Tattoo and Pierced Tribe II - Page 34

[CrunchyGina]

Tattoo/pierced mama here! I currently have my septum and left nostril done and 2 sets of holes in each ear. One set at 8g and the other I'm just now considering stretching. So I just found out I'm pregnant. I've been slowly stretching my ears for the better part of the year and am wondering if I can continue to stretch through this pregnancy? I plan on talking to my piercer to get his opinion, but I want to see what others think too.

[NettleTea]

I bought a new ring back in October and I have recently noticed that the skin around my lip piercing is now a greyish color. What does this mean? Low-quality jewelry?

[Rainey Daye]

No tats, and prob not gonna get any...even though our closest friends all went and got new tats last year together my husband and I are kind of weenies with pain (though after birthing an 8 1/2 pound baby, I guess I'm not AS much of a weenie). But piercings, yeah...I'll do that!!

My husband is all for me getting my nose pierced...though he did ask me to hold off on that for a bit so as not to freak his mother out since she is still hyperventilating about my BIL's new piercing (he's also one of the ones who got tats together last year, but since he has to have all his tats in places that would be covered with his work clothes, I don't think she knows about them)!! Since I'm also planning on dreading my hair, I think we are having to pick and time our battles carefully!!

Me personally, I figure if I'm going in to get my nosed pierced I'd wanna get my cartilage pierced again at the same time. However, I've already had it pierced where I want the piercing twice (closed up both times when I took the piercing out cause of prejudice) and it's built up a fairly decent hard spot of scar tissue. When I went to get it re-pierced the first time it closed up, one of the mall places wouldn't even do it...I had to ask around and the chick at Claire's said she'd do it...but that if it closed up a second time that they wouldn't re-pierce again. Do you think I'd have a better chance of getting it re-pierced at a tattoo and piercing place? They don't seem to freak out as much about re-piercings.

[Laur318]

Let's talk about tribute tattoos. Like who here has something special in Honor of their child?? Names, dates, footprints...?

[triana1326]

Originally Posted by mom2snugbugs 

i hope this is the right place to ask this question.


I am thinking about a tattoo. I am currently tandem nursing my 4 yo and my 21 mo. My 4 yo dd nurses about 3x a week. My 21 mo ds nurses at least 2x a day, if not more. He is also still night nursing.

When I went to get a tattoo, they said I would have to stop breastfeeding because the carbon stays in my blood for at least 3 months, and it will get into my breastmilk. Can someone tell me about this?

TIA, and please point me in the right direction if this is not the place.

Haven't read the rest of the thread, but just wanted to reply to this by saying that the last tattoo I got, I breastfed my child WHILE getting inked. First time that had happened for my tattoo artist! Just thought I'd share...

[SamiPolizzi]

I am itching to get a new tattoo, but having trouble coming up with a design. Most of my tattoos are music related and I also have my son's footprint on my back. I've toyed with the idea of getting a placenta print, but I'd need to have another baby first so that will have to wait. I really just want to get something representative of motherhood, but I'm sure what that's going to be. Any suggestions?

[Indigo73]

I am itching for new ink too, but I know exactly what I want (next two are completely mapped out, and two more ideas are brewing).  I think I am going to get my anchor on my right foot next, hopefully in early May as a congrats to first year back to college gift to myself.  While I am there doing that, I want to put a deposit down toward my right arm piece - a knitting mermaid.

[shelley4]

i got a new tattoo today!  it's itty bitty and very simple.. just the outline of Nova Scotia, where i was born.  about 2.5" long and 1" wide, on my left wrist.  i love it!!!

Edited by shelley4 - 4/2/11 at 5:10pm

[Laur318]

Anyone getting spring body mod fever?
I'm itchin for a piercing. I have ears belly button and nipple. I had my eyebrow in the past and I'm over facial piercings. I am really into piercings on stomach/hip area. I saw A cute one that ive never seen before, on the top of a butt crack. I don't want attention there but how cool!!!

[NettleTea]

[SamiPolizzi]

I've been thinking a lot about getting my belly button re-pierced, but I'm not sure if it's the right time yet. A couple years ago I took it out because the skin over had thinned a lot in the 6 years since I'd gotten it done, and it was a little crooked to begin. So I was going to let it heal and get it redone and then get the bottom of my belly button pierced also... but then I found out I was pregnant. I figured I do it after my son was born, but then I realized how hard it would be for it to heal with a baby on my stomach all the time. Now he's two and still climbs all over me all the time, but maybe he could stay away from it for a couple weeks while it heals. I don't know... has anyone hear ever gotten a new piercing with a curious toddler?

