What are the dangers in getting a piercing or tattoo during your pregnancy?

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• Answer #1

  I am pregnant and I have a LOT of tattoos, I also apprenticed for almost 9 months to become a tattoo artist, but have a hard time hurting people.

  So this is why you should not get body art during pregnancy:

  1. You are growing a human, your body needs all of it's strength to do that, healing a tat or piercing takes away from that strength.
  2. Your body, when you are pregnant speeds up the healing process, it will often reject a piercing and force the ink out, instead of healing around it. I can vouch for that, because I got pregnant while in the process of healing a large tattoo, the places that still had a scab, do not have ink anymore, while the rest is fine.
  3. If you get an infection either from the shop, or at home while healing, there is a big risk of that infection harming your baby's development.

  Hope that helps.

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• Answer #2

  The ink from your tattoo will go into your bloodstream and therefore will end up in your babies bloodstream. I wouldn't get a tattoo until after the baby is born. I don't see the problem with a piercing though. Talk to the piercer first about any precautions that need to be taken. Sam

• Answer #3

  tattoos are definatel a bad idea if youre pregnant, but piercings are ok as long its not your naval because your stomach is stretching and the barbell will migrate at a MUCH faster rate.

• Answer #4

  the ink does not enter your bloodstream. but any contaminant on a piercing will.

  a respectable shop, would not, should not do any kind of work on you while you are pregnant.

• Answer #5

  well I don't know but I know most places won't give you a tattoo if youre pregnant

• Answer #6

  That really helps me out. Thanks

• Answer #7

  just wait until you had your kid

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