Stretchmarks! alone?

Lacey - posted on 04/06/2010

Oh Hun you so not the only one! I have like a road map of canada on my belly. But I am dealing with it. The hardest part I go threw is getting naked for my hubby. I cant do it. I dont want him to see me. I want him to remember my body like it was not how it is. I am very embarassed.

BUT I remember that I have a beautiful baby girl and I feel better. I know I will never wear a bikini and I will never wear shorts or skirts cause my body is ruined, but I love my baby girl with my whole heart and thats all that matters.

People say, dont worry youll lose the weight and I almost have but they dont understand the personal battle we go threw everyday when we jump in to the shower and look down.

But dont worry about it cause your a mother and thats the most rewarding gift a women can have. And if they really bother you and bring you down, talk to your doctor. They may recommend something. xxoo

Leah - posted on 04/06/2010

your not the only 1.iv got lots.i hate them,but when i think about it,they are worth it coz my kids put them there.x

Ashley - posted on 04/06/2010

You can read my belly like a road map...lol It's a part of motherhood...welcome:)

Elsie - posted on 04/06/2010

i have them on my tummy too and seeing how other moms are onto bio oil, am gonna buy it :)

Kelly - posted on 04/06/2010

yep my belly looks like it's on fire!

Alison - posted on 04/06/2010

Trust me - you're not alone. A girlfriend told me that she was mark free up until the 7m mark, and loh and behold, I hit the 7 month mark and bang! Hello stretchmarks - on the front of my belly (bright red, ugly as), jelly handles (fine white ones) and the odd one here and there (top inner thigh, sides of the boobs etc). They do fade though!!

Jessica - posted on 04/06/2010

oh you are so not the only one me and my sister have them

Bobbie - posted on 04/06/2010

No... I definitely have them. What has helped, though, is getting a body scrub and using that on them in the shower. When you get out, put on coconut oil. Do it everyday. Mine are slowly but surely starting to disappear.

Kim - posted on 04/06/2010

Your not alone I have them too.

But they do fade sun does wonders for fading them and Bio Oil is fantastic it actually works and can remove the little ones all together but be patient I used it after my first child for a long time and i'm still using it now 5month later after my 2nd child.

Brittany - posted on 04/05/2010

i have sooo many streach marks. its horrible. i didnt just get then on my belly though i got them on my belly, arms, sides, back of my legs, and my thighs... all while i was prego. :(

Jennifer - posted on 04/05/2010

Sure do :( My whole tummy is covered in them! The ones below my belly button are fading, but still a lot are red. I also have some on my breasts, heaps on my inner thighs, some on my lower back/ hips and some on my under arms :( Def not alone!!!

Heather - posted on 04/05/2010

I didn't have a single visable streach mark until after I had my daughter. As soon as the skin wasn't tight anymore you could see them and I still have them they just aren't the big red ones.

Mary - posted on 04/05/2010

OOOOOHHHHH YEAH, STRETCH MARKS EVERYWHERE ON MY BELLY!! Your not the only one. They fade after a while though.

Amanda - posted on 04/05/2010

i have them from my belly button down to my knees and on my boobs !!! i hate them but i call them my 'mummy love lines' !!! but would get them all again for my beautiful little man :)

Misty - posted on 04/05/2010

Trust me...your not! :) I have them too. Pretty bad. They go away after time though. :)

Stephanie - posted on 04/05/2010

i only have a couple rite by my belly button but you cant really see them but then on my " love handles" i have a shit load and around the upper part of my things and my lower back and ass. i hate them they are sooo ugly

Tracy - posted on 04/05/2010

oh no girl, i have got so many it looks like a road map :( i need some help or info on how to get rid of them

Samantha - posted on 04/05/2010

you are not the only one my belly looks like a road map and idk how to get ride of them i got em all down my legs and everything i hate em they make me fel so so ugly ..

