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Re: Bellybutton piercing and Pregnancy

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:43:17 -0600 (CST)


I really cannot be sure, because we don't have many women here with piercing, but I think that if you take out the ring when you get pregnant nothing is going to happen.

At Thu, 23 Jan 2003, lynn wrote: >
>Hi!
>I posted this question last week, but Dr. Fabio was the only Dr. on at
>the time and said he never came across this in Italy, so I'm hoping the
>other doctors currently on have seen this....
>I have been waiting to pierce my bellybutton in hopes that I will have
>another child. Well, after many m/c's, I don't want to wait any longer
>(it's been years and I'm not getting any younger!). SO, if I do get it
>pierced, and then do get pregnant, what will become of it?? Reason I'm
>asking is I saw something in the archives where a woman was blaming her
>BB ring for stretchmarks - any truth to this?? And will the hole get
>gross and stretched out as the stomache gets bigger? Anything I need to
>know before I get it done, hopefully this weekend??
>Thanks so much!

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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Director Obgyn.net Latina
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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