5 Secrets to Beautiful Pregnant Belly Photos

Here, our top tips from the pros on how to take beautiful pregnancy photos.

By Allie Haake

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Wait until you're big, but not too big.

You want your belly to be big and beautiful, but you don't want it to be so large that posing and holding different positions for any length of time becomes taxing. Professional photographer Mariah Milan Dagupion suggests taking photos right around 30 weeks. That's when your belly gets really round, she says, but it's not too heavy yet. Of course each pregnancy and pregnant belly is different so use your own stamina as a guide.

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Comments (20)

sarahcrawford5 wrote:

Well.. I'm 34 weeks along in my pregnancy. I have been using Palmers cocoa butter massage lotion for stretch marks and I haven't gotten a single stretch mark. My mom and grandma did not use any kind of creams or lotions and they got a tummy full of strech marks. It also depends on how much weight you gain along with your pregnancy so try to stay healthy and fit. I also think taking your vitamins helps especially omega 3s but thats just me.

1/23/2012 04:36:49 PM Report Abuse

hollylee0813 wrote:

they're not a genetically predisposed condition, lol that's just dumb. Stretch marks happen when you either gain weightt or are pregnant due to your skin stretching past it's normal capacity. If you use lotions you will still probobly get some stretch marks but they WILL be lighter and there will be fewer of them then there would be if you did not lotion up. Also make sure the lotion you use has lots of cocoa butter!

1/16/2012 01:43:13 PM Report Abuse

hthomas92510 wrote:

Don't fall for the stretch marks are genetic and not use lotions or creams. For me personally my grandmother, mother, and sister all got stretch marks. I'm 32 wks pregnant and have been using Herbalife's conturing cream and I have zero signs of stretch marks.. Now from a friends experience with her 1st pregnancy she used a cream and never got them, but on her second she didn't and she got em.

11/28/2011 03:26:23 PM Report Abuse

jscott90181 wrote:

my mother had 4 kids and 6 stretch marks. im in my first pregnancy and i hope im as fortunate. i have always loved my tummy!

11/3/2011 12:38:53 AM Report Abuse

typicalangel051 wrote:

stretchmarks are genetic, creams & lotions do nothing to help.

5/2/2011 08:37:21 PM Report Abuse