[Susana]

I just got my husband's name in a heart on my arm about a month ago. Here's a pic of a little of what I have going on. I am planning on getting my 2 kids' names inside of 2 hearts, hopefully for a Mother's Day gift!

[Jaxinator]

Originally Posted by Laur318 

Let's talk about tribute tattoos. Like who here has something special in Honor of their child?? Names, dates, footprints...?

I have my son's initials on my wrist. Nothing fancy, just a pretty script, about an inch and a half tall.

I have a tribute tattoo to the places I've lived too :)

[boobyfeeder]

Originally Posted by Laur318 

Let's talk about tribute tattoos. Like who here has something special in Honor of their child?? Names, dates, footprints...?

I have a tattoo in honor of my three daughters. It is a mother embracing three daughters, with each of my girls' birth flowers and their initials worked into the vines. I also have a cat looking at the moon on my calf, since I love kitties. :)

As for piercings, I have two holes in each ear, and my left nostril pierced (a birthday gift for myself for my 31st).

I don't have a pic of my custom piece on my computer at the moment, but here is my kitty.

[cakahy]

Woot just saying hey and joining the tribe .
Currently I have four tattoos. A pink leopard print star on my left shoulder, a quarter sized small black star on my left breast-area, a jolly roger on my right hip, and two huge flowers (representing my kids) on my right calf. Piercing wise right now I have my lip, ears, tragus, nose, and the top of my cartilage. The cartilage was an industrial but because my ears stick out (so they fold while I'm sleeping) it started bothering me because now that I'm pregnant I was only comfortable sleeping on that side and it was giving me a huge ear ache . Miss that industrial already

[Arduinna]

Someone make a new thread this one has been here for 3 years and is 34 pages long LOL

[beatgenxer]

i have a haiku on my left shoulder, but i'm looking for ideas to get a tat in tribute of the home birth of my son (21 months). anyone else here get a home birth tattoo and what does it look like?

[sarahsmiles]

I've got a question for those of you with tattoos in different places on your bodies. Right now, I have one on my shoulder blade, and I love it, but I can't see it. I've got an appointment to talk with a highly recommended artist about another one that I'm totally jazzed about. This will be color, and gorgeous, and I want to see it! I'm having trouble decided where to place it on my body. I do work a professional job and I'm not totally opposed to having it be visible, but I think some of the more REALLY visible places are out for me, just because of my comfort level. I think the inner wrist, for example, is more than I can handle.

Any recommendations or things I should consider? I'm not worried about pain, since this is temporary, but I want to love this one every time look at it.

[MittensKittens]

Originally Posted by sarahsmiles 

I've got a question for those of you with tattoos in different places on your bodies. Right now, I have one on my shoulder blade, and I love it, but I can't see it. I've got an appointment to talk with a highly recommended artist about another one that I'm totally jazzed about. This will be color, and gorgeous, and I want to see it! I'm having trouble decided where to place it on my body. I do work a professional job and I'm not totally opposed to having it be visible, but I think some of the more REALLY visible places are out for me, just because of my comfort level. I think the inner wrist, for example, is more than I can handle.

Any recommendations or things I should consider? I'm not worried about pain, since this is temporary, but I want to love this one every time look at it.

I have tattoos on my shoulder blades like you, and on my legs. I can either show the ones on my legs, by wearing short-ish skirts, or cover them up when I wear pants. I am now considering a tattoo on my upper arm. Those are all places that can be covered up if you want them too - they won't show if you wear a pant suit, which is what I wear for work. You can't wear short sleeves and still cover the tat if you have them on your arms, though. 

Other recommendations? Well, being happy with your artist and having seen what their previous work was like is all you really need, right?

Although, there is one other thing. If it is REALLY hot where you are right now, maybe you should wait a bit. Tats don't heal as well in hot, sweaty weather and you can't swim while it is healing. I got one tattoo done last summer and it didn't heal as well as the ones I did in winter, so I am planning to go back and have it touched up. 

[sarahsmiles]

Thanks for the advice about the heat! It is super hot right now, but I think after the consult, I'll realize I cannot afford the tattoo for a while, anyway.