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Can you get stretchmarks the second time, if you didn't the first time?

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morningpaper · 12/07/2005 21:07

I didn't get them the first time. I've been having nightmares about getting them this time. Is it likely?

(I apologise for being so shallow!)

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Hausfrau · 14/07/2005 13:00

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Toothache · 14/07/2005 13:02

Hausfrau - I moisturised my bump all through my 2nd pregnancy.... didn't bother with my 1st pregnancy.... and well only got bad stretchmarks 2nd time around!! I don't think moisturising makes that much difference does it?

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Mojomummy · 20/07/2005 13:39

I used Neals Yard Wheatgerm oil which is quite thick, brown, not particulary nice, but apparently is VERY nutrient rich.

Good to have EFA's too, which help to increase elasticity.

I also used almond oil (until po faced HV told me off), pure (you can eat it) vitamin E oil, both from Holland & Barrett.

AND I took homeopathic tablets - Calc fluor . I have unsightly pubety stretchmarks from around age 13, which I found very distressing when I was growing up . I'm not vain, I just wanted to try anything to stop my belly being covered in stripes....pleased to say something worked as I don't have any baby ones !

See this from Babycentre

How to prevent them

? Stretchmarks may in some cases be prevented by using a good aromatic oil daily from early on in pregnancy. Here's a recipe to try: fill a dark glass bottle with 50ml wheatgerm oil, or a mixture of wheatgerm and almond oil for a thinner solution. Add 3 drops of lavender essential oil and 15 drops of the neroli essential oil. Massage daily after bathing.

? You can also try taking a daily supplement of vitamin E to help increase skin elasticity.

? Homeopathy has also been known to help. Take Calc fluor 6X three times daily for a week starting in early pregnancy; continue taking on alternate weeks for the rest of your pregnancy. This remedy will help to increase the tissue elasticity of dry or delicate skins.

? Apply pure vitamin E oil locally to prevent or reduce stretch marks. Continue using regularly until after the birth.

gingernut · 20/07/2005 13:52

like twiglett, I didn't get any with 1st pg but did with 2nd although if anything I was a bit smaller second time around.

ninah · 20/07/2005 13:54

sorry to disappoint but it's skin type not height
I am 5'8 and variegated

ghosty · 20/07/2005 13:59

Ididn't get any first time round .... and then in the last two weeks with DD I got 4 ... two on each hip that look like quotation marks. I was gutted
Although I haven't got stretchmarks on the outside of my tummy I am sure they are on the inside .... my tummy is horrible, all flabby and stretched despite having lost all my baby weight ...
Oh well, if I will have babies over 10lbs in weight what can I expect?

oliveoil · 20/07/2005 14:00

Hello ghosty, have you been hiding or have I just not seen you?

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geekgrrl · 20/07/2005 14:07

mmh - don't think height's got anything to do with it. Am 5ft10, didn't get any first time round (apart from a horribly wide & ugly one where my belly-button was pierced), a few second time below my navel and then a few more there the third time.

Lua · 20/07/2005 14:13

probably not what you want to hear.. but, yes!
my second though was really long! So maybe that's why? it was only in the end and they are not too bad...

tessasmum · 20/07/2005 20:47

No, don't want to hear about them 2nd time round as didn't get any with DD.

Hoping that its genetic as my mum has 4 children, including twins, and no stretch marks

eidsvold · 21/07/2005 10:46

yes - was just a little fat with dd1 who was just 6lb... was huge with dd2 who was 9lb 7oz and had lots of stretchmarks. I also got bigger quicker and sooner with dd2 than dd1..... sorry.

RosiePosie · 21/07/2005 17:41

I had many many stretch marks pre-children anyway. I was depressed as a 17 year old and ate myself 3 stone heavier in about just as many months. So, by the time the babies came along I was very used to my stretch marks, and a few more made no difference. I guess if I'd never had them though, and they suddenly appeared, I'd be pretty horrified too.

chicagomum · 21/07/2005 17:57

had none with dd but woke up one morning to discover bright red lines on my stomach when preg with ds that went there the night before (mind you dd was 7lbs where as ds was 10lbs), all i can say is keep your fingers crossed, i don't believe all these expensive potions and lotions do a damn thing

Mirage · 21/07/2005 18:42

I didn't get stretch marks with dd1,despite putting on 4 stone.I didn't get any with dd2 either,but only put a stone on this time.However,I swear that my bum has gotten bigger after having dd2.

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