Navel piercing – one of widespread types of punctures of a body especially popular with female half of humanity. At the correct leaving the healing generally goes without problems, takes on average 6 months and is seldom torn away by an organism.
Piercing during pregnancy
If the girl decides on navel piercing long before pregnancy approach, and the wound after a puncture manages to heal, she cannot be afraid for the health, to future kid, also nothing threatens. But there are also such exceptional cases when the woman suddenly decides that the piercing made during pregnancy is a dream of all life which should be carried out immediately. Such extreme persons should consider that during this responsible period, such interventions in an organism of the woman are extremely undesirable. The puncture made during pregnancy will cause more disease and long process of healing. At development of a fruit also the uterus increases, will increase respectively the size of a stomach on which skin stretches, increasing diameter of a puncture. Besides the immune system of the pregnant woman is weakened that can lead to infection of the place of a puncture.
There is a widespread myth that the infection brought in a navel puncture can extend to a liver and a peritoneum, it does not have real cases of confirmation.
Care for piercing during pregnancy
As a rule, the pregnant woman can wear without serious consequences jewelry in a navel at most till 6th month. In the late stages of pregnancy the doctors strongly recommend to remove them or to change for the jewelry made of flexible polytetrafluoroethylene and silicone which do not cause allergies are not torn away and easily cave in under pressure of a uterus. Also there is one more good, but not so attractive way: pass silk thread throughout a puncture and tie it. Having taken off ornament, it is necessary to look after the place of a puncture with a bigger care. Daily processing by an anti-septic tank and washing with soap water is for this purpose necessary. Use of special oils and creams, will allow to keep elasticity of skin of a stomach and to prevent emergence of postnatal extensions.
Most of all those women who do a puncture risk to lose after the delivery original form of the navel decorated with piercing, being in process of planning of pregnancy.
The pregnant woman caring about healthy future child should refuse any intervention in the organism during her interesting situation and the more so to refuse piercing of a navel. It is known that some piercing and a tattoo salons not always respect all necessary sanitary standards. About it the client, unfortunately, will not be able to learn and secure himself in time in any way, and consequences of such interventions can be rather deplorable. There are big risks to be infected not only hepatitis B and C, but even with HIV. The organism and the immune system during pregnancy are weakened, all resources are directed to incubation and development of a fruit therefore infection, inflammation and development of infections take place almost immediately.