[clouise]

Who has them from this pregnancy already? Are you doing anything to try to prevent them?

I was changing last night and I saw the BIGGEST stretch mark ever right in the middle of my stomach. I was so surprised...it wasn't there the day before. This is my fourth pregnancy and I don't have any on my stomach. My breast have a lot of old ones from the other kids, but my belly was fine. Until now, lol. I have a lot of weeks left too....

[torrmom]

I don't have any yet, but I have been rubbing coco butter lotion on 2 twice a day, to prevent them.

[EllenCarroll]

Its hard to tell with me, because i have them from my previous pregnancy but i am using cocoa butter everynight after my shower.. so I am hoping it will help.

[Lizas_mommy]

Awww that stinks! None yet here but Im getting that cocoa butter out of the closet tonight!

[Wren]

I'm getting some strange darker patches around my belly button, but they don't look exactly like stretch marks. Really early on I got a line of bruises under one of my breasts (they are probably spider veins).

[Arei_720]

None on my tummy or breasts yet; haven't checked my caboose yet, which is where all mine were centered last pregnancy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed

[Wifenmomalwys]

I have some from my son, none from my daughter and I think I can feel skin stretching with this one. So I am thinking I will be getting some this time around.

I got TONS!! With my dd...they didnt show up till about 30 weeks but they were AWFUL!! I hated them. I used palmers Tummy butter in the tub, 2x daily and still got them. I heard if your going to get them nothing will really prevent. They turned white afterwards (with-in maybe 6months-1year) They are still white but I have a few fresh red ones on my underbelly (bump) Ill find a pic on my belly with dd and show yall how bad they got...lol..

[bundle2baby]

I've got my fingers crossed too! I got them on my rear the last time around. I've also read that it's mostly genetics. That being said, I've read in the natural health realm that real shea butter is good conditioning for the skin too.

[Nwheeler]

No new ones that I can tell. Although an old small one has like a purple vein you can see under it. No sure whats going to happen there. My sister made me some "belly balm" I've been using after my shower so hopefully it works.

[Vincent'sMommy]

I'm wondering if I will get any from this pregnancy. I already have many stretch marks from being obese and then I lost a lot of weight so it sort of seems like my stomach is just filling back up, so to speak. Plus I don't seem to be getting much of a belly yet so I'm wondering if my skin will even stretch out much more than it already was.

[EquestrianMama]

I have one tiny one on my butt, but other than that I'm good so far. My mom only got a couple small ones, so I'm hoping that happens for me too lol.

[.s.o.p.h.]

I dont have any so far. Im using a mixture of body butter, moisturiser and stretch mark cream.

[moon~maiden]

my midwife calls them "baby tracks" which I think is sweet!

[iluvgummies]

Hard to tell here b/c I have so many from when I first went through puberty & then I received some new ones w/ DS. I think there may be some fresh ones cropping up on my stomach, but it's hard to tell.
Also, I don't even bother w/ the lotions & creams. Everything I've read & heard says it's genetics and there's nothing you can do. Although, that being said, my ob-gyn did tell me last time that the more water you drink the less bad they'll be b/c hydrated skin stretches better...not sure if there's any truth to that.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Aren't the new ones supposed to be red and old ones white? I have old ones on my hips and butt from puberty, even though I was never fat, I guess my hips just grew quickly. Those seem to be worse now, but they're still silvery white like old ones, so I wonder if it's my imagination.

[Karlie]

i dont *think* i have any from this pregnancy yet.

but be warned ladies....my stretchmarks first time around weren't visible until after the birth and then it was like HELLO STRETCHMARKS! so i'm not naive enough this time to think that just because they're invisible now that they will be later!

[starrsgirl]

I'm so scared of them! Sometimes I can feel my stomach skin feeling really tight...i think it's only a matter of time for me. Someone told me that if you watch the rate of your weight gain, as in try to gain gradually you are less likely to get them.