Re: Pierced belly buttons was Toddlers - who'd have 'em!

[Guest guest]

This is gross BUT I have often wondered what would happen to a pierced

belly button when that belly is pregnant - does anyone know? I just

remember watching my recent appendix scar expand and expand along with

my stomach when I was pg with DD1 ....... sorry I did say it was gross

at the start .....

Francesca

Re: Toddlers - who'd have 'em!

> ah but I plan to do that myself (minus the unsuitable boyfriends...

> BTDT) in the hop e that having a mum with a pierced belly

> button/tattoo will put them off doing it themselves!!

> _________________

> Angi 0:-)

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> that we will really

> > appreciate this stage when they are coming home with pierced

> > noses/belly buttons/eyebrows or worse, tattoos and unsuitable

> > boyfriends!

> >

> > Francesca

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[Guest guest]

Oh my god ye......I had my belly peirvced a year or two before pregnancy, as

soon as I got pregnant my body rejected the bar and started to migrate it to

the surface of the skin. As my belly grew, a scar appeared and stretched the

hole and the peircing scar.

I am now left with a flap of skin that is about a centimeter across, and a

scar from the needle that goes upwards about 1.5 inches!

DONT DO IT!!!!

PS. I am not too bothered though, as after having DS1 and doing 200 sit ups

a day, my tummy still looks like a deflated beach ball, and will never be

shown in public again!!

[Guest guest]

Oh no! Poor you!

I had my belly button pierced 7 years ago and it was fine during pg. I asked

my midwife whether I should take the ring out and she said only if it seemed

to be causing problems - which it didn't. Near the end it just stuck right

out (and I put a different type of jewellery in it). I only took it out just

before I was wheeled into the operating room for my CS.

THe piercing looked exactly the same post-pg as before, other than looking a

tiny bit stretched and deflated but no worse that the rest of my tummy.

I am v. glad I didn;t have the same problems as you !

Re: Pierced belly buttons was Toddlers - who'd have

'em!

> Oh my god ye......I had my belly peirvced a year or two before pregnancy,

as

> soon as I got pregnant my body rejected the bar and started to migrate it

to

> the surface of the skin. As my belly grew, a scar appeared and stretched

the

> hole and the peircing scar.

>

> I am now left with a flap of skin that is about a centimeter across, and a

> scar from the needle that goes upwards about 1.5 inches!

>

> DONT DO IT!!!!

>

> PS. I am not too bothered though, as after having DS1 and doing 200 sit

ups

> a day, my tummy still looks like a deflated beach ball, and will never be

> shown in public again!!

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh yuk! So what happens when your belly button is pierced, they

insert a bar in your stomach to stick the stud on or something? Do I,

Mrs Squeamish 2001, really want to know? What happens to you sounds

disgusting and would put me off even if I had wanted to in the first

place (which I most definitely do not - I had my ears pierced on two

separate days as I passed out when the first one was done!). Hard to

believe I gave birth to DD2 with only gas and air, isn't it?!

Francesca

Re: Pierced belly buttons was Toddlers - who'd

have 'em!

> Oh my god ye......I had my belly peirvced a year or two before

pregnancy, as

> soon as I got pregnant my body rejected the bar and started to

migrate it to

> the surface of the skin. As my belly grew, a scar appeared and

stretched the

> hole and the peircing scar.

>

> I am now left with a flap of skin that is about a centimeter across,

and a

> scar from the needle that goes upwards about 1.5 inches!

>

> DONT DO IT!!!!

>

> PS. I am not too bothered though, as after having DS1 and doing 200

sit ups

> a day, my tummy still looks like a deflated beach ball, and will

never be

> shown in public again!!

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I was going to say as I think this one will be my last baby then it

didn;t really matter... but even if it wasn't the end of babies maybe

it wouldn;t be a problem anyway, I do heal well, all my scars for

various things are practically invisible now -even the C/s and the

last time I had a laparoscopy the Dr commented on how well the other

scars were looking...

Last summer i nearly had my bb pierced, but didn;t, then i got pg

Angi 0:-)

> Oh no! Poor you!

>

> I had my belly button pierced 7 years ago and it was fine during pg.

I asked

> my midwife whether I should take the ring out and she said only if

it seemed

> to be causing problems - which it didn't. Near the end it just stuck

right

> out (and I put a different type of jewellery in it). I only took it

out just

> before I was wheeled into the operating room for my CS.

> THe piercing looked exactly the same post-pg as before, other than

looking a

> tiny bit stretched and deflated but no worse that the rest of my

tummy.

>

> I am v. glad I didn;t have the same problems as you !

>

>

> Re: Pierced belly buttons was Toddlers - who'd

have

> 'em!

>

>

> > Oh my god ye......I had my belly peirvced a year or two before

pregnancy,

> as

> > soon as I got pregnant my body rejected the bar and started to

migrate it

> to

> > the surface of the skin. As my belly grew, a scar appeared and

stretched

> the

> > hole and the peircing scar.

> >

> > I am now left with a flap of skin that is about a centimeter

across, and a

> > scar from the needle that goes upwards about 1.5 inches!

> >

> > DONT DO IT!!!!

[Guest guest]

It doesnt hurt much, just the initial pain of the needle. They clamp the top

part of your belly button, and then force a large needle through the skin,

then they thread a milimeter thick bar through the hole and attach a ball to

each end. Sounds horrible, but it just burns like your ears do when they

have just been done.

Actually, it is worse than having ears done, as they make you breathe through

the pain...which isnt that bad, but it is when someone has built it up in

your mind! I had both mine done in Metalmorphosis in soho as they have a

brilliant reputation.

The first one didnt hurt at all, as I had 2 pints of cider beforehand, and

they sprayed the area with anaesthetic! So I was supprised when I had the

hole re-peirced a year later, and the guy refused to use pain killers as the

" pain is part of the whole process of the art of body piercing " ..YEH RIGHT!!

so that one did hurt!!

My advice is that if you want it done, make sure you go to a reputable place

that is registered with the council.