Hayley, you're not really supposed to wear metal in your piercings when you are pg, so you use a plastic retainer. Laura B has a business selling some fab ones, the links are in the tattoo and piercing bit on here. (Commission made payable to Tankett please Laura!!

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I had a retainer in my piercing too, but I took it out a couple of weeks ago. It was sticking through all of my clothes because my belly's sticking out, and I didn't like the look of it, so I took it out. Bit like my nipple ring, I only had it in for a week then caught a glance at myself in the mirror in a tight t-shirt, and immediately removed it. It was a very shallow piercing anyway and I could only put 6-8 mm bars in, not the standard 12mm, so I'll get it re-pierced afterwards. As long as I get my flat tummy back!!!!
Hayley, I also have more tattoos than this one. A pegasus on my left shoulder, a celtic swirly one on my lower back (it's quite big, but it just tickled!!), and my daughters name in arabic on the top of my right arm. My DH is covered. He has 9, but they are all really big so looks like he has more. He actually went and had his ninth last week, and it's great. Loads of Robbie'esk type black ones.