Stretchmarks and loose skin...second time around?

I got really bad stretchmarks and loose skin from first baby. We are now working on second. I am wondering what my belly will look like into this pregnancy. The loose skin will pick up? The stretchmarks will get better? Worse? I didnt have stretchmarks during the last pregnancy. I got them only afterwards. Thanks so much.

Stretchmarks and loose skin...second time around?
Buddha Belly


Dedicated to my son


Wrote by Robin Kuppusamy (me)





My pregnancy bump was cute


I rubbed it like a bonafide Buddha


Cuddled and tickled you in your nest


My Buddha grew and grew


Until the size of a ripe watermelon





My skin stretched and pulled


It was classic tug of war


And you won





Shimmering silver lines


Sprinkled my lucky Buddha belly


Watching the Steelers


Win the Super Bowl


I watched Buddha jump and roll


As you flipped and kicked from your nest


I guess your a Steelers fan too!





You took my Buddha up up and away


Then you took him lower and lower


Beneath my belly button


Lays a prominent cantaloupe


Breast to button flat as a board





What in the world are you doing?





Reaching for the moon


Grabbing as many stars as can fit


In the palm of your tiny hand


Grabbing the tail of the cow


As he jumps over the moon


Catching Humpty Dumpty


As he falls to the ground


Holding Alice's hand as she drifts


In to Wonderland





Seven months post natal


My Buddha has shrunk


Your little hands tickle


And pat dear Buddha


You giggle and babble


And hysterically laugh


What is that wrinkly mess





Covered with sparkling stripes?
Reply:It gets worse.
Reply:They do get worse. Sorry
Reply:If you don't want the stretch marks to get worse use Palmer's Cocoa butter lotion for stretch marks, or any other lotion that has cocoa butter in it. Use it at least twice a day, especially after shower or bath. Keeps skin soft so it can stretch better without leaving marks.
Reply:I have been blessed with no stretch marks after 2 pregancies, but both of my sisters got them bad, and they got worse with later pregnancies. My trick, and I dont know if it's the trick or my skin, I used vegetable oil in a warm bath at night before going to bed, and would massage my belly with it mid-day, dont use baby oil as it actually dries skin, even my midwife recomended the vegie oil. Best of luck to you.