Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Pregnancy

Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Original poster

So, is it only me that has said 'who cares' about stretch marks?

21 replies

ToThrottleABlackBird · 22/10/2008 21:53

I got a few stretchmarks when pg with dd. With me getting pg again so soon I have gotten more and they are quite visable now. But, I dont care.
I dont feel a need to spend any amount of cash trying different creams to get rid of them. I feel that they are a 'mark' as such of my being pregnant and strangely, I am quite proud of them. Not to the extent that I will intentionally flash them off though.
Am I the only one who has thought 'bollocks to stretchmarks'?

OP posts:
MsG · 22/10/2008 22:10

I don't give a stuff either. I'm on 9 weeks pg so far, but have had stretchmarks for years from gaining and losing weight. They don't bother me.

Sexonlegs · 22/10/2008 22:12

No, I don't give a toss about them. I have really deep ones around my tummy button from both dd's.

Tee2072 · 23/10/2008 05:32

No, they don't bother me either.

joyfuleyes · 23/10/2008 07:13

me neither

wem · 23/10/2008 07:39

I thought I wouldn't give a stuff. Was expecting them as I have loads on my hips from puberty, but then I got to about 36 weeks without any appearing and thought I might get away with it. They've now started to appear and have got worse in the last couple of weeks (am due tomorrow!). I was miffed at first, but have returned to being philisophical about them

melmamof3 · 23/10/2008 09:18

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

fernie3 · 23/10/2008 09:39

hi
This is my third and I don't seem to have the small veiny stretch marks I have seen on other women instead I have about 5 huge scar looking thing running up from my bikini ok e to my belly button and each from half an inch to n inch thick. My mother in law said it looked like I had been mauled - she isn't mean she's lovely she just tells it like it is LOL. To be honest it doesn't bother me in the slightest when I am pregnant they go red but when I am not the are a sort of silvery colour, visible but not awful. My husband still snuzzles up to my tummy so he doesn't seem to care either!

Sophie

MrsMattie · 23/10/2008 10:02

This is my 2nd baby and have a few extra ones now (got them quite badly with 1st pregnancy). I couldn't give a flying fig this time around.

cyteen · 23/10/2008 10:09

i quite like them

LaMonsterWeaselwolf · 23/10/2008 11:51

I prefer them to the ones on my hips from puberty!!

You know I always wondered if I was alone in not caring. I don't care about the various surgical scars I have either - I take it as a sign that I've lived a full life.

TheHedgeWitch · 23/10/2008 12:04

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn

amess · 23/10/2008 12:10

They show you have lived/are alive/are HUMAN! I don't care.

MKGisHavingaGirl · 23/10/2008 12:36

I wear mine as a badge of honor and proof of what my body has done (other than the two children that are always with me)

needmorecoffee · 23/10/2008 12:37

me, 4 kids and stretchmarks up the wazoo. Don't give a fark.

LackaDAISYcal · 23/10/2008 12:44

Not bothered about them really,but then I wasn't much of a bikini wearer pre DCs so no-one, except for DH and the kids, sees them.

Am nearing the end of my third pregnancy and they haven't got any worse/numerous since my first pregnancy, but they do go quite livid when pregnant.

yomellamoHelly · 23/10/2008 12:56

I hate mine. Make me feel old - even if they do reflect I've had 2 big babies. With nr 3 on the way they're bound to get worse too. Not going to do anything about them though - just hide 'em.

broodymom · 23/10/2008 13:29

I have loads ( well road map springs to mind !lol ) since my 2 dds birth 8 years ago but they dont bother me at all in fact they are faded to skin colour now and i i dont mind if i get any with this pg either! No plans to be parading around in bikini! A tankini does the job just as well.

Lib76 · 23/10/2008 14:22

i got a few tiny ones at 38wks and TBH i was gutted! then after i had DS (19 wks) i srunk back down quickly and i got even more i really hate them and am trying everything to reduce the redness!! you probably all think im mad but it's just they way i feel, despite re-assurance from DH! i have seen worse on other women but i still hate looking a them, thankfully though they are all below pant line!!! just proves everyone is different!

joyfuleyes · 23/10/2008 14:24

I'm on my 5th pregnancy, I got loads with my first - huge nasty scary ones - but haven't had any new ones since then. I actually find them quite useful, the skin is thinner so it hurts less when I inject my clexane into them

anjlix · 23/10/2008 19:51

I dont care either. I used to be quite overweight at one point and have loads of them. Now they are just filling in. I do apply some cream/oil to avoid itching in case I stretch further.

random · 23/10/2008 19:54

3 kids ...stretchmarks..wrinkles .. Im 49 past caring lol love me as I am is my motto now

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread