Dark Navel Line..

LovingMyKidsLovingMyKids
edited March 2011 in Second Trimester
Ok so I've read and heard you're suppose to get your navel line (i dnt know what its called lol) at around 16 weeks. I am going on 20 weeks and still nothing. Not even slightly there. When did you ladies get yours?

Comments

  • loveourlittleoneloveourlittleone
    Some women don't get one. If you don't, its ok!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    I have a light one at the bottom(below my belly button) of my stomach but not at the top yet. I'm 16 weeks
  • 1sttimemommy181sttimemommy18
    I'm barely getting mine,and I'm already 27weeks.
  • LovingMyKidsLovingMyKids
    @loveourlittleone I had one with my daughter so I was just wondering like, where is it? lol
  • KeMarius_MommieKeMarius_Mommie
    I have had mine on the top n bottom for some time n im 16wks
  • LovingMyKidsLovingMyKids
    Thanks for your comments ladies. Do any of you know what the purpose of the line is? Like what causes it?
  • TishlamortTishlamort
    edited March 2011
    It's called Linea Nigra, (Latin for "black line") is a dark vertical line that appears on the abdomen during about three quarters of all pregnancies. The brownish streak is usually about a centimeter in width. The line runs vertically along the midline of the abdomen from the pubis to the umbilicus.
    It is a type of hyperpigmentation resulting from increased production of the pigment melanin thought to be caused by increased estrogen, the same process that causes the areolas to darken. Why this process of hyperpigmentation occurs on the midline of the abdomen is uncertain. Fair-skinned women show this phenomenon less often than women with darker pigmentation. Before it appears it may be more faintly visible as a white line.
    Linea nigra tends to appear around the second trimester. After birth, the line fades slowly, but may never disappear entirely, and sun exposure may cause it to recur.

    Courtesy of Wikipedia! ;)
  • LovingMyKidsLovingMyKids
    @Tishlamort Thanks! Very helpful! :)
  • TishlamortTishlamort
    You're welcome @LovingMyKids :)
  • oc86oc86
    I'm only 12 wks, and it just appeared but it is very faint.
  • 1angel1here1ntheoven1angel1here1ntheoven
    I'm 15 weeks and I dont yet. I wouldn't be worried about it my first two pregnancies I didnt get a line under my belly button until after 20 weeks and my first I got the entire line in the last month or so. Everyones different though.
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