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Putting on weight will give you stretch marks too...

Say what? Its the putting on of the weight (combined with hormones) that gives you the stretch marks, surely?

I put on a lot of weight with both pregnancies (at least 4.5 stone each time) and got a lot of stretch marks. I wouldn't recommend weight gain as a method to avoid them

I don't mean putting on a lot of weight, just a bit and then return to my normal diet. If you know what i'm trying to get at

Putting on weight will give you stretch marks anyway though? I don't get it...

Why? What do you see as being the benefit of this plan?

I thought the rapid growth of baby in the 3rd tri caused stretch marks....

No, genetics causes stretch marks I'm afraid

Your skin can't tell the difference between baby and fat - all it cares about is whether it is being required to accommodate more volume.

Maybe I haven't been clear. If i slowly put on weight, so I have a bit of a belly. Then lose it slowly when baby is growing quickly in 3rd trimester then maybe I can avoid them.

No, genetics causes stretch marks I'm afraid grin

Yes, that is why we all get stretch marks even when our skin isn't being stretched

I don't think it'll work, you can't really put on weight to resemble a third trimester pregnant belly, and you might well end up with them elsewhere e.g. thighs if you gain weight quickly

I hope that makes sense

My pg yoga teacher said omega 3 avoided stretch marks. I believe this as I was expecting dreadful stretch marks as I had dreadfull stretch marks as a teenager. But I was taking an omega supplement before and during pg and didn't get any at all.

I didn't get any stretch marks and I was very thin. Very. The belly grew enormously.

It's genetic.

But your skin is really really fragile during pregnancy (cortisol and relaxin make it vv susceptible to stretch marks).

It isn't the same as non-pregnant weight gain...

I had twins and put on 3 stone, not deliberately. I've got a few stretch marks underneath my belly button but you wouldn't notice them unless I pointed them out. I used Palmers every day, but I think mostly it's down to luck and genetics.
I know this sounds a bit stealth boasty, so will also say that my baggy stomach and csection shelf put and end to my bikini days.

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Do you think it's too late to start at 10 weeks?

Susceptibility to stretch marks may well have a genetic element, but that isn't the same as saying that they are caused by genetics

You can't pre stretch your skin if that's what yore getting at.

Look, if you're going to get them, you're going to get them, the only thing you can really do to help is not to gain too much weight in the first place - there's no law that says you have to get really huge

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gamerchick, Yes that's exactly what I mean

I am forever sorry for my lackadaisical phrasing battery. I'll remember to phrase for the pedants next time