I was curious as to when anyone starting to develope strech marks in their pregnancy and if you were like 107 IBs pre pregnancy will you be less likely to develope strech marks? Because I was really tiny all my life and now I am 5months and I am still small people just really started to notice that I was pregnant. Also I use the palmers cocoa butter lotion for stretch marks does it really work?
2006-10-10 08:17:04 · 30 answers · asked by dimergurl247 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
They really are not prevented by using cocoa butter. My ob said it is in your genes. I didn't get any until my last month! It sucked. I weighed 125.
2006-10-10 08:20:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am in the same boat as you. I just recently had my second child. I faithfully used Palmer's Cocoa Butter & Cream, Oil and Almond Butter. It works. But it depends on your genes. If your mom had them then most likely you would too.
I had started off with both pregnancy at my weight of 125 gained about 34 pds for both children and got very little strech marks on my sides of my hips. That is it. You just make sure you do it everyday. Every time you get out of the shower or bath.
Do it everywhere arms, legs, breast, belly everything. I seen some woman that get strech marks every where. Don't look to good but they probably didnt take care of their skin.
Another tip is the soap you use. Make sure you get the body wash with either cocoa butter os shea butter. Like Tone.
Your skin needs to moisturized constanlty.
Enjoy your pregnancy. So try not to stress about your body, because you are creating a beautiful angel. Pregnancy is fun & the most beautiful thing a woman can do.
Good Luck!
2006-10-10 15:34:41 · answer #2 · answered by butterflyangel1013 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well my cousin was small all her life too and people didn't notice she was pregnant until her fifth month. She was still small but with a big stomach...Lol! Yes the palmer's cocoa butter lotion do work becuz my cousin used that also. Just to be on the safe side make sure it plamer's cocoa butter for stretch marks. The bottle will a pic of a pregnant woman on the front. Congratulations!!!
2006-10-10 15:22:27 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Azz Scorpion 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was around 30 weeks when i developed stretch marks and i used palmers cocoa butter lotion everyday, twice a day and still got nasty stretch marks. I have them all over my breasts, all over my tummy, on my hips, down the front of my thighs and behind my knee caps. I was 125 pounds pre pregnancy and i gained 70 pounds by the end of my pregnancy. I now weight 135 pounds. Lotions DO NOT reduce or prevent stetch marks, they only aid in the reducion of itchy skin due to the stretching of skin. Good luck!!
2006-10-10 15:29:53 · answer #4 · answered by Jaymie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With my first pregnancy I weighed 90 or 95 Ibs i also used that lotion I didn't get one stretch mark, and I am pregnant again and I weighed about 104 when I got pregnant with this one and am now 5 months and weigh 107 I don't have stretch marks and I am using the same lotion it helps but depends on your skin elasticity cause my little sister didn't gain that much weight with hers and used the lotion and got stretch marks on her thighs and hips.
2006-10-10 16:08:35 · answer #5 · answered by Lisha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started to get stretch marks around the 5th month (I was devastated!) And they're just getting worse! I'm 29 weeks now and they're getting pretty bad. I later up in the Palmer's cocoa and shay butter lotion all the time, but it doesn't seem to help. It's in your genes if you are going to get them or not. It has to do with the elasticity of your skin. Chances are, if your mom or grandma got them, you will too (no matter what size you are).
2006-10-10 15:27:04 · answer #6 · answered by Huliganjetta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I too am quite small, about 113 lbs, and I've had 2 children.
Both times I carried very small and, like you, people didn't really notice until around 7 months!! I never got large - probably just looked like a bad case of IBS!! Consequently the skin on my stomach didn't need to stretch very much at all, so I never got any stretch marks.
On the other hand, a girlfriend of mine who is about the same build as me but shorter, has had 3 children and she carried big each time. With her first child she was HUGE, but her skin was fine.........until they allowed her to go over her due date. At the very end (about 10 days overdue) she had to be induced anyway, but by then had stretch marks. She wasn't very happy about it!! Particularly as they could have just induced her on her due date and she wouldn't have had the stretch marks.
I think it also depends on your skin. If you have very stretchy skin, you stand a better chance of no stretch marks than someone whose skin is more dry. So I think it could be worth slapping on that cocobutter, just in case. But it still might not make a difference either way.
I think a lot of it is just down to good or bad fortune really. Hopefully, luck will swing your way.
Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy.
2006-10-10 15:31:59 · answer #7 · answered by SL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First pregnancy i was 100 lbs and used that cocoa butter too and i only got a few stretch marks on my sides.
Second pregnancy i was 115 and used the cocoa butter and got a few more on my sides.
I didn't get any on the front of my stomach though. Only on like my hip area.
2006-10-10 15:22:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello. I'm 7 months pregnant with my first baby too, and I just started noticing a few stretch marks on my hip area, but not on my belly. I started using Palmer's cocoa butter for stretch marks AS SOON as I found out I was pregnant, for preventative reasons. I was also 115 pounds when I first found out I was pregnant. However, I failed to put the cocoa butter on my sides and was obessed with putting it on my stomach, and now I got stretch marks on my sides and not on my stomach. So please put it everywhere!!! I'm attacking my sides now, I hope its not too late! Good luck and Congratulations!!
2006-10-10 16:12:22 · answer #9 · answered by nae8822 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stretch marks are inherited. Its based on how your skin is programmed genetically to stretch. Some women get almost no stretch marks at all, others get them bad. Check with your mom and see how bad she got them. Thats a pretty fair way to tell how bad it will be for you.
You generally dont get them until the very last month of pregnancy, when you grow the biggest the fastest and your skin cant keep up.
2006-10-10 15:23:26 · answer #10 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was told it is hereditary. I was 125lbs before I got pregnant and I got bad stretch marks in my 7th month. I religiously slathered plamers cocoa butter stretch mark cream twice daily starting at 3 months, didnt do anything. Its a marketing strategy.
There are no studies to prove these creams and lotions do anything but moisturize your skin. Some women get them, some women dont :) Hopefully you are one of the lucky few and you dont get them :)
Keep putting it on, it smells fantastic and it does temporarily hydrate your skin (but nothing more) :)
2006-10-10 15:33:22 · answer #11 · answered by twinsin06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