this either. No biggie.

WashingtonQueen · June 2013

I am almost done with my second pregnancy and I have never got one. NBD.

Lilmrslay · June 2013

I'm nearly 34 weeks and no line.

I understood that not everyone gets it.

Got my first stretch marks instead though. Bonus!

CaliforniaDream87 · June 2013

amarissa85:
Some get them and some don't.

This.

lindsayanne14 · June 2013

I don't have one. I read somewhere that the women with darker skin pigment tend to get it more often than fair women.

MitsB707 · June 2013

Be happy. I've got one from my pubic hairline all the way up to between my breasts!

ducky413 · June 2013

Mine goes from a little below my belly button, all the way up to almost my breasts! I hope it goes away after delivery!

kateisgreat · June 2013

kah01009:
I know not everyone gets it, but I did w DD. In fact, it didnt fade until she was a year old! Maybe it appeared even later than 34 weeks? I don't remember. Interesting if i don't get it this time!

I also had one with my last pregnancy and don't have one now. I definitely had one in 2nd tri with DD, and it didn't go away for several months after she was born. No complaints, just a little curious as to why I had one before and don't this time.

ETA: the one I got with DD basically went from my pubic bone to my sternum, and was not faint, so I totally expected to have one this time. I just remembered that there is an OWT about the length of the linea nigra and the gender of the baby, so I guess it's not that weird for it to be different from one pregnancy to the next.

MissyCee · June 2013

I don't have one. No stretch marks as of yet either *knock on wood*

As pp's have said, not everyone gets it. I did also read that fair women get it less often and I'm extremely fair skinned so perhaps that has something to do with it in my case.

Millie1984 · June 2013

JBrooks315:
I'm at 32 1/2 and mine is very very faint. Like unless you are looking for it you wouldn't know it was there.

Same here. I think it is because I have very fair skin, so it barely shows up.

Mom2bois85 · June 2013

Not everyone gets it, I didn't with either. Also every pregnancy is different so you may not get one this time. I had "pregnancy mask" first time around and nothing this time :]

MrsNyberg09 · June 2013

Mine is very light compared to how it was with ds

lyndz333 · June 2013

Lilmrslay:
I'm nearly 34 weeks and no line.nbsp;I understood that not everyone gets it. Got my first stretch marks instead though. Bonus! nbsp;

Got my first ones this week too! What an unwelcome surprise.

kkay1982 · June 2013

I don't have one.

katiebenes · June 2013

I thought it was a possibility not a for sure. I don't have one.

BlueJewelM · June 2013

I got one with DS! But not yet with this LO...hoping it won't show, but not too hopeful!

tarapike86 · June 2013

I never get one

Prego21O · June 2013

I got one in the early weeks of pregnancy and still have it and I'm on week 31

lydsyjane · June 2013

I'm on week 33 and don't have one yet, either.

afrochick09 · June 2013

Mine's really light, but runs up my whole belly.

lkobriant · June 2013

35 wks tomorrow and not the slightest hint. I guess I just don't get one. Which is ok with me.

mustanggirl412 · June 2013

Im 35 weeks and I dont have one. But I dont have a perfectly round belly either

Marvel1013 · June 2013

Mines really light and its just below my belly button

Khaleesi07 · June 2013

Ugh, I definitely have one! It runs up my whole stomach and is really dark on the bottom half. I'm really hoping it doesn't take too long to fade away. I don't have any stretch marks on my belly so far, but I had a few on my hips from puberty, that are looking a bit more "stretchy" heh. I started putting bio oil on them, and they've faded a bit, so that's good news!

magdalina.h · June 2013

I've never had one

babyfoodtarget · June 2013

Mine is lighter this time than last time. Its not nearly as long as some womens.

The only value I can see it holding or/help it would be would've been when there were no pregnancy tests in the past and women needed a way to prove to their husbands they were pregnant :P lol.