Sorry to hear your girls have the stretch marks gene, too! I think it is just
one of those things. My mom is a teeny thing who seldom has yo-yo weight
patterns and got horrible stretch marks when she was pregnant with me. I got
them as an your adolescent on the inside of my thighs. Needless to say that I
got them later when I was pregnant. I know ladies who got huge when they were
pregnant and never got stretch marks. I think either you are prone to them or
not. I will say the ones I had one my things are barely noticeable now, but I
do recall being a bit self conscious of them. I think the best you can do is to
try to have them not gain weight too rapidly....which can be a hard thing when
you are starting to get curvy.
-Debbi
-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Strong <jaade1@...>
To: CAHsupport <CAHsupport@onelist.com>
Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 11:13 AM
Subject: [CAHsupport]



Hi All!
Well since we haven't heard from anyone in a while, I'm assuming that
everyone is healthy and happy. My girls had their 6 month check-up yesterday.
Since it's a 2 1/2 hour drive we made a day of it in the "big city"! LOL! They
are doing fine but going through puberty is killing me! I have a question for
those of you with older girls (with or without CAH). My girls have terrible
stretch marks on their hips. They look just like the ones when you are
pregnant. The doctor seems to think this just happens to some girls. I've
never heard of it, but their father's mother says she had the same thing. Has
anyone else experienced this? It just seems odd.
Other than that, we've been doing fine here. Hope everyone is doing
well!

Angi