Hey Sarah,

I have a gold ring, it's been there for just over 10 years now! I chose a ring as it seemed more "me" at the time. I was a little concerned about it while pregnant and asked my Doc if I should take it out. He said "Why? If we need to take it out, we will, if we don't, we won't" Needless to say, it's still there! I didn't have any probs with it during labour and previously when I had a lap, they just taped it up.

BTW you mentioned that your gold ring irritated? Is it gold plated? Or solid?