Linea Nigra anyone?

mamabear148-2 · May 2017

Who has one already???

So I'm 99.9% positive that I had a very visible belly line (linea nigra) by the halfway mark my last two pregnancies.
This time around, there's no line to be found! (Almost 21w)
Could it be bc it's a boy? (Other two were girls)

jessafishy · May 2017

mamabear148-2 said:

Who has one already???

So I'm 99.9% positive that I had a very visible belly line (linea nigra) by the halfway mark my last two pregnancies.
This time around, there's no line to be found! (Almost 21w)
Could it be bc it's a boy? (Other two were girls)

It could be. It also could mean nothing. Every pregnancy is different.

I don't have one and didn't with DS either. This baby is a girl.

bluejeanbabi05 · May 2017

Having a girl, and no line to be found so far

ksf13 · May 2017

I didn't have one with DD1, so far no sign of one with DD2 either

ETA - I did have horrible stretch marks with DD1 and they have all faded and are barely visible. Pretty sure I saw a tiny new one this morning.

mrs_fogue · May 2017

@mommabear148-2 I had it bad with DD and I'm thinking it showed up around half way. So far no sign of it. The differences in pregnancies boggles my mind especially being in a second and experiencing the differences.

I remember it took soooooooooo long after for my line to finally go away. It lasted way longer than the few stretch marks I had.

ForwardnBackward · May 2017

I definitely got it with DS1, but I can't remember when! It hasn't appeared yet for me though

natleilynn · May 2017

I'm pretty sure I didn't get mine until later in the pregnancy last time. I want to say super late - maybe 7 or 8 months in?

VLillyV · May 2017

I've had the linea nigra for about 4+ weeks now (putting me at about 15 weeks), having a girl. FTM. Other areas of my skin have also darkened.

TallMomma29 · May 2017

I have never heard of this being connected to sex. I had a really dark one with both girls. Well, technically it never went away after my first until about 6 months after my second.

riverrainez · May 2017

I had one last pregnancy but don't remember when it showed up. Not seeing one yet this time.

mamabear148-2 · May 2017

Mine took a while to disappear the two previous times. Lots of exfoliating helps speed the process up tho!

Other parts of my body are starting to darken too, maybe it's just a matter of time til the line shows up! (And there's a great possibility that I may have misremembered when the line showed up the other times) ah well!! I'll take it over stretch marks!

tyannej · May 2017

I think I have one forming, it's a line that goes all the way up my stomach but instead of it being the darker pigmented skin it looks like one big blood vein... so I'm not sure. I'll be 20 weeks tomorrow with a baby girl.

beezeee · May 2017

I didn't have a visible line during my pregnancy with DD, but oddly enough, it was faintly visible after she was born. It went away after a while. No sign of one this time. FWIW, I assume the association with boy babies is just an old wives tale.

migdala · May 2017

I think I see one starting, DH sees it too but it's very faint. I'm 19w2d and we first noticed it last week sometime.

emwj10187 · May 2017

Im 20+2... i asked my mom if she got one and when, thinking we'd be similar. She said hers got really dark in the beginning of the 2nd trimester and went all the way up to her breast bone....holy moly lol. So far, i am sans linea nigra

flgirl20134 · May 2017

I'm 19+2 and already had one at this point with DS1. This one is a girl and I have no line so far. I don't think it's specific to sex though.

kdel921 · May 2017

FTM and 21+1 with no line so far. I am having a girl. We will see if one decides to form!

SwtAnana · May 2017

I'm dark-skinned and I've had one nearly my entire life....? Now that I'm actually pregnant though it's darker and thicker. It used to stop right below my belly button but now it's extending above my belly button to right under my boobs. The top line is much thinner and lighter for now but definitely there.

I noticed this towards the end of my first trimester. I don't know what I'm having yet but I don't think its presence depends on baby's sex.

buttercream_frosting · May 2017

None yet. I did get one with DS but I cannot remember when it appeared. I know it was the latter half of my pregnancy though. And it also faded after.

canonmom413 · May 2017

All of my stretch marks and the linea nigra appeared for me at 36 weeks! I was like man, I made t so far and then BAM. Woke upi one morning sporting my tiger strips and vertical equator.