Those of you that have belly button ring holes:

lovemymaddy · March 2010

What does yours look like? I've been lucky to not get any stretch marks so far except for this area that's pulled sooo tight between the two holes. I don't know if they are really marks or not but that area is purplish and looks bruised almost... This happen to anyone else??

claire1983 · March 2010

I don't really have any marks between the hole and my belly button but the area around the hole is pretty red or almost purple-ish.

court1703 · March 2010

Is your belly button ring still in?

Jenn11234 · March 2010

hmm nope but I took mine out 3 years ago..maybe thats why?

jknigh8 · March 2010

I took my belly ring out about 5 years ago and still have a hole. It hasnt got any stretch marks, but the scar is stretched. Right now it looks like it will go right back to normal, keeping my fingers crossed because so far so good not getting stretch marks anywhere

butterbeansmama · March 2010

I still have my ring in (pregnancy ring). It is a lot more stretched out than it was when pregnant with ds. The skin between the holes is thin, purple in color and extremely sensitive. I keep a bandaid over it and eucerin lotion on it to keep it moist. This seems to help.

mrsjenni · March 2010

I took my ring out when I got my BFP with DS. I never got any stretch marks with him, but my ring hole sure did look bad, lol.

This time, it's more healed and doesn't look as bad as it did with #1. Still no stretch marks, woot woot. {yet.}

lovemymaddy · March 2010

court1703:
Is your belly button ring still in?

No, it's out. Had it out since about about 26 weeks I guess?

asned · March 2010

Mine still looks exactly the same:

berrybuzz · March 2010

yup, happens to me, it doesnt hurt but it looks like it does. we asked the doctor and she said its because of the vein, the other day my bellly collided with a box of spaghetti and bruised it, and it hurt for a couple hours, and the "brusing" came back. it hit in the same area as my belly ring would have been. it looks worse then it feels.

Peony81 · March 2010

jknigh8:
I took my belly ring out about 5 years ago and still have a hole. It hasnt got any stretch marks, but the scar is stretched. Right now it looks like it will go right back to normal, keeping my fingers crossed because so far so good not getting stretch marks anywhere

This is me too.

Rachelilly23 · March 2010

I have a bad scar from my belly ring, even though I took it out over 5 years ago. The scar just looks even more deformed now, but I don't see any stretch marks. I try not to look at it though because it's just plain ugly.

BabyH2010 · March 2010

Mine is still in, and nothing looks unsightly or stretched or anything. It doesn't hurt, and I would so much rather keep the ring in forever than have the two scarred holes... so I'm keeping it in as long as it will stay! (Which I assume will be for the whole pregnancy, as I only have 4 weeks to go and the doc only thinks I'll make it 2...)

APRILMW · March 2010

Yours sounds almost identical to mine! So far no stretch marks, but my belly button and area around it looks like its been "bruised". And, I even have some redness to it!

I took mine out at around 10 weeks....and it had been in for almost 10 years!

scubaspot · March 2010

Mine looks weird. The skin between the two holes have been stretched and it is a shade or two darker then the rest of my skin. I don't have any stretch marks but I am sure that it is going to look a little funny when everything is done and over with.

MrsSmith81 · March 2010

mine looks the same and it has been out for about 5 years. oddly enough, i don't remember it looking purple or bruised when i was pg with ds...

Lambie. · March 2010

Mine look the same.

Emily88 · March 2010

I haven't had mine in for almost 10 years, but now the scar is stretched out and it looks like bunny ears!

tanstaett · March 2010

I am so happy that you posted this. I was just looking in the mirror and wondering the same exact thing. I am stretch markless, minus the same purplish/bruised look between the two holes. I hope it doesn't expand further!

wachs · March 2010

I have a stretch mark right across the piercing hole & it's very crooked now.

BabyButler2010 · March 2010

Yep! It looks awful. Like you I haven't gotten any other stretch marks so far though, so I guess I can't complain too much.

CFCND07 · March 2010

claire1983:
I don't really have any marks between the hole and my belly button but the area around the hole is pretty red or almost purple-ish.

THIS exactly! And sometimes it feels a little tight if I don't have my belly butter on it. Not painful, just tight. I've come to accept it as part of my belly. It's a sign of my "crazy past." Not really, LOL. That was my one rebellion. Tongue Tied

DreaMe23 · March 2010

Ditto for me

kpadlick · March 2010

Mine is definetly stretched out above my flat belly button, so it looks like there are 3 holes essentially including my belly button. The top hole is reddish and stretched, surrounded by some light brown (sorta looks bruised i guess). Yeah, it's not pretty.

amynicoletta · March 2010

Yeah - mine is red - still have the holes, but I took out my ring about a year before we TTC. Just looks stretched and red. Must be the scar tissue coming through.

MWoodside · March 2010

I took mine out 8-9 years ago but there is still the holes. I think it's healed up in the middle though so it looks totally normal aside from still being a hole.

prego760 · March 2010

I dont have mine in but from the top hole to the bottom is about an inch now. There is a darker area behind my belly buttton that is the size of a plum. I dont know what it is but it looks weird.

kaela4313 · March 2010

Mine sounds like it looks exactly like yours, it is the only area on my belly that is stretched and is like a purplish/pink color, sometimes it even itches but I think its just from the stretching.

BelhurstBride · March 2010

I took mine out about 5 years ago and until I got pregnant it was barely even noticable anymore. Now it looks disgusting. It's red and real obvious.

Alicia&Daniel · March 2010

The top hole, can't see the bottom one, has two stretch marks across it... in the shape of an X... X marks the spot where the baby is?

Mrs Babs · March 2010

wachs:
I have a stretch mark right across the piercing hole & it's very crooked now.

Mine also looks bruised around the two "holes" even though they look more like flat lines now. Mine is also really crooked now. I wasn't sure if this was b/c it was always crooked and I just couldn't tell with a piercing in it. I don't have stretch marks anywhere else but right around these holes. I think I took mine out at 23 weeks or so. Probably should have done it sooner.

CandT · March 2010

I took mine out almost 10 years ago but the hole is still there and I'm sure I could still stick something through it. Anyway, you can now see the bottom of the hole and it's stretched out a little on the bottom. The top is normal looking but I'm not that big yet either.

blondbomber23 · March 2010

Mine has a darker circle around it.

PammyG08 · March 2010

mine looks gross.. the holes are a dark purplish color and instead of round holes they look like slits lol

Mrs.Stratton · March 2010

I took mine out with every pregnancy because my belly button always pops out when I am pregnant. It looks the same as it did before I was pregnant but flat because my belly button is almost an outie now. I get it redone at about two months PP. I have a family friend who comes to my house to do it for me. He owns a shop but comes here and does it for free after every baby. He can do it in the same hole each time which hurts because it is scar tissue but is nice because it looks the same as it did before the baby.

cajungirl0717 · March 2010

Mine started off with a red splotch above the top hole. It now has stretch marks coming out of it.

g8trkim · March 2010

Surprisingly mine doesn't look much different, it's just a little red. I was lucky to escape stretch marks too. I guess it just depends on the person.

Daisy41459 · March 2010

Mine looks really gross for 2 reasons. 1) I scar very easily. 2) My first navel piercing was a ring and because I was extremely active and athletic at the time (I practically had 6-pack abs), there wasn't enough skin to hold it in and it was ripped out in whole. I did have it re-pierced with a barbell later on, and I really can't see the holes from that.

whitsim · March 2010

All three of mine look like little thin red lines. Happily, these are the only "stretch marks" that I have.

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