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I didn't get them during pregnancy at all, but afterwards I have two very small ones on each hip.

I think at 21 weeks, you'll be fine! My belly wasn't very big at all by that point so nothing needed to stretch. At 32 weeks I'm starting to get the basketball look but I still don't have stretch marks (except for the sexy ones on my butt from puberty). I do use Cetaphil on my stomach and hips, but I don't think moisturizers will actually prevent them if genetics want you to have them.

I never got them and worried about them so much! I didn't use any cream because I don't think any of it works. YOu shouldn't get them that early in pregnancy either way so enjoy wearing a bikini

I think you should probably be ok at 21 weeks. , I have a ton and they didn't appear until 24-25 weeks.

I got them on my boobs but not on my belly (despite gaining 50 lbs). I only used lotion a handful of times.

I got them bad even though I was religious about using creams. Religious! At one point I was using creams three times a day and I started using them at 12 weeks! I used cocoa butter, Earth Mama Angel Baby stretch oil, Bella Bee Tummy Honey Cream, Bio Oil... Nothing helped! At 9 months post partum, they've faded drastically.

Saw my first today at 38w5 days. I use Burt's Bees Mama Oil. It just feels nice. Vitamin E oil is supposed to help.

I got them, but closer towards the end of my pregnancy, maybe the start of the third trimester. I tried using mederma, it didn't do squat.

Everyone is different, but at 21 weeks you should hopefully be okay.

I'm 26 weeks and I just got some small ones, but only on my boobs! I think you'll be fine at 21 weeks.

ETA: I've been using cocoa butter, but didn't use it on my boobs! I started when I saw the stretch marks appear there though... hoping it helps.

I did not get stretch marks...I used Mama Mio belly oil religiously, 2x a day, even more in the last few weeks when I was extra paranoid. The oil is pricey but it was worth it!

At 21 weeks you'll be fine!!!

Didn't get any at all. I used the Dr. Palmers lotion, but I don't think it matters - either you are genetically predisposed to them or not!

I used cocoa butter religiously the first time around and ended up with ridiculously horrible stretch mark damage. After I lost the baby weight I went through a period of depression-like frenzy where I did everything to get rid of them-- even loofah-ing my skin with super hot water and using Bio Oil which seemed to help a little. But over time they faded to white (they were angry purple and red). Second time around when my belly grew it didn't look as bad, but again when I lost the baby weight the skin damage was very evident. My skin will never be the same From all the research I've done, there's really nothing you can do to prevent them if you are genetically predisposed. You can keep your skin moisturized (hence the cocoa butter or bio oil) to reduce the severity and dryness.

@Princessbaby One of my bff's just gifted me a tub of the Mamma Mio stuff, now I'm super-excited to use it after hearing your testimonial!

@Trailmix: I will definitely be using it for future pregnancies! I really think it worked, it wasn't genetics or anything. My belly got frickin huge the last few weeks and I was baffled every day that I didn't have one! Somehow I made it through and it has to be that stuff! Good luck to you!

Just a tip bc it's expensive- Buy Buy Baby sells it and I would buy it there with the 20% off coupons they mail! That's the cheapest way to get it! I would go through at least 1 $35 bottle every 3-4 weeks!

I have them! They popped up at week 38 of my last pregnancy!

I got them all over my boobs from about 25-30 weeks on, but none on my stomach! I think it was just luck though!

I got them after 40 weeks. Thanks, overdue baby! 21 weeks will be the height of pregnancy cuteness.

I didn't get any. Although I used L'Occitaine's Almond Supple Skin Oil twice a day during my second and third tris, I really think I just got lucky. I totally expected to get them too, as I had gotten a few on my hips during puberty.

I agree with @MrsWagon . . . you're either gonna get them or you won't. If you're gonna get 'em, no amount of lotion/oil will save you entirely.

@Jedeve: To all that matter, you are even more beautiful than you were before.

And there is no comparison (at least in my mind there isn't) between a non-prego and a prego . . . Although I recognized that even before I got pregnant, now having been pregnant, it really does take on a whole new meaning for me.