At what stage of pregnancy do stretch marks begin?

Filed under: Stretch Marks Discussion

I don’t have them yet at 20 weeks 6 days, but I’m wondering when they usually appear?

When did you get yours if you got them? Is it much later or soon?

10 Responses to “At what stage of pregnancy do stretch marks begin?”

1. Motherof3 Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   i started getting mine when i was 24 weeks, and its from your body stretching, some people dont get them, i have a friend that is due any day and she said she has not even 1 stretch mark, so i consider her lucky,

2. Holly G Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   i didnt get mine until probably around the last month or so

3. Baby #1! Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   I’m 28 weeks and I don’t have any yet on my stomach but I do have some really little ones on the inside of my thighs. I think they start around your 8th to 9th month when you get really big.

4. psa73 Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   I didn’t get any until 38 weeks! I thought I had got away without any, then I noticed a few little ones right around the area where my pubic bone is ( low low belly)

5. Forever & a day... Due March 12 Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   I’ve already got some – I’m 21 weeks!! I have them on my butt.. Trust me you don’t want them, I was devastated that one eveing they weren’t there and the next my bum looks like a road map hehe… I don’t have them anywhere else yet =]

   Good luck xx

6. truvy2002 Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   Hey! congrats on your pregnancy!!
   stretch marks occur when the skin is ripped, due to the streching (hence “stretch” marks!!) some women are lucky enough to never get them, and moisturising seems to be the key.
   I have 2 children and I got marks over my belly, thighs and breasts, my first lot never appeared till about 38 weeks, just a week before my first son was born.
   My youngest is coming up for 3 and my marks have faded and can hardly be seen, so dont worry even if you do get them, they are part of being a woman – and I love mine, they’re a reminder of carrying my babies!!
   Good luck xxx

7. Hatshepsut Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   At any point, but for heaven sake, don’t wait for them. Get a bottle of vitamin E oil and smear it all over your belly at least twice a day. You do not need to have one little stretch mark! Take it from someone who wasn’t lucky enough to have someone give me this advice, the damage the stretch marks will do to your self esteem is frightful! It’s not only the scarring and the red lines, but the skin hangs once it’s been stretched and NEVER goes back to normal. Please, get vitamin E oil today and rub it all over your belly. It’s good for the skin, great for elasticity and won’t harm baby in anyway. Good luck and congrats! Mommyhood rocks!

8. Bunky Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   I was 7 months before I started to get them.

9. Waiting on Abbie Mae*1*6*09 Says:
   October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   I dont have any yet and I am 30 weeks pregnant so maybe I’m out of the clear but then again I can’t see the bottom of my belly but my husband promised me there weren’t any lol. Its hard to say some women get them as early as 20 weeks, some not til 35, some don’t ever get them. I highly suggest Palmer’s cocoa butter, I use it daily and havne’t had any that I know of, so far. Best of luck to you

10. Waiting for my little boy! Says:
    October 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    I got mine around 25 weeks I think.

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