Bouncing back after baby with no stretchmarks
cassandrarodriguez89
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My goal was to get pregnant, maintain weight lifting and bounce back after the baby with no stretchmarks. I did a lot of research and discovered WATER, fitness level, maintaining healthy weight and age you have a baby have a direct effect on those prone to stretchmarks (which I am prone!) I drank 1-2 gallons a day and stayed very active. Here are my results. Im almost back to my pre-pregnancy body. 100% certain I will completely make it there. 
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You're lucky!!! My stomach is wrecked after having my boys. It makes me feel so ugly and paranoid. You look amazing. Congrats on your baby as well.3
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You look amazing! Can I ask how many months post-partum you are?2
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You look amazing!1
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ValleyHooper wrote: »You're lucky!!! My stomach is wrecked after having my boys. It makes me feel so ugly and paranoid. You look amazing. Congrats on your baby as well.
There was definitely no luck. Im prone to being susceptible to stretchmarks so it was 100% dedication. If you want any advice on how to tighten your tummy I am here
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YogaBookLady37 wrote: »You look amazing! Can I ask how many months post-partum you are?
I am 1 year post partum. After the baby I had many slip ups on eating healthy so it took me awhile to get back into shape. I would support my candy/cupcake/icecream/cookie binges by saying I needed to because I was breastfeeding... it was easy being fit and healthy during pregnancy but very difficult immediately after the baby because of the 3 month wait to be able to join a gym and my cravings caused from breastfeeding. I breastfed until 7 months and thats when I started actually getting progress.1 -
omg, you're a complete badass. fitness was NOT a concern with either of my pregnancies, but i definitely know better now. i only got stretch marks with my first, but i definitely didn't bounce back anywhere near as great as you have with either of them! goodness!1
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Nice but I'd still argue some luck is involved. My worst pregnancy stretch marks were actually on my butt (the first to show up) and my boobs (didn't appear until my milk came in). I was 21 when he was born so I definitely had 'young' skin. When I was a teenager, I got stretch marks because I was lifting heavy; water and exercise doesn't completely prevent them, lol.
You do look very good. Do you use a certain program? I wish I had your backside.12 -
fitbritt__ wrote: »omg, you're a complete badass. fitness was NOT a concern with either of my pregnancies, but i definitely know better now. i only got stretch marks with my first, but i definitely didn't bounce back anywhere near as great as you have with either of them! goodness!
Before age 25 your more prone to stretchmarks, especially during TEENAGE years, after 30 your more prone to loose skin. Because I am HIGHLY prone to stretchmarks I waited until I was 26 to get pregnant. During pregnancy I consumed a ton of water after doing research that concluded only water aided in preventing stretchmarks. I also did planks which prevent damage to the abs during pregnancy and keep the belly smaller. Also before the baby I built a very strong abdominal section, it was super ripped. I did not show until month 8 and suddenly my stomach really popped out around then. I can recommend whatever you would like to firm your abdominal section. Tell me what your problem areas are and I can offer advice
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I think it was some luck, as well. I had my first kiddo at 16, had very young skin but that didn't stop me from having stretched out skin. I drank plenty of water and used tons of oil.
Genetics is on your side and you are lucky.
I consider my stretch marks a badge of honor and nothing to be ashamed of.10 -
Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »I think it was some luck, as well. I had my first kiddo at 16, had very young skin but that didn't stop me from having stretched out skin. I drank plenty of water and used tons of oil.
Genetics is on your side and you are lucky.
I consider my stretch marks a badge of honor and nothing to be ashamed of.
Teenagers are 90% likely to get stretchmarks, its the highest percentile. For example, I took antidepressants at 15, they pills caused me to gain 80lbs in only 3 months. I was left with billions of bright purple stretchmarks all over my legs, butt and chest. So my genetics were 100% pushing me to get stretchmarks like the rest of my family is prone to them. Luckily, after many years of weight lifting and eating healthy my skin fixed itself up and they faded so light that they are soooo hard to see. Having a baby after 25 lessens the chances of stretchmarks ASTRONOMICALLY in all studies that have been conducted, especially when combined with eating healthy and drinking lots of water. I hate my stretchmarks and every single day I strive to be as healthy as possible to remove them from my body. If I had a baby I am sure I would feel differently about mine but because they were the product of horrid pills that caused my very tiny body to gain huge amounts of weight and leave me with marks I hate mine.
