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Ok so I have given any attachment I may have had to my belly up to the universe, well trying to anyway
 This is my second pregnancy, I got a few stretchmarks the first pregnancy but I was wondering, is there, by any teeny tiny chance of a miracle, any women out there that got stretch marks the first pregnancy and not the second? Or did it just get worse? Obviously what will be will be but I am just looking for a glimmer of hope I suppose...  These days when I ask a woman that's just had a baby did she get stretch marks, so much lately I'm hearing that they didn't.... How does everyone else survive them??
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I got stretchmarks with my first. I also hoped I wouldn't get anymore with my second. But alas, it was not to be. I developed more stretchmarks with each subsequent pregnancy.
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QUOTE (bakesgirls @ 19/03/2012, 03:12 PM)  I got stretchmarks with my first. I also hoped I wouldn't get anymore with my second. But alas, it was not to be. I developed more stretchmarks with each subsequent pregnancy. I thought that might be the case
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I am in your shoes too Louisa, we can hope but it's probably inevitable.
I am in your shoes too Louisa, we can hope but it's probably inevitable. I am in your shoes too Louisa, we can hope but it's probably inevitable. |
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Got a couple teeny weeny ones first time. Got a whole stack more thins time. Oh well. I'm growing a baby. And blokes don't actually care.
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I'm doing everything! Massaging Vit E oil twice daily, Bio Oil, Natural Seaseme Oil, exercising at least 45 mins a day. I never paid much attention to my skin the first pregnancy until I actually got them... Grrrrr I hate them!!!
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I know dudes don't care, my partner doesn't anyway... I still hate them, and no matter how much I try and get rid of the feeling I just can't. I hate the way I look in a bikini and I always have to wear long tops because I feel like I look so gross if my top rides up and you can see them... Ah well, nothing you can do!
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I am pretty sure I didn't get any extra stretchmarks with my second pregnancy. I got enough first time round and maybe the collagen fairy had mercy on me.
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QUOTE (with the goo goose @ 19/03/2012, 03:26 PM) I am pretty sure I didn't get any extra stretchmarks with my second pregnancy. I got enough first time round and maybe the collagen fairy had mercy on me.
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QUOTE (LouisaB @ 19/03/2012, 03:23 PM) I'm doing everything! Massaging Vit E oil twice daily, Bio Oil, Natural Seaseme Oil, exercising at least 45 mins a day. I never paid much attention to my skin the first pregnancy until I actually got them... Grrrrr I hate them!!! None of that is going to help, it's your skin type that does it which no amount of creams or oils will change. It's part and pacel of having kids. If you want to keep a perfect tummy, don't get pregnant! I had none until about 30 weeks and then got covered with them. I 'survived' by just ignoring them. |
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