Bonnie - posted on 04/05/2010

I've got them. I have found that the Palmer's Coco Butter Lotion works pretty well. I am pregnant with my second and wanted to try getting rid of some of the stretch marks from the first and prevent any with the second. It takes a while but it has helped.

Renee - posted on 04/05/2010

yea i have them too. :(

Geraldine - posted on 04/05/2010

i have them because my son was almost 11 lbs at birth try palmers coco butter and the vit e oil calpsules break them and put them on your marks it helps

Sinsimelia - posted on 04/05/2010

i do seriously i look down and think my tummy looks like a map of roads.

Stephanie - posted on 04/05/2010

None on my belly (don't ask me how that didn't happen!) but I do have a lot on my legs, butt and breasts. I don't mind them too much now, I refer to them as my battle scars. :)

Louella - posted on 04/05/2010

i have them on my stomach as well. so you are not the only one. some ppl like to get the stuff to help not get them sometimes it helps and sometimes it doesnt. coco butter helps u will still have strecth marks but not as noticable.

Vanessa - posted on 04/05/2010

My baby was 10LBS and yes i got them bad and i used every lotion out there! =(

Jeramie - posted on 04/05/2010

I've got them on my tummy, hips, and breasts. Sunshine really helps alot, if you aren't too embarrassed to go outside with them. that was my problem. Now the color has faded a bit on some of them, but my skin is still loose and you can still see them

Katie - posted on 04/05/2010

i got tons.... i was a damn monster lol. one girl once asked me if i was having triplets and i came close to murdering her. i hate how the only examples of mothers we see in the media are super thin right after pregnancy. those women are a slave to their body and make their living off of them. they work out, starve, diet, get plastic surgery to look as perfect as they do and NEVER is discussed how hard it is or how EXPENCIVE it is to maintain such a body. instead they sell us their weightloss tips n tricks and expencive meal plans that just tell us we are not good enough. not pretty enough. you are the only woman that has celulite and stretchmarks there and you should be so ashamed of that fact that you should buy this product to get rid of it (eventho it doesnt work). most women get big and get stretchmarks when they have kids, love. dont fret. they are natural and VERY common (or else you wouldnt see so many ads for stretchmark cream!)

Kristin - posted on 04/05/2010

oh yes..... I have them and they do fade if you keep fit then they get better

Sheree - posted on 04/05/2010

Your def. not the only one!! My son blessed me with love marks!! Now im prego with my daughter and scared they will get worse!! Just look at it as its the first gift your child has ever given you!

Nikkita - posted on 04/05/2010

Hey Katrina! You are not alone! Mine even go below my bikini line! UGH!!!

Melanie - posted on 04/05/2010

Vitamin E oil from GNC really helps. And actually if you have another it can prevent stretch marks from starting. I used it during my pregnancy until I began to fear slipping on it in the shower around 6 or 7 months. Because of it I didn't get many and the ones I have are not very noticeable.

Ashley - posted on 04/05/2010

I didn't have any stretch marks until my last month of pregnancy. I got the stretch marks BAD!!! I was all baby, but I was measuring 4-5 weeks big in the belly. I had a C-Section to a 9lb 7oz boy. I think I'm gonna try that bio-oil that everyone is recommending.

Amanda - posted on 04/05/2010

No stretch marks at all on my tummy. I have a few on the sides of my thighs but thats it and I didnt use anything to prevent them either. Im prego with baby 2 so im hoping i dont get them.

Susan - posted on 04/05/2010

Yep, got lots of them. It is genetic, so you can't stop from getting them. The lotion will help them fade, though. Some women don't get them but they are freaks. :)

Amanda - posted on 04/05/2010

My belly will never be the same after having two kids! Not only do I have stretch marks, but I also have saggy skin and even my belly button sags down. I make jokes about it saying my belly button is sad after having babies!! They were worth it though! I can't complain!

