Can you leave your belly button ring in during pregnancy?

If you are pregnant, you can wear your belly button ring up to the fifth or sixth month. Once the skin on your abdomen begins to stretch significantly, you should take it out or upsize that gauge. [7]

How To Remove Your Belly Button Ring?

If your piercing is new, you will most likely be wearing a captive bead ring, so it would be best to go back to the shop you got the piercing from at and ask them to remove it and replace it with new body jewelry. If your belly button piercing heals properly, wash your hands, your navel, and the new body jewelry that you wish to insert. Next, unscrew the ball in your piercing and pull the barbell down and out. After that, insert your new body jewelry into your piercing from the inside of the belly button up and out, and screw the ball on.

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How To Get A Safe Body Piercing?

• Consult a licensed or well-apprenticed piercer for advice on whether your belly button will accommodate piercing. The piercer will decide how well your tissue will hold a ring in place.
• Confirm that your chosen piercer works with sterilized equipment and disposable hollow needles and that he or she wears new latex gloves for each client. Confirm also that he or she offers only piercing-quality jewelry, and is accessible post-treatment should you have any questions or concerns.
• Schedule your appointment when your calendar is clear of any strenuous or even moderate physical activities. Yoga, dancing, swimming and most other sports may be out of the question for a few weeks following the piercing.
• Try to wear loose-fitting clothes to your piercing appointment; opt for low-slung pants or skirts and tunic or wide-belly tops. Wear anything that will not rub or pull around your belly button.
• You should also remain focused on your breath and fix your gaze on a stationary point during the procedure which could keep your muscles relaxed and help minimize any discomfort.
• Go with the jewelry that your piercer offers, provided that it is titanium, stainless steel or niobium. These are the metals least likely to promote infection. Gold may not mesh well with your body’s chemistry.

Although the freedom to wear belly-baring clothes makes summer a logical season to get your belly pierced, you have to remember that swimming and bathing are not advisable for a few weeks after a belly button piercing procedure. [9]

Moreover, you have to take special care when getting dressed during the initial weeks that follow the piercing, since clothes may catch on the ring and, when pulled, may cause a lot of pain.  

It is important to be aware that piercings can cause nerve damage if the piercer positions jewelry improperly. Also, communicable diseases may spread during the procedure if performed with unsterilized equipment as some piercers do. [1]

Remember that belly button piercings are popular among models and celebrities. However, a belly button piercing is not for everyone. They work best on innies (intruded belly buttons), and the more recessed the indent, the better the case. Most people say that belly button piercings do not hurt that much at all; if anything, the clamp hurts more than the actual needle. At the same time, some people are surprised by the pain, so this is individual. The piercer tells you to take a deep breath in and then let it out.

By the time you finish that breath, the procedure is over, so at least it is relatively fast. When some people have pus and crust on their piercing, they will most commonly think it’s infected. However, it is just healing in most cases, but you have to be careful. You could put warm salt water in a shot glass and lay down with it on the navel, which could help the healing process. If you notice there is something wrong report it to a doctor because it might be imperative for the healing of your belly button piecing.