The cheapest (and I think most effective) option is to mix up some rock salt and warm/hot water in a cup, bend over it, press it to your belly button to create suction, then stand back up. Do some crazy swishy-belly dancing to really flush out the wound, then bend back over and release the cup. Do that twice a day and that's how I used to clear up my belly button infections
Don't take your piercing out if you can help it - I did for the last few weeks of pregnancy and my hole closed up! I managed to repierce it to earring-guage and now only have a thin gold sleeper in there :/ a bit of a let down. It got terribly stretched and scarred though in my last pregnancy and I'm now 31wks again and it's stretched to the limit.
Clean it antibacterial soap or salt water 3 times daily. I got a plastic/flexible bar through my first and second pregnancy. It bends a lot and prevents friction.
Sorry to disagree here, but I've been told it's a bad idea to use antibacterial anything on a piercing. It kills something necessary to make it heal (if only I could remember what exactly!), making the body continue to try to reject the bar rather than heal around it. Salt water is all that's needed, because it cleans without killing [whatever it's called ]
It's strange that an already-healed piercing has suddenly become infected (or is on the way to infection), so I'd say it probably is the fact you're pregnant. If your belly has started to pop out, it might have caused a small cut/break in the skin, which has become infected...
Ohh I didnt realise you could get maternity belly rings so I am going to get one if this clears up ok as I want to retain the piercing if possible.
MLR- thanks for the stretch mark tip- I hadnt even thought about that!
Teni- I thought the same that it was a bit strange it was starting to get infected now as it is an old piercing- I just had a good look at it and (sorry tmi) the puss is all coming from the skin around the top hole. All I can think is because it is sticking out a bit I must have bumped it or something?
I have been using the antiseptic spray but I think I will switch to salt water. I made a Doctor's appointment for Thursday as I have been meaning to go about an unrelated issue so I figured I might as well kill two birds with one stone and get it checked if it is still not showing signs of improvement by then.
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