Was your puberty stretch mark experience predictive of your pregnancy stretch mark experience?
I got a lot of stretch marks on my breasts, hips, and thighs during puberty. I was sure I never wanted kids and a got a large abdominal tattoo. I changed my mind about the kids thing...
I hoping that I can get through babymaking with just some touchups and minor design adjustments needed. I'm worried that I'll end up featured in the World's Most Ruined Tattoos Hall of Fame.
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blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
Special snowflake?
Lots in puberty, lots in my first pregnancy. None in my second pregnancy until the last week or so, and they're very minimal.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I had a ton on my hips and boobs during puberty. I didn't even know I *still* had them until they deflated post-baby! But not like they are noticeable.
I had a lot on my stomach during my first pregnancy. E was sitting in one side of my abdomen pretty heavily so one side has a TON where her butt was pushing out and the other side sorta doesn't. It's very weird. But they weren't very noticeable by the time i was in shape enough to don a bikini the following summer 
I thought they'd be red and angry forever!
persimmon / 1328 posts
I got loads on my boobs during puberty which took years to fade, but not a single one during pregnancy (altho I was religious about moisturising my belly twice a day). I've heard it can be hereditary, my mum never got any either despite having four kids. I also have a tattoo on my abdomen, it's not that big though only about 7cm square. It definitely stretched and became larger during pregnancy, but now it has gone back to how it was, you'd never know it had been messed with!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Lots on my hips and thighs in puberty, none during either pregnancy (so far....34 wks with my second so there's still time)
honeydew / 7230 posts
I didn't get any during puberty. However, I gained a lot of weight after getting married and I got stretch marks then. Minimal stretch marks during pregnancy.
honeydew / 7091 posts
Lots, and lots. 
Are you wondering more about your tattoo? I think that's different than stretchmarks. I have a small tattoo on my hip bone. At 40 weeks pregnant my big preggo belly didn't even touch the tattoo. However, 20 minutes of pushing stretched out my tattoo so bad that it's ruined forever :'(
pear / 1697 posts
@swurlygurl: My tattoo is asymmetrical and it is fairly abstract. So, if it stretches/changes shape, I expect that it'll either still be fine, or the design can be reworked when I'm done having babies.
If I get big bands of stretch mark scar tissue running through it...that would be significantly harder to rescue and I'm probably heading to the the Hall of Fame.
pomegranate / 3565 posts
I got some on my hips during puberty - not too bad and not too noticeable. Pregnancy #1 - I got some on my stomach but they didn't show until AFTER I had the baby. Pregnancy #2 - This time I got them on my thighs. My body is just not the same after baby #2! I also had them close together.
honeydew / 7091 posts
@lilyofthewest: Well that's good, you have a chance! Haha Mine is part letters, so half the letter look like stretched out block letters 
FWIW, although I got big angry red stretch marks on my stomach, they faded quite a bit afterwards and were hardly noticeable (until I got new ones for baby #2, hoping these go away too!)
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
I have puberty stretch marks on my upper thighs but didn't get any during pregnancy.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
I have never had stretch marks before but have tons on my butt/waist this pregnancy!
grapefruit / 4819 posts
I've never had a stretch mark in my life - none during puberty, none during either one of my pregnancies. Lucky genes I guess!
bananas / 9899 posts
Yes. I get stretch marks super easy. I just have that type of skin. I have plenty from puberty and some from when I'd gained a little weight in the past. I knew I'd get a ton of stretch marks during pregnancy. I started getting them at like 20 weeks. I have lots on my tummy now. Luckily my old stretch marks have faded significantly, so hopefully the ones on my belly fade too.
One thing I wasn't sure if I'd get is loose skin, since in the past my skin has always bounced back. However, I do now have a small bit of loose skin in my tummy area after pregnancy. I'm 2 months PP.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
@Ree723: me neither! But my mom got them with both pregnancies although not terribly.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
Yes in puberty & one in pregnancy. I don't think they correlate!
grapefruit / 4355 posts
I didn't get any in puberty. But I got them in my early to mid 20s when I put on weight during a period of anxiety/depression. Still waiting to see with pregnancy (at 27/28) but I fully expect to get more.
eggplant / 11716 posts
I had minimal in puberty--very minimal. A couple on each hip that are very thin and small and not really very visible at all. My husband has more puberty stretch marks than I do.
Buuuut....I got really bad stretch marks in pregnancy, right around 34-38 weeks. Sucked. Still super visible 15 months after giving birth and I guess now I've accepted that they aren't going away ever.
It all a combination of 3 things: skin elasticity, how much weight you gain, and how you carry. Skin elasticity has a lot to do with genetics and melatonin, plus age. You actually get more elastic with age--hence, the wrinkles. Very fair people are more prone to stretch marks statistically. And then weight gain--the more you gain, the more likely you are to have stretch marks.
I gained too much, am super fair, so that canceled out my "older" skin and I got stretchies.
cantaloupe / 6869 posts
I have a ton of stretch marks on my hips and butt from puberty but did not got a stretch mark on my belly until 39+4 weeks. I have about five and 9 months PP, they are barely even noticeable.
grapefruit / 4213 posts
No stretch marks in puberty or with either pregnancy. I was so sure I'd get them because my mom did.
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