Stretch Marks

heiditreb · #1 01-24-2007, 03:32 PM

I have always had a problem with stretch marks ever scince i was about 14/15 and i must have been a size 10, but they kept coming, and when i was pregnant at 17 i got a few on my tummy at the end which i understand, but for the past few years now i am 20 and a size 14/16 and it is like for the past three years they have come on with avengents, all around my legs. I haven't even taken my 2 year old swimming, i am so ashamed. I wish they would just go away.

mumof3 · #2 01-24-2007, 03:36 PM

With my first pregnancy I got hurrendous stretch marks because my skin was so fair, I got them on my belly, on my back, hips,legs,thighs and the worse place was behind my kness! I went from a size 8-10 with my first pregnancy to a size 14 then from a 14 to an 18 in my second pregnancy, now ive lost weight, Im pregnant again but Im determined Im not getting bigger!

c.a.cullum · #3 01-24-2007, 03:41 PM

dont be ashamed!!! most people get them!! i have loads on my belly!! at first i was so embarrassed i didnt want anyone to c them but 'v now reached a stage where i can put on a bikini and not feel ashamed!!! it makes it harder wen all the celebs have kids and then not a single mark to show 4it!! but they r so airbrushed!!!

heiditreb · #4 01-24-2007, 03:42 PM

I hate them so much, they hold me back from alot of things. But i am going to lose the weight, i am determend. ( god i say that every time ).

heiditreb · #5 01-24-2007, 03:45 PM

yes that is true, but they are not just on my tummy they are everywhere. I have though about going on the sun beds just to hide them a bit, but then thats not great for you.

c.a.cullum · #6 01-24-2007, 03:50 PM

dont go on a diet!!! just make sure u dont snack and get in plenty of fruit!!! if u can go for a walk on a daily basis!! best form of exercise!! im terrible with my eating habits!! i stuff my face one minute then eat nothing the next!! i try to be consistant but its so bloomin hard!! just dont give up!!!

u'l do it!!!

heiditreb · #7 01-24-2007, 03:53 PM

Yes i am not going on a diet, i can never stick to them anyway, the best is exsersice you are right. That is what i am doing walking more, and i and going to get an exsersize dvd, so then my Amelia can join in if she wanted to.

abs · #8 01-24-2007, 10:08 PM

i too hate my stetch marks when i was preggars with my daughter i hardley put on any weight but still have red marks on my legs hate it and would never dream of a beach holiday!

mumof3 · #9 01-25-2007, 07:34 PM

I get really bad stretch marks around the tops of my arms, and the ones on my stomach used to look like a whirl pool, have you seen the pregnant women on the telly, who look so beautifull and blooming when pregnant and your sprawled out on the sofa looking like a beached whale with your hair everywhere and your jogging bottoms twenty times bigger than you need them? I hate that!!!! hahaha

blankie · #10 01-25-2007, 07:34 PM

can i just say,i had stretch marks with both my kids,then i tried bio oil its fantastic.it cost about £8,but goes along way and within a couple of months they start to disappear.i would reccommend to anyone.BIO OIL.you can get it from boots,superdrug,lloyds any sort of chemist