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    Stretch Mark free pregnancy

    Posts: 1,487 Member
    edited February 2 in Success Stories
    Anybody else have a stretch mark free pregnancy? Just curious. I ate very healthfully my entire pregnancy and was on my feet walking a lot up until the 8th month. Right after having my baby I was only 15 pounds over my pre-prego weight.

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    • Posts: 2,407 Member
      Oh yeah...
    • Posts: 524
      Glad you had a healthier pregnancy than mine. I was young. My doctor never warned me about my weight gain. We didn't have internet during those days, so I didn't have access to all the great nutrition advice that is available now. Even if I had eaten healthy I'm not sure I would be free of stretch marks. I think everyone's body is different.
    • Posts: 111 Member
      Yes, but pretty sure in my case it is just good genes. My mother didn't get stretch marks nor did my sister. And we gained between 15-35 lbs per pregnancy. (7 pregnancies between all of us)
    • Posts: 2,836 Member
      I'm 58 and the mother of two adult daughters. I've never had a stretch mark. Unfortunately, I can't take that much credit. I think some of it is genetic. My mother and sisters never got them either.
    • Posts: 1,625 Member
      I didn't get a positive pregnancy confirmation till I was 19weeks term. Prior to this I'd ate all the crap in the world, had been attending the gym on a very vague basis, still drinking on a weekend, didn't use body creams. Plus water intake was shockingly abysmal. Gained 3st. Lost this after approx 5mths. Nope no stretch marks. Go figure :huh:

      Close friend always been a healthy weight range. Takes great care of herself. Used every potion & lotion going but her stomach now looks like a road map.

      Luck of the draw I guess.
    • Posts: 8,927 Member
      I got some very light, not deep, small ones just on my legs (can't really see them), but none on my belly or breasts. I've been told that the ones I have are not usually what people consider to be stretch marks and that a lot of people get those from puberty, but I'd never had them before.
    • Posts: 78
      My mom was stretch mark free through both pregnancies. She was a twig before and after maintained much of her baby weight--but still not a single stretch mark! I envy her.

      My dad has some on his back, but I managed to get the bad end of the gene pool and I have them EVERYWHERE. If I ever have kids... *Shudders* I don't even want to imagine the stretch marks I could get...
    • Posts: 75 Member
      I had PE both pregnancies, gained weight, got stretch marks, ended up with very high blood pressure which did not resolve after my pregnancies and had two emergency c sections...
      Would of been happy just WITH stretch marks.
    • Posts: 109 Member
      I didn't get a single one. I credit it partly to genes as my Mpm didn't get any and to the fact that I douced myself in Bio Oil every night before bed.
    • Posts: 2,784 Member
      I got tons and my friend who gained 10 more pounds than me with each pregnancy and is a size 00 got none after 3 kids....go figure lol
    • Posts: 1,428 Member
      I think it has to be genetic. I gained a ton during both pregnancies and didn't really get any. I didn't use any lotion as was super sensitive to smell and was dehydrated The ENTIRE time from vomiting too. Good luck!
    • Posts: 8,927 Member
      Yeah, my mother didn't get any and she was pregnant with twins and her starting weight was 95 pounds (she's very small), but she was also very young, so that may be a factor as well.
    • Posts: 77 Member
      No pregnancy stretch marks even though I gained 50lbs. The only stretch marks I have are from my teens, when I went through puberty (hips). I think it's a genetic lottery thing, personally.
    • Posts: 55 Member
      I have 4 children . First pregnancy at 20 and last at 40 . The most I gained was 30 lbs from a starting weight of around 110 lbs . I dont have any stretch marks but neither does my sister who was really heavy with both her pregnancies so I agree with the genetic link .
    • Posts: 70
      Grr, I'm so jealous of all you ladies. :grumble: I've never had kids but I have a ton of deep red and purple stretch marks from being fat. I can't imagine what having kids would do to my body. :o
    • Posts: 144 Member
      I was extremely lean when I got pregnant with my first and gained about 40 lbs (on purpose! :) ) and maybe 20 lbs with #2. No stretch marks, but my skin is pretty elastic so, though I'm fit, I have some saggy skin. Agree that it's largely genetic (my mom also has the elastic skin and no stretch marks). I was never really HUGE, though, and have never been overweight, so not sure if I'd get them in that case.
      Good luck! Stretch marks, saggy skin...we all have our issues. :/ Just gotta try to accept (if not embrace) them...I guess.
    • Posts: 901 Member
      I gained about 35 kg with each pregnancy but don't have stretchmarks to show for it, fortunately. I did do the daily lotion thing, I used Bio oil for that. Don't know whether it is genetics in my case, at least not from my mothers side :laugh:
    • Posts: 1,633 Member
      I gained 50 lbs with my first son with zero stretch marks. Got through my whole pregnancy with second baby and got a few small ones after I had him. I think it had mostly to do with genetics, as my mother was the same way.
    • Posts: 104 Member
      I think it is genetic predispositon. I was lucky enough not to get any. I did use Bio Oil a lot both my pregnancies but I also gained around 25lbs each time
    • Posts: 2,170 Member
      As my primary care provider said "if your momma has them you probably will too." My momma has them, so do I. I gained a little more than they wanted, I also had a 9lb2.2 oz baby #2 and an 8lb3oz baby #1. I started at 145lbs. And was 150lbs within a month of giving birth. I spent my pregnancy working in a job that required lifting and being on my feet most girls would stop at 7 months I stopped two days before my due date.

