When did you get stretch marks?

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For the lucky mamas that never got them, what have you been doing to prevent them?
FTM here & almost 19w (haven’t gotten any yet but I would like to prevent them)

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Genetics are why they didn't get them.. you can't stop it from happening

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Used everything and still got them. If you read the fine print on stretch mark lotions, coconut oil etc, it reduces the “appearance” of stretch marks it does not prevent stretch marks 😑

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You cant prevent them, theyre genetic.

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Genetics 😒. My husband lathered me every night before bed my ENTIRE first pregnancy from the day we find out I was pregnant. HA jokes on us I'm a tiger.

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My mom had three babies and was huge (shes very petite) and never got 1 single stretch mark. I on the other hand was using oil/lotions religiously and by 36 weeks it was inevitable. They're not horrible tho.

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I’m 39+2 and I have none on my belly except where my belly button piercing was and even those are tiny lol. I have a ton on my boobs and butt but 0 on my whole belly

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Stretch marks happen, UNDER the skin. Not above. So it doesn't matter how much oil or lotion you rub, if they are gonna happen, they are gonna happen.

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There’s nothing you can do. I didn’t even get a single stretch mark until about a week AFTER my son was born.

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I thought I was lucky in not getting them. 38 weeks they show up because she dropped so low.

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I got them all along the underside of my belly where I couldn't see them while pregnant. (Don't mind the picture, it was from my surgery)

When did you get stretch marks?

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