New Moles?

[cbowl]

Weird question...has anyone developed any new moles during any of their pregnancies?  

I developed this raised flesh colored mole on my belly that is basically skin colored during my last pregnancy.  I had it checked and the doctor said it was completely normal just by looking at it...no biopsy.  For some reason, I have started to freak myself out and fallen down the google hole that all new moles should be biopsied or removed.  Sorry totally random question but figured I'd ask.

[cbrandt1]

I got skin tags around my lady bits but they disappeared shortly after I had him. Nothing yet this time.

[LadyNymeria]

Yes. I have a couple new ones and one that significantly increased in size. My skin dr says they're all normal moles and nothing to worry about. I have one on the underside of one of my boobs that got bigger at the beginning of the pregnancy and now looks huge because my boobs got so much bigger. But per the skin dr, still nothing to worry about.

I don't know if this is standard procedure or if my derm office is conservative, but even though my OB gave the ok to have the move removed if the derm thought it should be, the derm said they try to avoid any procedures during pregnancy unless considered truly necessary (something looks like skin cancer).

[merryrissmas]

+1 on developing a new mole and a couple have gotten larger, like LadyNymeria.

I'm bad and scratched off the new one when I noticed it was really dry (such a dumb thing to do), but plan to ask the dermatologist about all of my moles, especially the ones getting larger, at my yearly mole check on Monday. Stupid skin cancer risk!

[lpj]

cbowl that sounds like a skin tag and probably isn't anything to worry about! But if it changes or has any of the worrying signs (irregular border, asymmetric, mottled colour etc) or changes it would definitely be worth getting checked again. My family has a strong history of skin cancer so I always feel it's better to be safe than sorry with moles!

[lpj]

In actual answer to the question, I haven't got new moles but my facial freckles have got way darker and now even my lips look freckled! This happened last time and I didn't even notice it has gone away until it started up again haha.

[cbowl]

Thanks y'all. For some reason I have been crazy anxious about heath related stuff this pregnancy so even though my doc said it was a normal mole after looking at it several months ago...I decided to freak out about it today.

I know it's normal to have skin changes in pregnancy...and obviously I need to get off google!!!

[beckyrosen]

No new moles, but I got a skin tag on my armpit. It was small and I yanked that shit off lol.

[serendipity731]

Yes, stay off Dr. Google cbowl! Easier said than done, I know. I agree with lpj about the risky looking ones.
I got a crap ton more skin tags my last pregnancy. I haven't noticed mole moles though. I do have this new freckle that has an inconsistent border I'm gonna ask my dr about.

[hurricanerek]

I have one exactly like yours cbowl! It appeared last pregnancy, disappeared a few months after DD was delivered, and now it's showing up again. I saw my dermatologist about it after DD was born and she told me what it was (I forget the name) and that it wasn't a big deal.

I'm with you though...any new moles or mole changes freak me out.

[fem]

I had moles change last pregnancy and got them removed after DD was born. All the biopsies came back fine though.