      My friend is 5'3 115lbs and gained 45lbs with her babies, never worked during the pregnancies and has not one stretch mark. So NSV to lucky genes.

      Also 15lbs is not a healthy weight gain by what my DR said (unless your BMI is high), they wanted me to gain at least 20. Normal BMI's 20lbs to 30lbs low bmi's 40lbs and high BMI's 15lbs.
    • Posts: 215 Member
      I have a bunch and I don't know how to get rid of them. :/ I had high blood pressure and gestational diabetes, so I only gained 18 pounds with my first and only 4 pounds with my second.
    • Posts: 61
      I didn't get any stretch marks during either of my pregnancies but I kept my belly lubricated with lotions, etc.
    • Posts: 92 Member
      Ditto on the genetics thing. I ate like crap, retained water like crazy, had a huge belly and gained 40 lbs. I was also older (36) when I had my daughter. No stretch marks. My mom didn't have them either. I have small ones on my boobs, inner thighs and hips but they have been there since puberty and are not really visible.
    • Posts: 1,893 Member
      I have enough stretch marks that it scares small children and I don't even care. Congrats on your good genes, though! :drinker:
    • Posts: 442 Member
      It is all genetics. My first pregnancy I was 8 months and the popped up everywhere. My second pregnancy I don't think I got that many new ones but it made the skin more lose. I only gained a healthy 34 pounds with that pregnancy and went back to my 6 week check up only 10 pounds over pre pregnancy. Some people just get the inevitably. I will say mine are not red and super noticeable. They are skin colored. The loose skin is very noticeable though.
    • Posts: 291 Member
      uggh.... stretch marks .... they look like heat waves shooting down from my C-section scar.:ohwell:

      Did anyone conceive naturally at 39 or older? ttc #2 still at 39.
    • Posts: 287 Member
      My doctor said if you mom has them so will you, I have them. Yicks!
    • Posts: 4,294 Member
      i didn't know what a stretchmark waqs until I was in my 40's. i guess brecause i didn't gain a lot during either pregnancy
    • Posts: 948 Member
      Nah, I was one of the lucky ones who didn't gain any new stretch marks when I was pregnant. I already had some from the rapid weight gain when I was 10-13 yrs old though. :ohwell:
    • Posts: 122 Member
      I also think it is due to genetics. My children are 17 and 20. I gained 30 lbs the first time and close to 70 lbs (!!!!) with my second. I am very lucky to have no stretch marks on my stomach. I have a few on my hips and things but that's all.

      I hope my daughter is as lucky when she is pregnant.
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