ok I know I shouldnt be concerned / upset about this now but I am...

since we are just finally starting to TTC but, I am afraid of stretch marks....I dont know why I am. I never thought I would be but I am. Now here is the weird thing...

I have the darn things already!!!!!!! Top and sides of my thighs. No biggie had them since I was a kid so I know I am prone to them. I am just so scared of getting them on my belly.

I know its just cosmetic, but I have always struggled w/my weight & body image. I have been overweight most of my life and have 2xs now dropped about 70lbs only to regain it again. I am trying to lose weight now (unsuccessfully) so I can be as healthy as possible while being preggers.

It just kills me at the thought that I am going to gain weight being preggers and then work so hard to lose it and after I do, I STILL wont have the body I have had in the past of b/c of stretch marks.....I'm sorry I know this must sound so vain and I am normally so not that person.

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some people don't get them-- I didn't when I was preg with DD.

Though, I was and still am afraid of weight gain and losing it again.

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It's a great privilege and honor to be able to share your body with your little one for those 9 months.

But it is also a HUGE sacrifice.

I worry about how my body will change, and it does scare me, and then I feel guilty worrying about that. But I honestly believe that when you feel your baby growning inside of you, the concerns you had before getting pregnant probably wont seem as important to you. And once you are able to hold your little one in your arms, all the sacrifices you made might not matter anymore.

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i think it's completely normal to be concerned about stuff like that. as much as we want to be pregnant and be mommies, there's always going to be things that worry us about it too.

i am definitely worried about weight gain, stretch marks and just how my body is going to look after having a baby. after TTC for such a long time, i still worry about it sometimes.

just think about that baby and how it will all be worth it.

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Posted by Pomegranate5

It's a great privilege and honor to be able to share your body with your little one for those 9 months.

But it is also a HUGE sacrifice.

ita with this 100 percent!

if u serious bout ttc ,to me it is very important to understand that your body will change..things get wider and bigger and yes some timkes stretch marks come but when u get that baby hopefully every thing else will fall into place

this is the part we sarifice as women to have babies..and let me tell u at this point i would give my left arm to be pregnant..we have tried for so long and just hope and pray every day this will be our turn

best of luck to you and remember all mommies r beautiful..because they r mommies..even if they have a few stretch marks

on the pregnancy board there is a post by mirabella(jen)..def read it

she is just as beautiful on the inside as she is on the out

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Lots of women don't get stretch marks during pregnancy. My grandmother had 5 kids and never got them. Same for my mom and my aunts. It is largely genetic.
Also, if you do get them and it really,really bothers you after there are always cosmetic procedures to reduce or eliminate their appearance.

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I got them with my son and my dermo prescribed proactiv (the acne med) to take the red out and help diminish their appearance. Now you can barely see them.

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I was very upset about this, but I can tell you once I pushed her out the way I feel/felt about my body has changed.

I will never be a size 2, hell even a size 10 again. I have stretch marks, saggy boobs, and hips that spread a mile apart, but I also had the preivilage to push a human being from my body and give life. When I get down onhow I look I remind myself that there are women how would give anything to have these saggs and marks. I look at my body now and see a strong body that while imperfetc, is the body of a mother and I wouldn't trade any of it.