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Teenagers are 90% likely? Wow and really? Where is this information?3
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https://parent.guide/pregnancy-stretch-marks/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/283651.php
https://www.google.com/amp/www.today.com/amp/health/will-my-pregnancy-cause-stretch-marks-wbna19552331
Here are three articles all describing teens as gaving highest likelyhood. Unfortunately I can not find the original and I doubt I will, because Im not obsessed with researching it anymore, Im done having babies, hubby has 4 other kids so 5 is enough for us. My doctor did tell me that skin responds differnetly to weight gain while your younger, he said young people tear, older than 30 have loose skin. Something about how the skin stretches differently. Im sure someone on here can explain it with doctor terms My mom only got stretchmarks during her teen pregnancies, her last pregnancy when she was 30 she got none. However Im not going by my mom. I only trust science. I really planned this baby out extremely carefully because of how badly they attacked me as a teen. 2 -
It is the truth about teens and stretch marks. I am a tiger and it wasn't from my 2 pregnancies. I Gaines almost 100 pounds when I was going through puberty and there was nothing my skin could do to catch up. I have them on my knees arms thighs stomach and hips. Luckily they have faded to white and I am no longer self conscious about them. I am drinking tons and weight lifting to try and tighten everything up. You are an inspiration!! Wish I had been more disciplined during my pregnancies.2
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Melionfire wrote: »It is the truth about teens and stretch marks. I am a tiger and it wasn't from my 2 pregnancies. I Gaines almost 100 pounds when I was going through puberty and there was nothing my skin could do to catch up. I have them on my knees arms thighs stomach and hips. Luckily they have faded to white and I am no longer self conscious about them. I am drinking tons and weight lifting to try and tighten everything up. You are an inspiration!! Wish I had been more disciplined during my pregnancies.
im no longer self conscious either once they faded. The best part is once you start weight lifting your skin will tighten up. Once you are very fit the last thing you or ANYONE will notice is if there is loose skin or stretchmarks because you will be a fit bad *kitten* and truth be told, fit bad *kitten* always wins, HANDS DOWN. Some of the women I inspire to be the most have stretchmarks and VERY loose skin, but they rock ripped abs and a rock hard bum3 -
Hahaha they changed what I wrote to KITTEN2
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cassandrarodriguez89 wrote: »Hahaha they changed what I wrote to KITTEN
It also changes *kitten* hole to asparagus hole I think.2 -
Ewwww kitten hole, what the heck? Hahaha0
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I was 26 and developed stretchmarks despite my water intake, creams used, diet. Yes, luck has something to do with it. Especially because you cant always control how big your child grows inside your belly. No, i am not overweight, nor did I overgain during pregnancy.4
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I was 26 and developed stretchmarks despite my water intake, creams used, diet. Yes, luck has something to do with it. Especially because you cant always control how big your child grows inside your belly. No, i am not overweight, nor did I overgain during pregnancy.
Did you do weight lifting 5-6 times a week as well? If you were heavily at the gym then it should had helped prevent stretchmarks. Regardless, water intake, eating healthy and not gaining too much weight was very good for your baby and definitely prevented more stretchmarks... most importantly VERY good for your baby and thats what matters the most. I did get very lucky by giving birth at 38 weeks, once my son was born he gained 4 inches in only 2-3 weeks and had gained a lot of weight, he had a HUGE growth spurt right after he was born and if he had stayed in me longer I would had been much larger so I may had gotten a few. My birth was natural, I did not even know I was in active labor until my doctor visit. I was very lucky to had visited the doctor that day or I would have given birth at home. My birth was not painful and I always assumed all births felt like dying... here is my son
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. I'm sure that epidural (tubing near left shoulder) helped tons with the pain!cassandrarodriguez89 wrote: »I was 26 and developed stretchmarks despite my water intake, creams used, diet. Yes, luck has something to do with it. Especially because you cant always control how big your child grows inside your belly. No, i am not overweight, nor did I overgain during pregnancy.
