9 months and a few days pp and it's still there!!! What is up with that???? Is it going to be there forever? Maybe until I stop bf'ing? Is it hormonal? AF has already returned so I thought maybe it'd go away, no such luck.
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Me! 11 months PP, still BFing, and while much faded, it's still there. Hoping it's gone by swimsuit season!
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Mine didn't go away in the 3 months between pregnancies and now it's even darker.
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15 months pp and still there but faded. I don't know if anyone else would notice but I do.
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15 months pp and mine is still there too. I've heard exfoliating it helps it to fade but I never tried it.
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Still there at 12 months pp, although it is faded.
My ob said it would take a year to disappear. I'm still waiting! -
Exfoliating really worked for me. Otherwise I think it would have hung around a lot longer.
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Mine was still there w,hen I got pregnant with number 2 and it's still there now. God only know how long it will stay!
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Mine was also still there when I got pregnant with #2 about 13 months pp. it's faded since then and is not really visible at 25 wks!
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I'm 7 months pp, no longer breastfeeding and it's still there!
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I never got one, but one of my good friends' never went away?!
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With my first I think it went away around 6 months. With my second a little longer. I think I could still see a teeny tiny bit around 12 months.
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@NurseMommy: Sorry for the threadjack - but are you very fair skinned? I never got one either and nobody believed me until I showed them since people seem to think *everybody* gets it. I just chalked it up to very little pigment in my skin in the first place!
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@Sapphiresun: I'm fairly average caucasian. Not as pasty as my DH, but not olive skinned either.
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My first linea negra stuck around til DD was over 2 yo! And that was waaay after weaning. It finally started to fade, but then I got pg again, so it never totally left. With my 2nd, it started to fade sooner... closer to around 12-18 months pp (still not soon enough, but sooner), and I was still BFing. So I'm not sure BFing is a factor.
I'm pg again (currently in the 2nd tri) and I can barely notice it! I guess it's different for each pregnancy, but in my experience, it's gotten lighter and less prominent with each child.
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Omg I never knew it was normal for it to stick around!!
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13 months pp and I still have mine!
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so glad you asked this and to hear that it's normal for LN to stick around. at 12 months mine has faded but still there!
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