When should I expect strech marks?

OK...i'm 26 weeks, and not a single stretch mark...yet anyway! I was wondering when stretch marks usually happen?? I mean, does it happen overnight? Will I wake up one morning w/ them?! I'm curious when most women that get strech marks get them? after 30 wks?? the week you delivered?? Sorry if I'm being persistant... but i just want to know how likely I am to get them. Any input would be great!!

 

I can't remember how early I got them in my last pregnancy but I noticed that I was getting new ones around 28 weeks with this one. I think it's different for everyone tho.

 

I was around 24 weeks. I was in the hospital on bedrest, and I noticed them for the first time.

 

I first noticed my first stretch marks about 29 weeks. It was hard to notice them casue they were super low, I had to look at them with a mirror . I was SO depressed about it but didn;t think it was too bad since it was so low and just on one side and pretty small. Well, a few weeks later, I noticed a 'spider web' of marks across where my belly button is. Yes, TONS of lovely stretch marks.................UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, well. I guess it happens. Now that I've accepted the fact that I am going to have stretch marks, I'm SO scared of the 'twin skin' thing. I already told DH someday I will be getting a tummy tuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I don’t remember when mine came, but it was overnight… but I do have this little information… I rub lotion religiously on my tummy, never on my hips (love handles area) or lower back… I only got them on my hips and lower back… not a one on the tummy… so now I rub lotion everywhere even on my upper thighs!!! Cant hurt ardon: and i dont want MORE!!!!
OH and i too have told DH that i am sooo getting a tummy tuck if i get twin skin... i said the twins can do college in 3 years if they have to... i'm not going to hide in the dark every time i change or want to get romantic!

 

Mine came at around 31 wks. I didn't have one stretch mark from my singleton pregnancy and this time they basically showed up overnight. I have used tons of lotion and it didn't help.

I hope you are one of the lucky ones that doesn't get them at all!

 

I think I started getting them around 26-28 weeks. My SIL is currently almost 36 weeks with twins, and she just started getting them a couple of weeks ago. I think you're never really safe! (Sorry.)

The stretch marks actually are not that noticeable now -- you can hardly see them under the twin skin. :winking0009:

 

I got my first ones around 28 weeks

 

Girl, I am 37w 4 days and I have not a single one, and dont get me wrong I have put on about 46lbs. I have old faded ones on my love handles from when I was about 14.......but no new ones and nothing on my tummy. I have been waiting and waiting and preparing myself and they still haven't come. I havent counted myself out yet, I still have 7 days til my induction, but I figure I wont get a heap. My tip: MOISTURIZE, NEVER SCRATCH, just pat and rub through your clothes.

 

ok, i guess you just never know if and when to expect them! but...until now... i never heard of the "twin skin" thing.... soooo, I'm not feeling much better about things. lol. I told DH, I guess in about a year, me and some plastic surgeon are gonna become really good freinds :lol:

 

wow all of u girls are lucky to make it to mid 20's b4 stretch marks, i think i got my 1st mark at like 12wks (and i wasnt a big girl to begin with) i just think i stretched way to fast. now im 21wks and have about 10 or so and just keep getting more. it all depends also on ur family genes if ur mother didnt get many then u arent likely to get alot either

 

I delivered at 36 weeks. I didn't get any stretch marks. I've heard it's genetic but my sis got a lot of stretch marks with both singleton pregnancies. The difference between her and I is that I was obsessed with oil and lotion...I put it on all the time and had it everywhere. Any kind. I also drank 120 ounces of water everyday without fail.

 

I got my first at 32 weeks. I went through my first pregnancy with my daughter who I delivered at 38 weeks at 9.3lbs and never got a single one! I thought I might be lucky with these two but I think because my stomach is shaped differently, I couldn't avoid them

 

I had none with DS....and he was a big baby. This time, I noticed a few on my lower belly around 28 weeks. Now I am just watching them slowly spread across my whole lower belly and hips...very nice. Some are super thin, but a few are bigger. I swear though sometimes my skin feels like it is so stretched it's going to rip....so I'm not surprised. A tummy tuck is in my future that's for sure.

 

I don't remember the week. 38 or 39. I had no stretch marks, I thought I was going to avoid them altogether. Then the baby dropped (he was 9.5 lbs at birth) and my skin just cracked all over the place.

 

With my sons, I only had a couple on the sides of my hips and I too am hoping to avoid them this time on my stomach but I don't see how I can avoid it this time!!! So far so good, but I still have a long way to go!

 

I'm scared I'm going to jinx myself now but ... I haven't gotten any stretch marks yet and my stomach is huge. My C-section is in 1 week so hopefully I'll make it without any popping up before then. A doctor told me about this stuff made by Clarins that she used when she was pregnant. I've been using it every day and just recently bought my second bottle. I don't know if it's really this stuff that's working or just the fact that I'm keeping my skin well hydrated.

 

I didn't get any stretch marks on my tummy, but then again I delivered at 28 weeks. My boobs on the other hand did not fair as well, they have stretch marks all over them and I think that started around 22 weeks or so. My friend bought me this Stretch Mark creme from BRU by Mustela, and it seems to working really well. So if you do end up with any, I would give that a try.

 

And I though that I was scared about getting lots of stretch marks. Now reading all these posts has got me worried about twin skin!

 

haha.... I don't know which is gonna be worse?! twin skin, or stretch marks.... ahhh the luxuries of being a woman. I'm just gonna drink as much water as possible, lotion up, and say my prayers!!!

 

Ok, I'm scared to ask, but what is TWIN SKIN??? I've already been blessed with stretch marks every where with my 1st pregnancy, they are just part of the game.

 

Mine happened overnight at about 34 weeks. They've definitley faded but are still there. I never had the twin skin though at least!

 

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Ok, I'm scared to ask, but what is TWIN SKIN??? I've already been blessed with stretch marks every where with my 1st pregnancy, they are just part of the game.


I think twin skin is extra skin you keep after the babies are born...and even after you get back close to your normal weight I could be wrong ...

 

I am 35 1/2 weeks, no stretch marks yet, that I can see. I didn't get any my first pregnancy either. But I still have much more time to go...so far so good.