During your pregnancy, your body undergoes all kinds of changes, especially your belly. Your belly button piercing will have to adapt to this, but fortunately there are a number of options for this! In this blog post we will tell you more about wearing a belly button piercing during your pregnancy.
Oops, I'm growing!
Not only your belly, but your entire body will go through a number of major changes. Your belly will change a lot because of the significant growth in a relatively short period of time. Your skin will have to show its most flexible side, and since your belly button piercing is through the skin around your belly button, your piercing will also need more space. The regular, short bar will often not be sufficient. What should you do with it now? In most cases, there is quite a bit of stretch in the skin and you can still keep your piercing during your pregnancy with the help of comfortable, flexible piercing jewelry.
Flexibility
Your growing belly will put quite a bit of tension on your belly button piercing, especially because your belly button will often be pushed out a bit more and the skin around your belly button will stretch considerably. If you want to know how your skin will stretch during your pregnancy, it is best to take an uninflated balloon. Put a small line on it (this represents your belly button piercing), blow it up and see how the line also stretches. This will give you a good idea of how your belly button piercing changes during your pregnancy, because your belly button piercing also stretches and will therefore become longer and therefore need more space. If your belly button piercing does not have enough space, your piercing can become irritated and the piercing balls can press painfully into your skin. In most cases, this means that you will have to look for a longer, preferably flexible bar. Good news, because pregnancy piercings can be ordered online in our shop! The posts of these pregnancy piercings are made of flexible Bioplast and can be shortened if desired. The flexible post adapts to your body and moves with it, so that you experience as little discomfort as possible.
Removing your piercing
Sometimes there really isn't enough room left to leave your belly button piercing in during your pregnancy. Especially during the last few weeks, there can be a lot of tension on your piercing. Sometimes this can cause irritation or the tension on your skin can eventually cause your piercing to grow out. You can recognize irritation by sensitive, slightly red skin. A growing piercing can start in a similar way, but you can often really feel that the post is very tight under the skin and the skin over the post can become slightly darker. In these cases, it is often better to temporarily remove your piercing. Clean the piercing hole thoroughly with some mild cleaning gel and possibly some antibacterial spray. After your pregnancy, you can try to put your piercing back in using an insertion pin and piercing lubricant. Again, choose a bar with extra length; after a while, a shorter bar can usually be inserted without any problems.
Are you unsure whether your piercing is still completely open or do you not dare to put your navel piercing back in yourself? Then find your piercer!
Click here for our range of pregnancy piercings
Oops, I'm growing!
Not only your belly, but your entire body will go through a number of major changes. Your belly will change a lot because of the significant growth in a relatively short period of time. Your skin will have to show its most flexible side, and since your belly button piercing is through the skin around your belly button, your piercing will also need more space. The regular, short bar will often not be sufficient. What should you do with it now? In most cases, there is quite a bit of stretch in the skin and you can still keep your piercing during your pregnancy with the help of comfortable, flexible piercing jewelry.
Flexibility
Your growing belly will put quite a bit of tension on your belly button piercing, especially because your belly button will often be pushed out a bit more and the skin around your belly button will stretch considerably. If you want to know how your skin will stretch during your pregnancy, it is best to take an uninflated balloon. Put a small line on it (this represents your belly button piercing), blow it up and see how the line also stretches. This will give you a good idea of how your belly button piercing changes during your pregnancy, because your belly button piercing also stretches and will therefore become longer and therefore need more space. If your belly button piercing does not have enough space, your piercing can become irritated and the piercing balls can press painfully into your skin. In most cases, this means that you will have to look for a longer, preferably flexible bar. Good news, because pregnancy piercings can be ordered online in our shop! The posts of these pregnancy piercings are made of flexible Bioplast and can be shortened if desired. The flexible post adapts to your body and moves with it, so that you experience as little discomfort as possible.
Removing your piercing
Sometimes there really isn't enough room left to leave your belly button piercing in during your pregnancy. Especially during the last few weeks, there can be a lot of tension on your piercing. Sometimes this can cause irritation or the tension on your skin can eventually cause your piercing to grow out. You can recognize irritation by sensitive, slightly red skin. A growing piercing can start in a similar way, but you can often really feel that the post is very tight under the skin and the skin over the post can become slightly darker. In these cases, it is often better to temporarily remove your piercing. Clean the piercing hole thoroughly with some mild cleaning gel and possibly some antibacterial spray. After your pregnancy, you can try to put your piercing back in using an insertion pin and piercing lubricant. Again, choose a bar with extra length; after a while, a shorter bar can usually be inserted without any problems.
Are you unsure whether your piercing is still completely open or do you not dare to put your navel piercing back in yourself? Then find your piercer!
Click here for our range of pregnancy piercings
