I'm new to the pregnancy concept, we're ttc. When did you or someone you knew, first begin noticing a line going down your/their tummy during pregnancy?
2007-08-31 04:42:43 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
This might sound weird and might be a myth, but my mother-in-law says that line down your tummy means your having a girl (only if its really dark). She proved it to me when I was pregnant. She told me what I was having before the ultrasound appts with me ob. Usually that line appears after the first month.
2007-08-31 04:48:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I am due with my third child in 26 days, and I have yet to get the linea nigra-the line you are referring to. I have never gotten it in other pregnancies, either.
It may actually have something to do with the fact that I am very fair skinned, and I have read that it is actually more prominent in darker skinned women. It does not make sense, you would think it would be the other way around but that is what I have learned.
Not all women get this symbol of pregnancy.
I wish you the best with TTC!
2007-08-31 04:54:31 · answer #2 · answered by StayAtHomeMomOnTheGo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am lucky to be a redhead with very white skin, so I don't get the line. But my friend got it and first noticed it at around 4 months.
My understanding is that the darker you are the more likely you are to have the line.
2007-08-31 04:49:47 · answer #3 · answered by buggerhead 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As soon as I saw a picture of it in a book and thought oh my god I better not get that, and then I looked in the mirror and was shocked that I had it!
That was when I was around 5 months, it all depends how big you are during the different stages of your pregnancy, I think I lost it when my baby was around 5months old.
2007-08-31 04:47:26 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never got the Linea Nigra on my first and I am currently 26 weeks pregnant with my second and again no sign of it. It all depends on you body size. If you are overweight it most likely won't show but if you are of average weight or underweight it can.
All the best :)
2007-08-31 04:51:05 · answer #5 · answered by WaterMommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never got a line down my tummy.
2007-08-31 04:50:20 · answer #6 · answered by misty_dawn1100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know thats funny because i am 21 weeks pregnant now but ive always had that black line even as a kid. I wonder why that was. Although now that i am pregnant i noticed it began to get darker along 20 weeks
2007-08-31 04:47:26 · answer #7 · answered by lizgas 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
granted, this is my 3rd, but i am 12 weeks today and have started to see a line (very faint) and i have an amazing amount of dark hair on my tummy already!
2007-08-31 04:50:39 · answer #8 · answered by Tresa R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never had a line on my tummy.
2007-08-31 04:53:55 · answer #9 · answered by kat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was around 7 months. I have a few friends who never got it.
2007-08-31 04:46:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