Re: 26 weeks and belly button ring

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Marisa Geller M.D.
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Specialist on Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialist on Fertility and Sterility
Buenos Aires
Argentina

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>----- Original Message -----
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
To: "Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH"
<pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 2:12 AM
Subject: 26 weeks and belly button ring

> OK so this is obviously not a life-or-death type question but here it
> is:
> I had my belly button pierced for YEARS and had taken it out before I
> got pregnant.  I think the hole is still open.  I'm now six months and
> getting a real kick out of the idea of going back and putting in a belly
> button ring- something snazzy and purple, you know - but when I went
> today to get the ring the lady at the counter told me to go ask my
> doctor first.  She said many pregnant women are told by their doctors
> not to wear one.  I know the holes stretch but if I get a big enough
> thing it should fit.  (I do not think I'm going to get an outie...  it's
> really a very deep belly button).  Is there any MEDICAL reason why I
> should not re-insert a belly button ring into a 6-month-pregnant belly
> just for kicks? (I dont' have a doctors' appointment for two weeks and I
> am NOT calling on this one...)
>
> K
>

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