I am 29wks and don't have stretch marks at this point - KNOCK ON WOOD!
I use the Mama Mio oil religiously morning and night, but I know that only can do so much.
I have a lot of blue veins on my sides that show through, but I'm hoping that actual stretch marks stay away.
If you got stretch marks, when did they show up?
And were you using any oil or cream regularly if you got them?
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
My stretch marks showed up around 36-37 weeks! I was getting lazy with the cocoa butter. 
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
I did not get mine till the very end. Like last month or so? Sorry to say!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
Early on..like in the early 20s? Already had them before getting pregnant and haven't used any oils or creams at all. I don't like having lotion on me...it feels sticky. And I haven't had any itching or anything that makes me want to use any creams. All my old ones turned white and are barely noticeable, so I'm hoping these will have the same fate. Right now the new ones are on the underside of my belly.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
This past week - week 39. I was using stretch mark lotion..i don't think it helped. They're bad.
pineapple / 12526 posts
I only got a couple small ones up until about 36/37 weeks when I BLEW up and now I'm a roadmap.
pomegranate / 3980 posts
The first time I didn't get them until after lo was born, second time I got new ones around 30+ weeks.
coconut / 8234 posts
I got them at about 37 weeks and I was using Bio Oil throughout the pregnancy.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
Got my first one around 22 weeks, really really low. Now they go from my pubic bone all the way up past my belly button, all over my stomach, my love handles, thighs, and boobs. lovely
I was using the earth mama angel baby lotion every day.
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
Not until 35ish weeks! I thought I was going to be lucky too ... but nope!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I noticed stretch marks after I had my Lo. They're the white kind and barely noticeable now.
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
@FutureMrsMcK: I still cry over yours. You were my belly idol. Watch me get them at 38 weeks and they're inducing me at 39. That would be my luck!
@Mrs. Yoyo: Were you using any magic oils? Just curious:)
cherry / 201 posts
Thank you for asking this. I have been so curious as to when they show if they haven't already.
I too use the Mama Mio Oil religiously morning and night. I am 28 weeks w/ twins and the Dr says 'every multiple mom gets them..' WOW thx for that! So guess mine will show up a little later as they haven't yet!!!!!
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
@jholler25: Just cocoa butter. Not religiously. I really do think it's genes and weight gain. I gained a decent amount (40+) and I'd gotten stretch marks before with smaller gains/losses.
eggplant / 11287 posts
II used Mustela regularly and didn't get stretch marks until 37 weeks. And I couldn't tell how bad they were until after the baby was born. I got them on my tummy, hips, and thighs.
eggplant / 11287 posts
OOh and @jholler25, you have to remember that the resppnses of this thread are skewed because only the people who got stretch marks are responding. There are probably lots of lucky moms who didn't get them who didn't respond to this thread!
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
@Mrsdaredevil: Oooh, true! Okay, I'm going back to Denial Ville, where I can pretend that all this stuff isn't going to happen to me! Lol;)
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
38 weeks girl! I thought I wasn't going to get them and then all of a sudden, bam, there they were on the side of my belly.
I am 21 months post partum, they're faded now.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
@jholler25: just a nightly massage with Palmers Cocoa Butter in the jar and after my shower I use Nuetrogena's Sesame Oil all over my body.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
@jholler25: If it makes you feel any better mine really aren't bad..
AND they're on my lower belly where they'll be covered by a bikini bottom...if my stomach ever feels non-doughy enough to wear a bikini again that is...
honeydew / 7687 posts
I just got one at 31w, it's pretty small and on the underside but definitely white and shiny. I use Burts Bees mama oil & their lotion regularly, but more for itching - my OB said stretch marks are on a lower layer of skin and no amount of creams or oils make any difference whether you get them, or how bad they get.
My Mom had all 3 of us and got none - my sister had twins at 32 weeks and had none. I think it s just the luck of the draw!
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
Oh, I used a shea butter soap with Neem oil. My stretch marks are pretty much only visible to people who know.... now at 4 mo pp
GOLD / squash / 13576 posts
I didn't get stretch marks, I used my belly cream religiously. I only made it to 34 weeks, so maybe things would have changed if I would have made it further?? My mom never got stretch marks though. I think a lot has to do with genetics as well.
coconut / 8475 posts
I didn't get any "stretch marks" but my stomach got so itchy from the level of stretching (beyond its capabilities) that I couldn't help but itch. I itched so much that I scratched myself and the scratches haven't healed nor will they anytime soon. My doctor said because my skin is so thin right now it can't heal itself and y scratches might be permanent. I rub neosporin on it and my usual vigorous regime of stretch mark oils and creams. This all happened somewhere between 34-37weeks. So take that as a warning:(
GOLD / pear / 1845 posts
I don't remember (because I hardly got any the second time, I think I was already stretched) but I do remember that I thought I hardly had any but in fact they were all hiding under the belly! And then they took over. Stupid stretch marks.
pomegranate / 3890 posts
30+ weeks, urgh. thye started low and then just kept creeeping and creeping up
pomegranate / 3204 posts
I got them when baby dropped around 36-37 weeks. and they grew like crazy from there!
pomegranate / 3388 posts
I didn't get any. It's definitely genetic b/c my mom didn't get any either in her 2 pregnancies. (...Although my experience w/ stretch marks is the full extent to which my pregnancy resembled my mom's.)
coffee bean / 29 posts
I didn't get any (gained 35lbs). I used Clarins Stretch Marks Control and organic coconut oil religiously 
pear / 1723 posts
@filly: not every multiple mom gets stretch marks! I had my twins at 39w2d and never got them!
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
I think I got them in the 8th month Thought I was home free I was using tons of cocoa butter and moisturizing like crazy.
persimmon / 1361 posts
I never got them either. I gained 40+ lb. I only used regular lotion after my shower like I always do. I was really worried about them, but I don't think anything helps'prevent them. I think it's just genetic as my mom and one of my sisters didn't get them. However, one of my sisters got them really badly
pomegranate / 3917 posts
I'm up 51lbs this pregnancy (just hit 37w) and just waaaaaiting for the stretchmarks to show up! We will see, I'm thinking week 39/40 just for kicks!
@jholler25: You and I can hang out in denialville together!
PS not using any creams or oils.....living on the edge!
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
I got a few in the last month but more showed up after my belly "deflated".
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