Skin discolorations are common during pregnancy and can take many forms, including darkened nipples, chloasma, linea nigra, and the redness you know as the `pregnancy glow` when your face gets a nice natural blush.

What is the reason of this?

Skin color changes can be physical or hormonal. The darkening of chloasma, linea nigra, and nipples is a result of unpredictable hormones that cause you to overproduce melanin, which in this case is responsible for pigmentation. The `pregnancy glow` is due to the hormones and up to 50% increase in your total blood volume while pregnant, giving your face a pleasant aura.

Tips

There is not much you can do about any skin discoloration during pregnancy, other than to cover up areas where you feel self-conscious. Hormonal discolorations will fade after birth and your face will fade as your blood volume returns to normal.