Did you do weight lifting 5-6 times a week as well? If you were heavily at the gym then it should had helped prevent stretchmarks. Regardless, water intake, eating healthy and not gaining too much weight was very good for your baby and definitely prevented more stretchmarks... most importantly VERY good for your baby and thats what matters the most. I did get very lucky by giving birth at 38 weeks, once my son was born he gained 4 inches in only 2-3 weeks and had gained a lot of weight, he had a HUGE growth spurt right after he was born and if he had stayed in me longer I would had been much larger so I may had gotten a few. My birth was natural, I did not even know I was in active labor until my doctor visit. I was very lucky to had visited the doctor that day or I would have given birth at home. My birth was not painful and I always assumed all births felt like dying... here is my son
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. I'm sure that epidural (tubing near left shoulder) helped tons with the pain!cassandrarodriguez89 wrote: »I was 26 and developed stretchmarks despite my water intake, creams used, diet. Yes, luck has something to do with it. Especially because you cant always control how big your child grows inside your belly. No, i am not overweight, nor did I overgain during pregnancy.
Did you do weight lifting 5-6 times a week as well? If you were heavily at the gym then it should had helped prevent stretchmarks. Regardless, water intake, eating healthy and not gaining too much weight was very good for your baby and definitely prevented more stretchmarks... most importantly VERY good for your baby and thats what matters the most. I did get very lucky by giving birth at 38 weeks, once my son was born he gained 4 inches in only 2-3 weeks and had gained a lot of weight, he had a HUGE growth spurt right after he was born and if he had stayed in me longer I would had been much larger so I may had gotten a few. My birth was natural, I did not even know I was in active labor until my doctor visit. I was very lucky to had visited the doctor that day or I would have given birth at home. My birth was not painful and I always assumed all births felt like dying... here is my son
Was not epidural, was some sort of devices they attached to me. The doctor did try scaring me to get an epi, but it failed and we could not get it working. 100% natural.
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Also when the epi failed they still charged me for it EVEN after the doctor said it was already paid for when we put down the 5,000$ for the baby birth. So I highly recommend AGAINST using epidurals.0
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You highly recommend no epidurels now. The doctor couldn't get your epidural working? Yet you had no birthing pain.7
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I wish stretchmarks were low risk after 30. Well not wish, just would be nice. I got the ones on my tummy from being obese for a little while at about 32-33 (35 now). All the rest were puberty.
Edit to add: never had babies, never having babies, so have no anecdotes in that respect.0 -
IMO, it's luck of the draw. While genetics is the most dominant, I've met clients who were relatives or even siblings, and it varied. I also have cousins who are identical twins and one got stretch marks after pregnancy while the other very little.
Can they be avoided? Sure. Is there a sure fire way? Don't think so.
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Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »You highly recommend no epidurels now. The doctor couldn't get your epidural working? Yet you had no birthing pain.
Yes, exactly how it sounds, I was able to feel everything and then only my foot started feeling numb. We ended up removing it and did not try again.
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Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »You highly recommend no epidurels now. The doctor couldn't get your epidural working? Yet you had no birthing pain.
Every single comment you sound very angry and upset with me. Every comment is very snobby sounding... Im not sure what I said to offend you. I also have stretchmarks and even though they are not visible unless your looking vey closely they used to be very obvious. I am not bashing women who have stretchmarks in anyway. Also while there is no 100% way to aviod stretchmarks there are ways of lessening the amount or avioding them all together, these methods Im preaching are effective. If someone were to not try these methods and was prone to stretchmarks they would definetly get more stretch-marks then if they did try every method I listed. Im only passing my knowledge. Im not going to feel bad about trying to help women aviod stretchmarks... I mentioned already that regardless of stretchmarks the only thing that matters is having a healthy baby and women can be very beautiful yet have them.4 -
I agree! Healthy baby is important. I'm not angry at all, it's just false hope is all. Carry on.4
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I needed to add, you look great BTW!1
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I dunno. I come from a family that is 'prone' to stretch marks, yet during my pregnancies at ages 21 and 23 I went from starting weights of 48 - 52 kg, gained 25+kg each time then lost it very quickly post partum with NO stretch marks.
I used an oil on my belly, which maybe helped, maybe didn't and during the second pregnancy was unable to do ANY exercise as I was on complete bed rest.
My sister on the other hand has similar skin, gained about 15kg during her pregnancy at age 34 and lifted heavy throughout, used oil on her belly DID get stretch marks.
Interestingly, I did get some faint stretch marks on my thigh and flank from rapid weight gain (not pregnancy related) at age 32, despite having previously been at a greater weight years earlier with each pregnancy.
Congratulations on your beautiful baby!
(Yellow tubing is always epidural. It's okay to have had one. Birth is not a competition)4
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