Is it true that when your pregnant you get a line in your stomach?

Question

If its true how far along do u have to be to get it?

Answer 1

yes it's true, I only noticed it after I gave birth, then it went away.

Answer 2

A linea negra is a pale line that runs from the pubic bone to the belly button. In most women it is hardly noticeable. However, when a woman is pregnant, the linea negra may darken from a light, rosy brown to a very dark brown.

Some women feel initially concerned that a dark line now runs down the middle of their belly. In many cases, the darkening of the linea negra will disappear a few months after a pregnancy ends. Not all women will have a noticeable linea negra even during pregnancy. Women with darker skin are more likely to have a darker line. This does not preclude women with light skin from developing a darker linea negra, however.

Hormones produced when one is pregnant cause the linea negra. As well as a darkening line on the stomach, women may also notice that the clitoris and the nipples also appear darker. Pregnancy hormones tend to produce more melanin, a pigment that can result in darkening skin, or hyperpigmentation of certain areas of the body.

Most women may notice the linea negra, if they get one, during their second trimester of pregnancy, sometime after the 12th week. Sometimes women get what looks like a very pale line, called a linea alba that never darkens to brown. In fact the linea alba can look like a shiny white line.

Some studies of vitamin supplementation during pregnancy suggest that folic acid may reduce the appearance of the linea negra. Folic acid is, in proper dosage, a necessary supplement to add even prior to getting pregnant, since it has been shown to reduce a host of birth defects.

Despite folic acid, many women will still show at least a partially darkened linea negra. The good news is that this is not a symptom of anything wrong with the pregnancy. In fact, on one hand, it is a very good symptom that pregnancy hormones are being produced with regularity.

Most women will find that the linea negra disappears quickly after pregnancy, although women who breastfeed may need to wait a bit longer for its disappearance. Many wear their linea negra as a proud sign of either becoming a mom, or already being one, and others often find that a little concealer will hide a leftover linea negra if one is embarrassed by it showing.

Answer 3

Yes its true but not all women get it i didn't get it with my daughter but now I'm 22 weeks with my son and i have only just noticed a very faint line. It come along anytime after 12 weeks i was told.

Congratulations.

Answer 4

I have 2 babies and didn't get a line. Some women do and some don't. It is the luck of the draw because one of my sisters did with her second.

Answer 5

You can its goes down from your belly button to your pelvic bone and not everyone gets it I never did but my sister did who was 8 weeks further along then I, it goes away after tho unlike like horrible strech marks lol.

Answer 6

Kinda true, I never got one really only a faint, faint line but I am really white soooo I dont know maybe it has something to do with your ethnicity

Answer 7

Yes, I did get ti during the second trimester of my first pregnancy. It faded away a few months after delivery. For my second and third pregnancies, I did not get it.

Answer 8

I had it...I don't think it showed up until I was farther along though, like 7 months on....but it went away after I had my daughter.

Answer 9

yep! some women do get it and some women dont. I do not mean to sterotype black women but it shows up a lot more on them i think its sexy and i cannot wait for mine to show up :) the name of the line is Linea nigra

Answer 10

not every woman gets it, it's more noticable on darker skin i always had one (even before i was pregnant) but its gotten incredibly darker now that im 8months along.