https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:42:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-with-different-pregnancies#post-1194709 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:50:02 +0000 lamariniere 1194709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: @Mrs. Bee: @MamaBehr: so interesting! Google hasn't really been able to tell me why this would happen but it's nice to know other ladies have experienced it too. (Not that I'm worried.) :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-with-different-pregnancies#post-1194382 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:59:37 +0000 MamaBehr 1194382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Got one with DD, my first pregnancy. Didn't get one with my second or third pregnancies (at least I haven't gotten it yet with my third pregnancy) and they are both boys..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-with-different-pregnancies#post-1194375 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:52:48 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1194375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine with Charlie lasted a year postpartum! Never got one with Olive though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-with-different-pregnancies#post-1194365 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:47:19 +0000 GrapeCrush 1194365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dark and visible with DS it went all the way up. It never went away completely by the time I got pregnant with DD 6 months pp. it started to fade. With DD it just went up to my belly button. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-with-different-pregnancies#post-1194309 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:02:02 +0000 lamariniere 1194309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: Congrats on that new baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-with-different-pregnancies#post-1194298 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 07:51:41 +0000 yin 1194298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dark and visible with my first, and it went away within the first year pp. Didn't notice it with my second until just now. Since my tummy is deflated after giving birth, and I can finally see it. The line is only evident towards to the bottom of my stomach, but doesn't reach past my belly button. Weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-with-different-pregnancies#post-1194256 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 07:03:30 +0000 Ree723 1194256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a pretty visible one up to my belly button with DD, I think I noticed it around 18 or 19 weeks and it went away around 4-5 months pp. I'm currently 27 weeks with baby #2 and still no hint of it. I hadn't even thought about it until I read your post! Wonder if it will show up later.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-with-different-pregnancies#post-1194246 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:47:12 +0000 Dandelion 1194246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not have one with DS, 6 years ago. One developed with S, and since I only had 3 months in between, it never went away and is getting even darker in this pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-with-different-pregnancies#post-1194241 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:42:28 +0000 lamariniere 1194241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one that was pretty visible starting around maybe 5 months with my first pregnancy and it went away 5-6 months PP. Now, I'm 33w4days and still do not have one, not even traces of one as far as I can tell. I guess I could still develop one in the next few weeks though. Did anyone experience this with different pregnancies?</p> <p>(I saw that there were a few similar posts in the archives, but thought I would ask again.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307689 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:14:59 +0000 shopaholic 307689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wonder if any kind of creams help it fade? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307343 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:57:03 +0000 sorrycharlie 307343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one prepregnancy, haha - to my belly button. Now it's to my boobs! I hope at least the top half goes away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307231 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:20:31 +0000 banana 307231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine went away in a few months too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307228 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:18:35 +0000 808love 307228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I'm at 20 months pp and there is still a faint portion left. I think it will eventually fade. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307185 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:13:44 +0000 shopaholic 307185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the responses ladies! Seems like it's inevitable but it goes away eventually for most people? I just hope it's not hereditary and I'll have a forever one like my mom. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307168 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:46:30 +0000 leelee 307168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got mine around 26 weeks and at 13 wks pp it has shown no signs of disappearing anytime soon :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307148 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:05:46 +0000 BeachMama 307148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't get mine till after delivery. It went away in a couple months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307145 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:58:06 +0000 Penny Lane 307145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got mine really early in pregnancy, like around 20 weeks. I'm barely 6 weeks pp now and it's still as dark as ever. I hope it goes away... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307135 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:39:36 +0000 skibobrown 307135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is gone now. I think it didn't really start going away until I stopped breastfeeding... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307109 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:24:06 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 307109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine went away after quite a while, maybe a year? It was barely gone when I got pregnant again, but I didn't get it the second time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307107 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:21:54 +0000 singingbee 307107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I still have a faint one and we miscarried at 20 wks. I don't know if my mom got one or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307094 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:03:32 +0000 T.H.O.U. 307094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got it a bit but it went away pretty quickly (within 6 weeks?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/linea-negra-before-amp-after#post-307090 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:01:17 +0000 shopaholic 307090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was younger I always thought my mom had a C-section because of the dark, vertical line on her belly. It wasn't until a few years ago I learned it was the linea negra. I've read it should disappear and go away after pregnancy, but my mom still has hers (maybe because she had 3 babies?)</p> <p>Q: Did you get the linea negra and did it go away?<br /> Do you think it's hereditary and that I'm doomed to have an eternal dark line? </p>