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I got two light ones above my belly button at 36 weeks. At 37 weeks I started getting a couple below my belly button--and they just keep coming! I thought I was free and clear They are really light, but I'm not sure how they will look after my belly has gone back to normal size.

Oh well. I've already added some high waist vintage bikinis to my shopping list.

if you've made it this far consider yourself lucky! My mom has horrible stretch marks so I knew I was doomed...especially since they started showing up at 25 weeks. I have them from from my belly button down all across my stomach. and a few on my love handles. I also have them on my inner thighs. : (

I have 3 little ones on my right hip, and a couple on the top front of my thighs. They are really small though. At 39 weeks, I think that I am mostly in the clear. I know my Mom never got any.

Ugh stretch marks. My mom got em pretty bad so I knew I was in for them. As much cocoa butter as I slathered on, my entire lower abdomen is completely ruined. The skin below my belly button looks like the most horrible cellulite ever... totally ripped up and dimpled all over. Not to mention the extra skin never went back into place. I now know why my tiny tiny tiny mom has always had a flabby belly.

I got really upset about them about 6 months after Wagon Jr. was born and I went crazy in the shower with a loofah and sugar scrub and pretty much ripped the top layer of skin off of my body. The stretch marks got really red and angry, but they did seem to fade a bit after a week or so. I also bought Bio Oil and used it religiously for a bit, and it did seem to help. But it looks like the best help of all has been time. They're now almost the color of my skin but the texture will never be the same.

The plus side is that with this second pregnancy I'm not seeing many new ones... yet. So while they were ugly and purple with Wagon Jr., this time around they're just a bit lighter than my skin and not nearly as deep.

I've already decided to get laser treatments and PERHAPS a tummy tuck after I close the baby factory... it's really that bad. I'm talking hundreds and hundreds of stretch marks.

I'm 30 weeks and I noticed them a few weeks ago, but only on my boobs. I guess going from a B to a D will do that...