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Stretch Marks- What tribal markings have childbirth/pregnancy left you with???

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Just trying to make myself feel a bit better.. spent all pregnancy being smug that I hadn't got any stretch marks ... lo exits and I have quite an impressive selection! Including a few on the inside of my calf.. what have you been left with and what are you using??
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 18-Feb-08 17:05:07
Stripes all over my tummy, and a strange bit of dark pigmentation on my forehead which has faded a bit but still obvious.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 18-Feb-08 16:59:35
Didn't have many until the last few days of my pregnancy. Then they suddenly multiplied like crazy sad. I've got them on my stomach, breasts, hips and inner thighs. Three years on they have mostly faded into those silvery lines. I didn't use anything except a good lashing of body lotion after the shower. Don't believe in all that bio-oil nonsense.
with dd1 i got a few on boobs and calfs , one tiny one where my belly button was pierced and a bum like a zebra! with dd2 the ones on my bum went a bit red a gain and with this one only the one on my tummy has gone red so far (touches wood) still 5 weeks to go though hmm
no idea, and i'm refusing to look!!
Nothing until 37 weeks them bam! I have a large set of baby stripes across my tummy, no crop tops for me grin
i have loads of stretch marks from DD which cover my entire stomach below my bellybutton and some snake up towards the boobs aswellhmm i once heard them called 'medals of motherhood' by a dear MNer and have adopted this for mine aswellgrin they have faded to silvery lines but they are quite deep and i have a bit of spare blubber keeping them nice and obvious!!blush
xx ei xx
I don't think my stretch marks are too bad, I'm pg with my third now and know that with my other two they went down prety quickly so they don't really bother me.
However I have a HUGE scar going from under my belly button to the top of my vagina from my first cs and then a normal CS scar going across so I have a ruddy great cross in the middle of my abdomen.
I look just like the girl from the link. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I love DD (12 weeks old) and feel they came when she did but I don't like to look in the mirror too much.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 18-Feb-08 12:44:04
ive got loads of baby stripes, 1st set from ds1 then the set from ds2 just formed in the tiny gaps left from the first set all silver and shimmery.
i am stretched from boobs to knees, multicoloured. the ones from dd1 are silver more recent ones from ds. have had 2 cs and a tummy tuck in between so the whole area is a big old mess and i have stray hairs growing from the scar! GROSS
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