stretchmarks

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makingnosense · 29/12/2007 19:35

I was feeling quite smug the other day and informed a friend that at 36 weeks I dont have a single stretch mark,so it looked like I was going to get away unscathed. She then said she didn't have any right up until she became overdue then they appeared all over her belly overnight! Did you get stretchmarks? And if so, when did they appear?

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lumpybumpymummy · 29/12/2007 19:37

i look like a road map mine came pretty early but a friend of mine had none at 36wks at 37wks she woke up covered over her belly it was overnight lol bio oil is ment to help

Jaysthird · 29/12/2007 20:34

i think if you are going to get them then theres nothing you can do to stop them i am on my third child and have got some with each one. Again though, i didnt get any untill the last few weeks of my first, and i had been using cream all the while!

You may well escape them, but if you dont, they will fade in time, and remember its a medal of motherhood!!

pippo · 29/12/2007 20:36

Didn't get any 'til went over due either - then got loads on tummy, hips and around my back - sorry. I do have quite a few friends that didn't get any though.

Pixiefish · 29/12/2007 20:38

didn't get any

meep · 29/12/2007 20:45

thought I had none - but they were all hiding under the bump where I couldn't see them - pesky things - not too many though!

LuckyStarOfBethSalem · 29/12/2007 20:47

I've got loads and they've only just come in the last couple of weeks. I'm now 39+2

moominsmummy · 29/12/2007 20:53

i went to bed one night late in my last pregnancy absolutely gutted that I had discovered a stretchmark on my thigh

during the night however a siberian tiger mauled my stomach and thighs..... i woke up with tons of the things - and my bikini modelling career went up in smoke (as if!!)

hannahjb · 30/12/2007 14:26

i didn't get my stretch marks until the last few weeks with my first, am now 23 weeks with 2nd and the little blighters have just re-appeared. I am not too worried though as the first lot faded really quickly, unlike my baby weight

purpleduck · 30/12/2007 14:37

used pure cocoa butter, and drank raspberry leaf tea

Only a few stretchmarks with dc2, and the midwives were surprised at how quickly my uterus snapped back.

A stretchy backed uterus kinds sucks for a party trick, but thats all i've got!!

pippylongstockings · 30/12/2007 14:54

Bio oil - smothered myself in it both times and I mean smothered - must have spent over £100 BUT I have no stretch marks!!

My sister used it and still got stretch marks but it does also help with them after - really seems to help them fade.

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