belly button piercing

[5elina]

hey, i want my belly button pierced, was wondering what happens to the hole when pregnant? does it stretch? and if i decide to take my belly button bar out, how long does it take for the hole to close up?

thank you

[BillyNoMates]

Why do you want to get your belly button pierced in the first place ?

I am sorry, but I do not understand this fascination with having bits of ones body perforated (apart from pleasure areas). Perhaps someone could explain to me ?

[jno]

I would have thought just the opposite, BillyNoMates - earrings can at least look nice, but if your pleasure areas work ok as is, why stick pieces of tin in them?

er, sorry Selina, can't help you there

[londondave]

You can get pregnancy retainers for when pregnant, but why would you want to get pregnant? I am sorry but I do not unedrestand this fascination with having kids, perhaps someone could explain to me

http://www.naveljewellery.co.uk/pregnancy-retainers-faq.htm

http://www.birth.com.au/class.asp?class=67&page=28

Here are some links to advise on piercings and pregnancy. (from someone who is VERY pierced)

[ALLO]

i had mine done in 98. i just turned 18 and it the first adult thing i did! i wore it for two months then had my dad take it out. it wasn't as cool as i thought. anywaythree years later i got pregnant and that was the only place i got a streach mark. from the hole it was about 1/2 inch long. i still have the hole, it never closed up. but now i look at my belly button and all i see is a hole and a streach mark. i hate it. i wish i never did it. i ruined my button! so think hard about doing this. you might not like it when your pregnant.

[Sasha13]

I had mine done 10 years ago and still really like it - I think whether you can wear it to the end of pregnancy depends on what shape you end up although I know a friend who kept hers in all the way through with no probs whatsoever - you may need to put a longer bar in just in case, but as long as there's enough room for your tummy to stretch I can't see that there would be a problem.

[butterfly76]

you seem too obsessed about the things that are gonna go wrong and when it will close up, to even consider having it done

[jno]

Nothing obsessive about considering the consequences of something before you do it. Very rational, in fact.

[rachaelersk]

hi 5elina in answer to your questions i had my belly button pierced for my 30th birthday present from a friend, i loved it but when i became pregnant a year later i was only 4 months pregnant and it became uncomfortable so i took it out. This really only is unscrewing the bar and out it comes, however mine healed really quite, like by the next day maybe even a few hours after and i have heard that this is the case for most people. After having my baby i have stretch marks there and also a brown coloured scar where the entry and exit holes were. However... i would not hesitate in getting it done again, but i chose not to at the moment as still have a wobble belly from my baby, but who knows i may again in the future.hope this helps.

[blueeyedlass]

i had my navel pierced for 5 years when i got pregnant i took my bar out when i was about 4 and a half months i really missed it because i loved having it there and i tried to put it back in and i was totally surprised when i managed to get my bar back in so that was about 8 months after i first took it out it went back in i thought it would have healed up long before that.

[jen012]

yup go for it. get it periced. i got mine last year and I love mine! have had no problems!!

[loopy_lozzie]

Hi plz plz plz plz plz plz help me i reli reli reli RELI want my belly button pierced but my mum wont  let me plz email me wit the answers to my questions:

1) how much does it cost roughly?

2) how can i persuade my mum to get it done?

3) how old do u ave to be to get it done?

4) How bad does it hurt?

plz email be my email adress is [email protected]  thnx