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GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I got a few just under my belly button (at 38 weeks! I was so mad!), a few on my thighs, and some tiny ones on the undersides of my boobs that appeared AFTER I delivered (I assume from the cycle of engorged/not engorged over and over again).
pomegranate / 3329 posts
I got some very faint ones around my belly button, they mostly went away after I had M, they popped up around 37 weeks. Now that I'm pregnant again, they're re-appeared...
papaya / 10570 posts
I started using cream as soon as I got my BFP but by 19 weeks little stretch marks has started to appear. Now, at 28 weeks, they are all over my belly. I dread to think how I will look at full term!
pineapple / 12526 posts
I look like a tiger attack victim. I have a couple that are an inch wide.
cantaloupe / 6800 posts
I had a couple on my hips from when I was younger, but I swear the day I got pregnant my hips, upper thighs under my butt and inner thighs are covered. I ddon't understand this, I haven't gained an ounce of weight but i know now that tummy ones are iinevitable
nectarine / 2631 posts
My tummy looks like it got scratched by a tiger! I don't mind them that much though!
pomegranate / 3516 posts
I have them all over my stomach and then a few on my hips. I'm also jealous of people who didn't get any or only got a couple!
papaya / 10473 posts
I am 36.5 weeks and have three faint ones w no texture change on my left hip. None on my belly or boobs but the growing/stretching caused lots of broken blood vessels on my chest that are very visible.
pomegranate / 3275 posts
I didn't have too many with my first pregnancy, but after my second pregnancy my skin looked terrible! It isn't even the stretch marks, it is the loose ugly skin. I'm a 15 months after delivery, so I don't think there is much going back.... oh well!
coconut / 8234 posts
I got them on my stomach mostly below my belly button around 37 weeks. I really thought I was in the clear. I already had stretchmarks on my hips, butt, and some on my thighs that all came while I was on the pill in college.
pear / 1570 posts
I got a few that I only noticed after I lost the baby weight. They feel more like a texture change. I have some on my boobs from nursing I assume - those are worse than the ones on my belly
clementine / 943 posts
I didn't get any! My mom had them too.
I slathered on Mama Mio Tummy Rub twice a day the entire pregnancy. Two of my co workers AND (drumroll) my friend who had TWINS used this stuff too. No stretch marks for any of us and everyone's mom had them. I swear, it's miraculous stuff!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
Oh man! Seems like a lot of ladies who were stretch mark free ended up getting them around 38+ weeks or even AFTER delivery! That's so weird they appeared AFTER. I wonder what causes that??
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
I think it's genetic? I didn't get any, but I didn't do anything to prevent them either. I used cocoa butter a handful of times when my belly started growing, but my mom never got them so I just didn't really think too much of it.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
i think it's genetics. my mom didn't get any and i didn't either and i didn't use any cream with olive and i did a little bit with charlie.
squash / 13199 posts
I got a ring of them around my belly button but they have faded away I also have them on my boobs which sucks
nectarine / 2750 posts
I am shocked because I feel like I have gained a lot and all in my stomach, but no stretch marks with three weeks to go. The crazy veins covering my stomach do give me a nice roadmap look, though!
honeydew / 7235 posts
i was incredibly lucky not to get any - but we'll see with the next pregnancy - my friends that didn't get them the first time around all got them the second time.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@Pink Champagne: That's what I've been using! I hope you're right!
grapefruit / 4823 posts
Like my mom(who had 3 kids), I didn't get any, and didn't do anything to prevent them. I'm hoping the same goes for pregnancy #2, so far at 27 weeks, nothing
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