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writes:I was wondering for mothers who have more than 1 child..did you get more stretch marks with the 2nd baby, or is all the damage pretty much done after the 1st? I have a 10 month old and I am due next month to have another baby. Also, does it hurt less (labor) the 2nd time?
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 February 2008): I have two children. With the first the labour was very, very painful. I did not get any stretchmarks and went back in to my jeans after 4 weeks. With the second I got two small strecthmarks and kept some extra weight around the waist and the labour was 100% EASIER and less painful than the first. I felt like a pro at delivering. It is sooo much easier and you know what to expect and how to handle it. You will also know that the end will come and the baby will be there soon. Good luck.
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 February 2008): Get rubbing the oil or lotion in - Cocoa Butter is the best stuff and just be kind to yourself. Good luck .
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 February 2008): Hi Hunny,
I have 3 children all different big gaps 25 18 and 10 and I only have a very few that only I can see and thats if I look close enough lots of body butter and bio oil TAKE CARE LOTS OF LOVE MANDY xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 February 2008): My sister says people told her, and she experimented it on her own flesh, that the second baby always hurts more. But I don't know what to think since her first born was premature (It was smaller). It was a boy and the second a girl. But I read boys have a bigger cranium and therefore are more difficult to give birth to than girls. I'm inclined to conclude that the boy being premature worked to her advantage if we are talking about the amount of pain during labor.
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reader, dearkelja +, writes (3 February 2008):
 I only have the one child but I don't have a single stretch mark and I attribute that to using lotion every day. My nurse told me to do this. I used Vaseline Intensive Care with Vitamin E.
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reader, birdynumnums  +, writes (3 February 2008):
 I had an 8 pound son and then a ten pound daughter. I actually noticed more differences the first time! The second pregnancy, although it was the equivalency of a twin birth, was actually a bit easier to deal with because I was so much more relaxed and comfortable. I could have done without her shoulders, however! I actually enjoyed both births, but was far less scared the second time.
I have noticed that since I have gone through menopause I have noticed a bit of discomfort with the episiotomy scar tissue, so if you have a midwife that knows how to help your peretoniem to stretch, it would be a beneficial. I also found that after nursing for 28 months in total, my breast health has been very good. Hope this helped and all the best Dear!
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reader, Devilish Angel +, writes (3 February 2008):
 My mom had five children and she got stretch marks but if you use lotion and excercise, they'll be les noticable. It's not that it gets easier on the second child, its more like you know what's going on and you know how hard its going to be.
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 February 2008): Well my mom had two babies, me and my sis, and she never got or ever has had any stretch marks. So it depends on your genes. But if you are prone to getting them you must apply cocoa butter or vitamin E for scar prevention religiously before, during and after the pregnancy in order to prevent them.
And my mom said that her first birth was way more painful than her second. But my sister was also a much bigger baby than me. So that depends too.
Anyways, congratulations and good luck.
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reader, gayguy16  +, writes (3 February 2008):
 hi,,i'm 16,,and ive heard my mother saying she got more stretch marks after my little sister, so possibly yes =)
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