2007-02-15 05:50:29 · 10 answers · asked by jenah_leigh 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
whoever answered my question with something about getting a tattoo on my boob and not caring about my child and boyfriend should READ the question because it doesn't say ANYTHING about getting a tattoo on my boob!!!! thank you to everyone else who answered!
2007-02-15 06:11:54 · update #1
Much can cross the "blood barrier" into breast milk so babies can potentially have things passed to them through the mother.
It is just for protection - why take chances when there is risk involved, although with a very clean and conscientious artist, small?
Also, in today's litigious society, I don't know of any professional artist that would take the chance. If something ever did happen to that baby, guess who would be looked upon as the person responsible?
2007-02-15 05:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by tatt_bratt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As a heads up, you can...but you have to make sure that the studio that you go to will tattoo a breastfeeding mom. The ink is injected below your epidermis and immediately below your dermis level. The ink cells are too large to get in your milk ducts BUT you need to make sure that the studio that you goes to uses sterile techniques and such to avoid any germ related problems and such - because anything that you're exposed to, your baby is also exposed to due to the breastmilk. I contacted my dr, my daughter's dr and la leche league to ask questions about it and all 3 said that it was ok and not harmful to do. Make sure that after you get your tattoo that you care for your tattoo exactly the way that your artist told you to.
Feel free to email me if you have any questions...I researched this stuff like there was no tomorrow before getting my tattoo.
2007-02-15 10:43:58 · answer #2 · answered by kristina807 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would strongly suggest you NOT get a tattoo while breastfeeding. There is a chance, however small, that you could contract a disease ( hepatitis would be more likely than AIDS but both are POSSIBLE, as well as other unfun diseases) and you would then run a high risk of passing that on to your baby. Really, it can wait. I waited through two pregnancies and two years of breastfeeding until my body was my own again before I went and had it done. I dunno, it just seems like a moral imperative to protect your child and restrain yourself from anything that might possibly cause them harm. I assure you, tattoo artists will still exist after you wean your baby, it can wait.
2007-02-15 18:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by tiny_dog10 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think saying "what are the risks if you do it anyway" is quite possibly the answer you're looking for.
That's the worst thing I've ever heard.
If there's a suggested risk, what do you think?
2007-02-15 07:00:04 · answer #4 · answered by HellaFied Mama 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is a risk to the baby if you get sick or an infection. for instance if you go to a place that doesn't sanitize their equipment or use new needles, you could get hepatitis or HIV. that can be passed to your baby via breast milk.
2007-02-15 06:01:31 · answer #5 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah.....the buzzing of the tattoo machine is sure to keep him awake....
sorry, sorry..
2007-02-15 08:23:23 · answer #6 · answered by Rider (12NI) 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
See Leviticus 19:28 you can go to biblegateway.com to view it. just search under New American Standard.
2007-02-15 05:59:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
If you cared about your baby and the father of your baby why would you spend money trying to get strangers to look at your boobs.
2007-02-15 05:59:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
well for one thing it would scare the hell out of the baby..
2007-02-15 07:25:46 · answer #9 · answered by this Mike guy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it will probaly hurt the baby
2007-02-15 06:59:26 · answer #10 · answered by horse luver 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