https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Jul 2026 05:07:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568302 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:36:44 +0000 immabeetoo 568302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: you look great! Ill post mine in a bit and make you feel better ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568300 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:36:30 +0000 T.H.O.U. 568300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: Thanks! Yup, my picture is on there. I had to unzip my jeans because like you a lot of the marks are really low and don't show that often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568292 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:34:30 +0000 BelugaBean 568292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: Is this the one you're thinking of?</p> <p><a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-bellies-postpartum#post-306438" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-bellies-postpartum#post-306438</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568289 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:34:08 +0000 mrsjyw 568289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You look great mama!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568227 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:18:22 +0000 T.H.O.U. 568227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: I was just curious because I remember posting a picture, but now i can't find it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568216 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:15:01 +0000 tororojo 568216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's comforting that they have faded so much! I have a horizontal band of angry red ones and 2 more weeks til baby is due...I try not to think about them getting any worse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568174 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:04:32 +0000 BelugaBean 568174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: I do remember that from a while back. I think it was posted back when I was way too depressed about how I looked to post. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568167 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:02:35 +0000 T.H.O.U. 568167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't we have a thread out there with a bunch of post partum bellies? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568163 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:01:37 +0000 cascademom 568163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yours look great. Mine started cropping up in the third trimester. They were below my belly, so I didn't think much of them. Postpartum, I get to see them in full force. They're fading slowly. With the fading, I noticed that I got them on my legs well. I guess it means that I've lost some weight there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568156 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:00:32 +0000 BelugaBean 568156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I think it totally is just genetics and your skin. I thought I wasn't going to get any because my mom did it and when I got a ton, I realized I have my dad's skin. Also, I know people who are much smaller than me and supposedly had a lot of stretch marks too. </p> <p>Although, I was also kind of hoping that any stomach fat would just harden and would give me more space but it didn't. Like I said, I was huge at the end! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568149 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:58:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 568149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is very similar to how I was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568148 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:58:21 +0000 Anagram 568148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: @BelugaBean: </p> <p>Yeah, I think my sister was maybe just projecting (she was/is tiny, and super fit, and didn't hardly show at all until she was almost 7 months, and she got a lot of stretch marks.</p> <p>But it's *probably* just genetic, so I'm sure I'll be getting them, too! I'm *not* fit, and definitely had a tummy before my bfp, and I'm 18 weeks now and have a HUGE tummy, but it's still a "fat, jiggly" belly, not a hard one, so I was hoping that means I have more cushion, so will need less expanding. LOL. wishful thinking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568142 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:54:49 +0000 BelugaBean 568142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: That would be terrible! They didn't say anything to me at the hospital because I was more focused on my contractions but pretty much everyone in my last two weeks kept saying how big I was and kept looking at me with pity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-568003 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:09:50 +0000 oliviaoblivia 568003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: my belly was so big all of the L&amp;D nurses kept commenting on how I was going to have a big baby. It was depressing when strangers would comment on how big it was, but worse when trained professionals who've seen every pregnant belly in town say something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567997 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:05:39 +0000 BelugaBean 567997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: We're very similar! I got the hip stretch marks super early and got my tummy ones around 29-30 weeks. I never really got any on my boobs though. I wasn't super fit before pregnancy and had a bit of a tummy too although I didn't show as early as I thought when I look back. I do have a short torso though and carried everything in front. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567991 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:02:50 +0000 mrs. wagon 567991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: p.s. I would totally post my own before/after pics but I didn't take a SINGLE pic of stretch mark damage, that's how depressed I was about it. I'll try to snap a pic of my after 2 kids later today! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567988 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:01:18 +0000 oliviaoblivia 567988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I was not particularly fit (had a bit of a tummy pre preg) and showed early and got a whole bunch. I noticed the first ones on my hips at like 8 weeks preg before I had gained any weight. I had a bunch from puberty so I knew it was in the cards. The tummy ones showed up around 30 weeks and the boob ones showed up with my milk.