Birth Marks

[AliFlump]

Why do some people have them and some not? Are they there as a result of something that happens at birth? Or are they just a darker piece of skin that means nothing?

[tradey]

hi aliflump,well my 2yr old has got one on her right side,it wasnt there after the birth, one day when she was about 6wks i noticed it on her side,told the midwife she came and had a look,said theres nothing to worry about,and it will just fad away,which it nearly has but if your worried go to the doctors

[AliFlump]

Oh no im not worried, we were just having a talk about it in our office and i just wondered if they had any significance.

I have one just below my stomach for as long as i can remeber, just a darker bit of skin, but my collegues say they havent got one

[campbellking]

i have one in the same place as my Mum, about halfway down the rib cage on the right side, just a small dark piece of skin. On the mushy side, always makes me feel a bit closer to her

[Cathyhuns]

I was told by a Peadiatrician that the marks on your chest near the bottom of your ribs, especially when others in your family have them as well, are the remnants of gills from when you were a foetus. Both my sons and my husband have them and in one son's case the mark is quite distinctive and you can believe this explanation.

[irisred]

Various things I've heard about them are...

Could be related to shocks or upsets the mother had during pregnancy.

or a little stranger...

Could be related to a death in a former life.

I didn't say they were scientific explanations!! However, I have a birthmark on my neck and I detest people touching my neck. Perhaps I was strangled in a former life??!!

[Morrisonker]

It's probably just a glitch or flaw in our genetic make up but I think it's more interesting to think otherwise. I've always thought it could be connected with the way you died in a previous life and those who don't have a mark are either in their first life or died naturally. I know now that it's a common theory but I first started thinking it when I was very young.

[tigga]

Hmmm.... connected with the way you died in a previous life ?. I hate to think what happened to me - mine's on me babymaker !!

[AliFlump]

Ive never thought about them being from a past life before, its a good explanation tho