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Rosie H

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Anyone Else Have Tattoos On Their Bellys
Posted: 01-10-08 16:59pm

Hey does anyone have any tattoos? I have a sea turtle on my hip that is as wide and as long as my entire hand. Its right where my underwear is. And I have a blue and gold macaw on my other hip. The head of the bird in just below my braw strap (on my side) and the tail ends at my knee.

What happened to your tattoos once your belly started to grow. What happened to them after you gave birth? Will strecth marks ruin the ink and/or tattoo. Will you still be able to tell what it is?
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Eyes Wide Shut

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Posted: 01-10-08 17:08pm

Really, it all depends on how much weight you gain.

If you gain 60lbs your a lil more likely to get stretchmarks and stretch your tatts.
But if you gain 20-30lbs, you MIGHT not get them.

I gained 60 for my 1st and got TORE up by stretchmarks. I gained 25 for this one and STILL got stretchmarks.

It's genetic really. NO amount of cream/oil will prevent stretchmarks. If your mom got them, you're likely to get them.

Do you have any pics of your tatts? The McCaw tatt sounds AWESOME!!

Sarah
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amethyst eyes

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Posted: 01-10-08 17:10pm

I think Arcadia has two tattoos there. I do as well but I have never been pregnant so i am not much help. I know they will stretch throughout but I have no idea how they will be after the pregnancy.
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Katrinadoodle

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Posted: 01-10-08 17:13pm

Katie has a star and an anchor, I believe, on her pelvic bone/hip area... so far they're looking good.
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Rosie H

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Posted: 01-10-08 18:29pm

I have pictures and I will try to post them. I just got my macaw finished too. I have spent at least 350.00 on my tats. Well only those two, I have a few more. But I Think my turtle will stretch the most. Its gonna be this huge elongated sea turtles swimming in seaweed. Haha.
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Posted: 01-10-08 19:18pm

Hey Rosie.. I really hate to be the bearer of bad news.. But my tats got pretty butchered. I have handguns on each side of my stomach. Right on my hipbones, pretty much. I got really really huge & I got REALLY horrible stretchmarks. So now, I have stretchmarks going through them & they look really wrinkled. I hope you are luckier!
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Katrinadoodle

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Posted: 01-10-08 19:33pm

That's why I decided to get my tats on either my back or my ankles XD
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Posted: 01-10-08 20:04pm

i have one on my hip and gota small amount of stretchmark thru part. i wanna get it covered ne way but i was told its harder to tat stretchmarks so we will see... like sarah said its mostly genetic cuz i used as much coco butter as i could stand and still got them all over.

i wanna see a pic of this macaw...
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Posted: 01-10-08 20:35pm

I have a tattoo on my belly & it didn't stretch at all during pregnancy. I only got a couple of stretch marks, & luckily they were below my tattoo.. but I hardly got a bump at all. I hope you're lucky like I was!
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Rosie H

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Posted: 01-10-08 23:00pm

awww man, I cant figure out how to post these pics. any advice?
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Posted: 01-10-08 23:17pm

Photobucket. Then use the image url. They normally say which ones are for what as well
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Rosie H

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Posted: 01-10-08 23:26pm

<img src="http://usera.imagecave.com/turtlesrul e/icth_dreamcatcher.JPG.jpg">

<img src="http://usera.imagecave.com/turtlesrul e/icth_macaw.bmp.jpg.jpg">

<img src="http://usera.imagecave.com/turtlesrul e/icth_tattoo.jpg.jpg">

here are my tattoos. The macaw is not completly fnished in this picture. I have gotten the rest of its tail finished. That reaches to my upper knee. But my turtles is my favorite. The picture for my profile is Daniel and I on a camping trip.
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number game

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Posted: 01-11-08 00:17am

I have one on my stomach as well bt mine wasn't messed up. Although my stomach didn't very big either.
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Posted: 01-11-08 01:50am

About 1/4 of my body is tattooed right now, and 1 of them is right on my tummy. Through 4 pregnancies now, and about 100lbs gain and loss, and no stretchmarks on it, pretty sure it varries from person to person.
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