<br /> I had a huge belly and carried everything out front. I have a very short torso and I think that contributed to the crazy stretching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567985 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:58:59 +0000 Mrs. Blue 567985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for being so brave and posting this! You look great! I have terrible stretchmarks, and I'm sure to get more in the next 3-4 weeks before the babies arrive. It helps me to know what to realistically expect them to look like a few months post-partum. I keep trying to be proud of them in the sense that they are worth it because it means my boys grew strong and healthy in me, but right now, they just make me really sad. :( Thanks for the encouragement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567984 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:58:49 +0000 Bao 567984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You look great momma!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567983 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:58:46 +0000 mrs. wagon 567983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You look great!! I had about twice as much with Wagon Jr. After 2 years of healing they were all white! Even whiter than my actual skin so they looked kinda shiny but SO much better than the ugly, angry purple-red they were in the beginning. I had more stretch marked skin than regular skin overall. About 6 months post partum I got REALLY upset about it and took a really hot shower, loofahed it all, and used Bio Oil for about 2 weeks straight. I don't know if it sped up the process but I was pretty happy with how they looked before I got pregnant again.</p> <p>Second pregnancy I got a few more up top (nearer to my boobs) but the bottom just re-stretched out again and stayed white! I was pretty happy about that and a lot happier with how my skin looked the second time around since it was just white, and smooth instead of bumpy! Now my skin overall is just bumpy but definitely not very red or purple at all. I do understand now why many moms get tummy tucks...! I have so much extra skin. But I'm almost 7 months postpartum so we'll just have to see what I look like in a year or two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567982 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:58:24 +0000 BelugaBean 567982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Mine showed up around 29/30 weeks and just kept coming. And I wasn't small or fit before pregnancy at all, I was actually 15 pounds above my normal weight which wasn't small to begin with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567981 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:58:16 +0000 leelee 567981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You look great! I got tons of stretch marks right away, I hope they start fading soon! Worst ones are on my breast because I got those ones really early on at 15 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567979 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:56:55 +0000 blackbird 567979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so glad to hear they faded! I had some pop up last week and it has been bumming me out big time! I didn't think I'd get any...my mom never had any :( Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567977 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:55:50 +0000 Anagram 567977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: They've faded a lot! </p> <p>I have a ton of stretchmarks on my hips and some smaller ones on my breasts from puberty and they are totally white now. Luckily, I am super white and don't tan, so you pretty much can't tell they are there, except they are shinier than regular skin.</p> <p>Just curious---did you develop them all at the end of the 3rd trimester? I assume I'll get some, I just don't know when they'll start cropping up. </p> <p>Also, were you very fit/small before pregnancy? One of my sisters has a theory that the more fit people, or the ones who start showing/growing really late have more stretchmarks, since the skin has less time to stretch and has further to stretch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567973 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:54:18 +0000 loveisstrange 567973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: Girl, you look awesome. Mine are HORRIBLE. I have a couple that are literally an inch wide. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567972 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:53:44 +0000 oliviaoblivia 567972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: thanks for this. I have terrible stretch marks and get jealous of the ladies that escaped this fate. I'm slowly coming to terms with my new tummy and am starting to appreciate that every line brought me a beautiful (big) daughter.</p> <p>I'll take a before shot today and in a few months when they fade I'll hopefully remember to come back to add an after shot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567963 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:50:05 +0000 BelugaBean 567963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: I do like that viewpoint and it actually doesn't bother me as much knowing they'll probably never go away completely. I'm just hoping to show those who may be around 40 weeks with tons of stretch marks that they will fade at least a bit. : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567957 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:46:46 +0000 MamaBehr 567957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The way I look at it, this is my Mommy body. And I'm proud of it. I worked really hard for it, 24 hours a day 7 days a week for 40 weeks (times two since I have two kids!) and I should be proud of it. My life isn't the same anymore, why would my body be? So I embrace my stretch marks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567936 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:35:44 +0000 BelugaBean 567936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Great! I know at the time I thought that my stretch marks were going to either last forever or take forever to fade and I'm pretty happy with how much they've faded so far so hopefully this thread will help someone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-putting-myself-out-there-stretch-marks#post-567852 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:30:57 +0000 sorrycharlie 567852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awesome, you look great! Ill post mine on here once I get on the computer! </p>