Skin in pregnancy - Sun

[ellsharks]

Hi - I am 11 weeks pregnant. I am half Italian and have always used factor 50+ sun lotion. I'm olive skin so naturally tanned. However.. for the first time in my 27 years of living my arm burnt in 22 degrees British sun! I took my jacket off for all of 20 mins.

Is this something that happens when pregnant, that your skin is more "burnable" .

Yep, I've been using factor 50 still got a little burnt, skin is more prone to tanning, burning and apparently extra freckles/pigmentation when pregnant

I'm olive skin too and mine went a bit red the other day xx

Yes - I got a tan in the middle of winter while pregnant.

Olive skinned here too and pregnant, I burned my arms at the weekend, it's never happened before - especially in the UK!

I see! Need to be more careful then. What a nightmare lol thanks ladies x