Jessica - posted on 04/05/2010

i actually didnt get them on my stomach. i got them on my hips and my upper thighs. really bad tho

Crystal - posted on 04/05/2010

I was lucky not too have any but one little one with my 1st but with my last one I got em too :(

Nikki - posted on 04/05/2010

our not! it was weird i didn't get stretch marks until after a had my baby! i guess i lost the weight so fast my skin couldn't handle it. imagine how it was to be like wow i'm going to make it through this with out any then bam after my beautiful girl came i was depressed about how i looked

Stevie - posted on 04/05/2010

your deff not the only one ive had some stretch marks before hand but when i was skinny not really and then i got pregnant and now if i show ppl my tummy when im really close to the end of my pregnancy most everyone asks me if they hurt they are so bad they dont hurt but sometimes itch maybe idk i havent been that big for over a year now but soon enough i will be since im expecting my 3rd in oct lol dont worry about them your deff not the only one i do kinda get jelous of the younger women who i see getting pregnant and their little belly button pops out and they dont have any stretch marks and then probably have a few of them get to see the prints on the outside like their foot or something when the baby kicks ugh oh well dont worry sweety

Jamie - posted on 04/05/2010

I've got terrible stretchmarks. My baby was not very big, just 7 lbs. 6 oz., but I am only 5' so I wonder if having a small torso has something to do with it. Among my friends, I am the only one with stretchmarks this bad. They're very dark and long wrap all around my sides and front. Even my friend who had twins came out of it looking way better. :-\

Lighann - posted on 04/05/2010

My stomach has stretch marks going every which way. I've had three daughters and each one sat differently so my stomach looks like a crazy person went at it with a knife over and over :) and they're on my breasts and on the under sides of my arms (the only ones I really hate) but honestly like almost everyone that has replied, I feel that they show the world that I'm a mom!! And very proud of it! I haven't really tried anything to make them fade, they did that on their own (my oldest is 8 and the baby is 3) but I still have some weight to lose and wondering what everything is going to look like when it does come off. My poor husband ;) lol

Carly - posted on 04/05/2010

Hell no your not alone in this. I had my son 17 months ago and still have stretchmarks and a deflated ballon lookn belly haha. I used bio oil during prenancy and it didnt do much to prevent them but it did make my skin feel less tight and itchy....It works after though, they have faded to a silvery white colour and since im very pale they arent too noticable but I wont be going out in a bikini anytime soon, also got them on my upper thighs and they haver thinnned out and almost dissapeared with the use of bo oil.

Sammantha - posted on 04/05/2010

Girl you are not alone.. As soon as I got the ones from my daughter to start fading I found out I was pregnant with my son and now my tummy has stretch marks everywhere..

Carly - posted on 04/05/2010

No way!! You are defo not alone!! I've got them , although they are not that bad. I only have a few on my tummy but it doesn't bother me one bit. I'd have them all over my body if it meant I'd have my baby! He is so wondeful and worth the marks!! :D

Tiffany - posted on 04/05/2010

hi my name is tiffany, but yes i got big stretch marks all over my belly and my back i put on over 30 kilo, got big

NorIda - posted on 04/05/2010

it even is sagging too now .... all i can think of is a tummy tuck .... ive tried massages ...slimming creams...hot blankets, it all dun work really....i even have 6 session of slimming treatments! the belly problem is unavoidable!

NorIda - posted on 04/05/2010

nope - mine is bad too and the cocoa butter never help... it just help smoothen the surface otherwise no remedy I noe of...

Shannon - posted on 04/04/2010

OMG!!!! I have them so bad I won't let my husband see my stomach anymore. I'm afraid it will turn him off. I was stretched so bad when I was pregnant I don't feel like I'll ever go back to normal. You're definitely not alone.

Jessica - posted on 04/04/2010

one word...BIOOIL

Karen - posted on 04/04/2010

With my first I thought I was lucky then got them at like 35 weeks. I almost cried when they started popping up. I didn't get them too bad till #2, then #3 my boy really scarred me. I'm getting used to it and just don't look at my belly lol.