stretch marks...

AndreaRenee · #1 June 23rd, 2009, 07:53 PM

so how are we all doing with them?

only ones I have so far are on my bbs

Martina · #2 June 23rd, 2009, 08:05 PM

none still!

LindsAyla · #3 June 23rd, 2009, 08:11 PM

None yet!!!

This surprises me since I've been horrible with applying lotion/cocoa butter...it's been wayyyy to hot and humid these last few months for me to even THINK of applying anything that will make me sweat more than I have been! Bleh!

I'm not in the clear yet, so I better be good for the next few weeks!

mtowcs09 · #4 June 23rd, 2009, 08:11 PM

No new ones yet, my older ones from getting fat are just shinier and have stretched out a little. I'm very veiny though at this point-- I hope it goes away lol.

Martina · #5 June 23rd, 2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lindsey<3Ayla

None yet!!!

This surprises me since I've been horrible with applying lotion/cocoa butter...it's been wayyyy to hot and humid these last few months for me to even THINK of applying anything that will make me sweat more than I have been! Bleh!

I'm not in the clear yet, so I better be good for the next few weeks!

personally I dont believe it has anything to do with applying anything on the belly. This is my 5th pregnancy and have never applied any cream, butter or anything on my belly and have ZERO stretch marks. I tend to believe it is genetic at this moment. I should ask my mother if she had any stretch marks LOL, because if she didnt then my theory could be right and that would mean that my girls wont get stretch marks when they have babies LOLOLOLOL. (about time I had this baby, I seem to have too much time on my hands to be thinking about all this stuff LOL)

#6 June 23rd, 2009, 08:19 PM

i have terrible stretch marks and my mom didn't get any at all

i drink TONS of water and apply coco butter lotion religiously haha oh well, battle scars.

LindsAyla · #7 June 23rd, 2009, 08:26 PM

My OB says they're mostly (but not entirely) genetic...my sis didn't get any, and my mom got like two on her thighs....

AndreaRenee · #8 June 23rd, 2009, 08:57 PM

i dunno if my mom got them with me (i was #1) but she for sure had them after my bro... so ???

Niki. · #9 June 23rd, 2009, 09:01 PM

I was doing pretty good with not getting additional stretch marks and not making the ones that I already have worse. But oddly enough, once I started applying Palmer's Cocoa Butter lotion on my belly every day, the stretch marks that I did have got darker. So now I have reddish looking stretch marks. And that makes me really sad, heh.

Mel531 · #10 June 23rd, 2009, 10:41 PM

Genetics definitely play a big part. My poor mothers stomach looked like a road map...so I knew I was in for it. I got very few with #1, just some down very low right above the pubic area...but #2 totally destroyed me...and I had them all the way up to my ribs. Good thing was, there was no chance any future baby was going to cause any more...and that has held true, no new ones with the past 3 after the #2 carnage, lol. Also after 19 yrs they have faded so much you cant really see them, you can FEEL them, but just looking at me you cant really tell unless you are up close.

karmaissotrue · #11 June 24th, 2009, 01:38 AM

Knock on wood none so far...but I've always been a lotion hog (I can go use a bottle by myself in 2 weeks) Ive been mixing pure vitamine E with the lotion and then applying it to my tummy, hips,thighs,ect.... Your skin absorbs the vitamine E so fast and it doesn't leave you with that greasy feeling

#12 June 24th, 2009, 04:54 AM

If you're going to get them, you're going to get them. The lotion just helps determine how bad they get.

A couple of my older ones have stretched a bit further up but nothing like what I got last time.

~Andrea~ · #13 June 24th, 2009, 05:04 AM

None yet. *knock on wood*

MAS1313 · #14 June 24th, 2009, 05:08 AM

I have gotten them waaayyy worse this time around. With my DD I got a few on my sides and butt...lol. This time I have them from the belly button down about 2-3 inches. I think it is because I am carrying so differently than my first pregnancy. They really bother me....but my husband doesn't think they are a big deal at all....so that helps make me feel better

I know in time they will fade and be hardly noticeable...I am more worried about getting the weight off at this point.

britneyt · #15 June 24th, 2009, 05:11 AM

They are on my thighs pretty badly.
My mom never got them, nor did her mom.

Oriyan · #16 June 24th, 2009, 06:09 AM

Just 2 one each boob. None on the stomach. 3 on my left thigh.

nvr.4.gtn · #17 June 24th, 2009, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by .adi.

If you're going to get them, you're going to get them. The lotion just helps determine how bad they get.

A couple of my older ones have stretched a bit further up but nothing like what I got last time.

exactly. Genetics is number one (along with how much weight you gain as well) lotion and keeping hydrated just help out.

I do not have any on my tummy, thighs ect. But I do have them on the undersides of my bbs. I got them with Nichole going from a C to an E, no new ones this time around.
I do do use cocoa butter though. I didn't on my bbs with Nichole though, just didn't thin about it! lol My sister and mother both got them heavily!!!! My mother had to wear bandages on her stomach because she was actually ripping. They would bleed and become infected. OUCH!

orrickster · #18 June 24th, 2009, 06:47 AM

I only have a few on each boob. I haven't applied any lotion whatsoever throughout this pregnancy. My mom only had a few on her boobs with her 3 pregnancys.

MaineBean · #19 June 24th, 2009, 06:54 AM

None that we've seen! I'm hoping if I've made it this far, I'm in the clear. But really, there are worse things to have to deal with, right?

LizaLou · #20 June 24th, 2009, 06:58 AM

I have been getting new ones-totally different area then with my DD. With her I got them all under my belly. With this big boy they are all around my belly button. I think my skin is going to burst soon. lol