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Tattoos and Piercings
If you're thinking of getting a piercing done while you're pregnant, stick with the ones that go above your neck. Nipple, genital, or navel piercing are a bad idea since your body is going to go through some massive changes over the next nine months (and beyond), and you'll want to wait until things settle down before you start any new decorating schemes. (Besides, some doctors and midwives will want you to remove your – ahem – more personal jewelry during delivery anyway.)
Also, check with your health care provider before adding any new metal. If you get the official go-ahead, be sure you go to a state-licensed piercing studio that's clean and uses sterile equipment. Tell the piercer that you're pregnant, too, since this may affect how they want to handle the procedure.
As for tattoos, this is a better-safe-than-sorry situation. First, no one has done any studies about the safety of tattoo ink during pregnancy. And second, there is a chance of contracting Hepatitis C from the procedure even if you go with the cleanest tattoo parlor in town. So why risk it?
Stacy Quarty, author of "Frankly Pregnant", has another very good reason to avoid body modifications until after your baby has arrived."Piercing or tattooing a body part that is not its normal size could cause strange results later," she explains. "Keep in mind almost all parts of your body swell or distort in some way during pregnancy. A tattoo on stretched out skin can later shrink to a black, shapeless blob."
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