We didn't mean to be away from the blog for this long. We got tied up with family obligations yesterday. Anyhoo, about Saturday...
I got my hood pierced!!!
I've been wanting to do it for years, with varying degrees of interest, sprinkled with some doubts. But then some other ladies I know starting getting it done. It felt like everyone who was anyone was doing it, so I had to do it too. That was about 9 months ago. Unfortunately, due to where I was living at the time, a VCH piercing was not possible. So, again I waited patiently. Randomly, about 7 weeks ago at work, I walked into the bathroom and it hit me...I'll get it pierced AND my belly button for my birthday. The birthday came and went (and it was great) but we didn't have time to get the piercings.
So finally, we went on Saturday. I woke up that morning so excited, but as we started driving downtown, I was getting very, very nervous. I was pretty scared, yet so amped up about it too. I was ready; I had done my research and was going to do this. I read that it didn't hurt, that it was just more shocking; a small pinch and then it was over and little-to-no lasting pain. This is what I was prepared for. This is
not what I experienced.
OH MY GOD! This was quite possibly the most painful experience of my life. I've been pretty tough on my body over the years and have a pretty high tolerance for pain. But this, no, this hurt like hell. I literally thought I was going to pass out from the pain. It still hurts, granted not as bad, but its still sore. I guess its supposed to be sore and tender for about a week.
My piercer was great. I found the shop
online; you can't really just ask around for a good genital piercer. But this worked out well. Jen, the piercer, took us back into the room and cleaned it and herself as she was explaining what she would do and how to care for it after. She was so full of energy; it was great, it really helped calm my nerves. So up I climbed into the damn stirrups, yep just like at the gynaecologist's... fun fun! She cleaned me up, which tickled quite a bit. Then she explained exactly what was going to happen, although I wasn't really listening. I was just trying to breathe. BAM! It was so painful. It was not the little pinch that others said. It wasn't "more shocking than painful". No, it fucking hurt like hell. And it continued to hurt for a few more hours.
Sunday morning the pain had finally subsided. Now its just sore and tender. I'm really looking forward to when it starts to feel good. But for now, even moving the wrong way can hurt. So I have to be careful when I sit or when I get up or when I walk or when I lay down. This tenderness can't last too much longer, right??? And then there's the bleeding, which I never saw anyone online talk about before. Its not a lot of blood, but I just wasn't expecting it.
Anyway, I'm so glad that I got it done. I just can't wait for it to heal. It will be about 2 weeks until we can try it out, but them I'm hoping that all this pain and suffering will be worth it!
And as for the belly button piercing I was supposed to get, apparently my belly button is not the right shape!

I was so disappointed. I have been wanting to get this for almost 10 years. In high school all my friends were getting it but my parents wouldn't let me. Once I moved out, I was going to do it, but I kept saying that I wanted to lose some weight so I would feel comfortable showing it off. But no, the damn doctor cut my umbilical cord the wrong way, and I cannot have a navel ring!
Anyone have a VCH??? I'd love to hear some personal experiences with genital piercings or a rejected belly button?
~SS