I'm 26.5 weeks pregnant with a little girl and I haven't developed a brown line (linea nigra) on my tummy yet. When I was pregnant with my son, I had a super dark line by this point in my pregnancy.
Are there other moms who had the line for one pregnancy and didn't have it in another? Did it matter whether you were pregnant with a boy or a girl? Just wondering!
I hear you only get that line with boys cause I had the same thing with my son. I am now 32 weeks pregnant with a girl and I don't have that line. It could just be another myth but that's why I'm guessing that we don't have the brown line...LOL
I had 2 little boys. I had a line with my first son and not with my second. My pregnancies were totaly different! but then again so are my kids!
Mine was differnet with all three (2 boys, 1 girl), and my sister never got this at all with her three.
Hi L.,
You dind't state if you were concerned about the line or not. So just to ease your mind if you are, I wasn't able to have the pleasure of being pregnant again, but with my firtst pregnancy I never had a line at all. My pregnancy and birth was, well, couldn't be any more perfect :) So I don't think this is anything to be concerned about. I hope this helps :) I wish you the best of luck. Regarding the parent-toddler class, I attended the class with my son and it was a wonderful experience. Wish I could do it again. There are some wonderful MOMS out there. Good Luck with All. If you have any ?'s please email me.
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I had the brown line with my daughter (my first). I am due any day (another daughter) with my second and have NO brown line. Every pregnancy is different. The baby is healthy andy measures great, so I don't think it means anything if it shows up or not.
i had 2 kids.. a boy and a girl... no line on my tummy either time..
I am fair and light brown hair..
dont know if that matters.
Hi L.! Congrats on your pregnancy! With my 1st pregnancy, a boy, I had a line all the way up my belly. My 2nd pregnancy, a girl, I got it, but it only went half way up my belly to my belly button. I am 30 weeks with another girl, and I have a very faint line that doesn't even come half way to my belly button. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy!!
Hi L.,
I had faint lines if any for both of my girls, 5 yrs old and 2 1/2. Hope this helps in your polling.
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Good Luck!
J.
I didn't have it for either of mine and I have a girl and boy. I think it has more to do with your skin tone and hormones.
Congrats! Love them lots and prepare them will to release them into the world.
I didn't have it with either of my kids (1 boy, 1 girl). I think it's one of those things that sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. :)
J.
Hi L.,
I wouldn't worry. Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't. I never had it, and a friend of mine got it right under her nose...like a mustache :)
Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy!
A.
When I was pregnant with my son I waited for that line ... and it never showed up. I am pregnant now but it is too early to tell. I really don't think it is anything to be concerned about(if you are that is), it doesn't indicate a healthy or unhealthy pregnancy. I doubt it has anything to do with the sex of the baby either. It is interesting though!
L.; sorry i dont know i never had the line with any of my boys, my 3 boys is all i got, so i dont know, it may not be something everyone with every pregnancy gets, they say every pregnancy is different, and with 3 boys, i carried them all differently too, any way hope you find your answer,and enjoy life, that little one, D. s
I never knew there might be something to that...I had three girls and never had that brown line.
Hello L., My first pregnacy I had a very faint line, but no trace the next two. Congrats!!!!
Hi L.,
I have 2 daughters - I had the line with my first but not the second. The second pregnancy was so different from first I was certain I was having a boy! No 2 are ever alike!
Congrats and best of luck!
P.
I never developed the linea negra with either of my pregnancies. I had two perfectly healthy boys. Every pregnancy is different.
I didn't get it with my first daughter. Now I'm pregnant with my second daughter (31 weeks) and still no line.
When I was pregnant with my son I never got the brown line & I have to admit I was bummed. My belly button never popped out either. I gained 80 pounds....
I had twin boys and I never got the dark line. I was also pregnant while 5 other girls at work were and none of us had them. Not sure why that is!
I am almost 27 weeks too (april 29th) and have not gotten the line yet and I did with my first pregnancy. Both are boys. This pregnancy is so different from my first so I am going to assume that I may not get it. I also have not gained as much with this pregnancy.
By the way I have a 2.5 year old son too.
Good luck!
I'm almost to the end of my second pregnancy. Both are girls. I had a dark line for the first and none at all for the second. My doctor said that every pregnancy is different...
Not all mom's get that line, my friend Jenn didn't with either of her children. Don't worry, it doesn't mean anything if you don't have it. :)
Well I've only been pregnant once, but I did NOT have the line with my daughter.
I actually never got that dark line (strecth marks yes butno line)w either of my children. I think it just varies person to person and preg to preg.
L. ~
You tend to get the linea nigra when pregnant with boys. It has something to do with the hormones.
D.
L.,
I also had one with my son however with my daughter one never developed.
DeeL.
