I Feel Like A Hooker .

For the longest time, I had been trying to think of a piercing that was not of the norm. I wanted something that no one else had. I wanted something that maybe someone would not be able to see by just looking at me. While looking through the many BME pages, I stumbled upon the female nipple piercing pages. After looking through there, and the nipple shield pages, my mind was made up. I was going to get my nipples pierced.

Valentine's Day was coming up, and my boyfriend and I always go down to Virginia Beach for the weekend. I was aware of the many piercing places that "the strip (Atlantic Ave)" had, but I had never actually gone into one of them. I searched online for a place that was close to the hotel that we had already booked, and I found a place at 21st and Atlantic called Urban-X-Change. I called them, and their price on piercing nipples was much cheaper than what I had been quoted by other shops. I was afraid that because of their cheaper price, their shop would be dirty or not qualified or something, but let me assure you, theirs are one of the cleanest places I have seen. The front of the store is groomed well, and has a nice selection of body jewelry.

Finally, we are on our way to the beach. The whole three hour drive down there, my stomach is turning. My head was swimming with a million different things. We arrive at our hotel room, and immediately I want to get it done and over with. Now, do not get me wrong, I was very excited about having the piercing, but I was not looking forward to getting it done (I'm a wimp).

Upon arrival at the shop, my heart starts to pound. I could not believe that I was actually going to get this done! I walk up to the counter and tell the lady what I want to have done. I fill out the necessary paperwork, and she tells me that she is going to get set up. I tell her that I want to have barbells instead of rings because I have heard horror stories about rings migrating and being rejected. Plus I also heard that barbells heal easier.

After what seems like hours (really it was like five minutes) she calls me in. I take off my shirt and she measures to make sure the barbells were going to be long enough. At that point I said " I feel like a hooker! I have never taken my shirt off in front of someone I was not dating!" I sit down in what looks like a dentist chair (I hate the dentist). Jessica asks me if I am allergic to Iodine, or any kind of shellfish, and I say "nope." She then wipes my nipples off with the Iodine, and tells me to stand up to be marked. I stood up, my heart pounding the whole time. I am marked and I check the placement in the mirror, it is perfect. I sit back down in the chair and she gets the clamps ready. The right one is the first victim. I do not want to watch her do the piercing. So the whole time, I am staring at the ceiling. She says "how does the clamp feel, does it hurt?" I say "Is it already on there? I can't even feel it!" She tells me to relax as much as possi ble, and to take deep breaths in through my nose and out my mouth. Then after my heart stops racing so fast she says, "Ok, now take a deep breath in." The next thing I know, the needle pokes out of the other side of my nipple. I say "That really did not hurt as bad as I thought it was going to."

After the first one, I calm down completely. She clamps the second nipple, and tells me to take another deep breath. I was expecting the first one to hurt about as much as the other one (at this point, the right one does not even hurt anymore), but it was a much sharper pain than the right one. I guess it is true what they say, the second one always hurts worse than the first one! After everything is over, and the jewelry is inserted, and the balls are screwed on, I stand up to look at my sexy new nipples. I love them! Jessica did a great job. She cleans everything off. I put my bra and shirt back on, and she tells me about all of the after care stuff.

I exit the shop with a new attitude. I feel so cool with my new nipple rings. They give me a lot more self-confidence that I had before I got them done. Who ever would have thought that two little bars would make me feel this special.

My boyfriend and I get back to the hotel room, and I start the after care procedures. I immediately do a salt soak, because my left nipple (the one that hurt a little more) had started to swell slightly. Just to make sure, I call Jessica to ask if this is normal. She informs me that it will be ok as long as it goes down by the next day. After the salt soak, the swelling goes down. By the end of the night the swelling is completely gone.

It has only been a few days since the piercings, but I could not be happier with them. I have not had any problems with them, other than the initial swelling. They do not even hurt anymore! If you are even thinking about getting this done, definitely do it! It is way worth the little pinch from the needle. Also, it really does not hurt. I have read a lot of stories on here where people say they screamed and cried etc., I can tell you right now, I am a wimp who cries at everything, and to me, all it felt like was a bee sting.