Emerald Star and Vira - Thank you for your thoughts. I am about to head away for the funeral and won't have PC access. Will be back later this week in time for my next BT. Catch up with you then.

Daisie - I have never heard anything about belly button rings and difficulty getting pregnant. I took mine our a few years ago for personal reasons. I do have a couple of friends who have belly button rings though, and they wore them up to and while pregnant.