Girls and Tatoos

[In_His_Shadow]

I saw a few of you talking about tatoo's in another thread and thought I would start one here for us girls.

1) Who has one
2) Who wants one
3) What are your tatoos and where are they

I had one when I turned 40. I figured by that age my mom wouldn't get too mad at me .

It is a small one on my toe. It looks like a toe ring.

It wasn't too painful. Only when he started on the inside of the toe where she skin is really thin did it sting alittle. But then I also went through both my childrens birth ala' natural with out even an asprin.

Lets hear your thoughts on tatoo's whether you are for them or against them.

CJ

[Military Mom]

Holy smokes! Natural Childbirth! I bow down before you, oh great one! lol Three centimeters and I was like, "bring on the Nubain!"

Well, I have no tats but I USED to have a belly button ring for about 2 yrs. Then, the day before I was scheduled to be induced, I caught it on the door jamb and ripped the skin, just a little. But just enough, I guess. Plus some of the skin actually wore so thin there was a tiny hole in the flap of skin over the ring. So, I had to take it out after I delivered my little boy. All that time and I had to take it out anyway. Someday, when I finally rid myself of this ridiculous mini pot belly I now own, I may get another - to cover up the scar.

Hubby and I considered getting tribal bands around our upper left arms but that's too trendy - we need something more on the edge than that ... hmmm

mm

[In_His_Shadow]

If I was alot younger and had not bore two children in this thing that use to look like a stomach I would have loved to have had belly rings. Good thing all this wasn't trendy when I was a teenager.

As far as the natural childbirth goes mm, I didn't have a choice with my first. This was before epidurals and such. I was in the first Lamaze class in our area and was the first one to go into labor. They had a college class in my room with me (actually it was a ward, this was before labor rooms, they just had us all lined up against the wall in our beds) they each would come and listen to the babys heart beat. They also followed me into the delivery room to watch an actual birth.

Back then they also would strap your legs at the calf and thigh as well as your arms above and below your elbow. I asked why they were doing that and I was told that if they did not strap your arms down it would be a womans instinct to sit up and grab down there to pull the baby out.

Amazing how much changed in just 6 years when I had my 2nd daughter. By then Lamaze was typical of every labor and you actually had labor rooms.

They also back then would not allow anyone in the room with me when I had the baby except my husband and he and I both had to wear mask so we wouldn't spread germs to the baby.

Both my daughters say they will have an epidural the second they feel a pain. I love to watch that childbirth show on Lifetime. You hardly see anyone having natural childbirth anymore. Thats probably a good thing.

CJ

[Military Mom]

Yikes, so you were one of the poor women subjected to us fumbling blushing nursing students?!?!?! Well, I must hand it to you again - you provided for them an experience that most likely moved them beyond anything they had ever seen before. I recall watching my first birth - this wonder woman was in labor for oh 4 hrs, pushed for 20 minutes, glaring steadily and quite evilly at her husband and a beautiful, perfect munchkin was brought forth. Ahhh. I cried, so did the other student I was with - and she already HAD kids of her own!

Just as I was in the throes of actual pushing Andrew OUT, a fresh freckle-faced med student popped his head in and announced that he'd be watching me split in half, if that was alright with me. AS IF I had a choice. Good thing I really didn't mind. (You see, earlier, I had thrown a barf pan at my husband... empty by then but, still) I probably scared the **** out of him because after the baby was out, I felt TONS of fluid pouring out of me. Worrier that I am, I was convinced I was bleeding to death, and I proceeded to issue instructions to my doctor on where the blood bank was located, where the rapid blood transfusion machine was located in the ER downstairs... etc... I all but wrote my will. Oh its funny NOW...

lol

And to think I'm afraid of a little tattoo....

[In_His_Shadow]

Oh mm that is too funny. So much of what you experienced happened to me also.

In reality it was a blessing. I was in labor for 19 hours and pushing for 7 hours. Back then C-sections were not common, nor did they have heart monitors for the babies. My daughter got jammed in the birth canal hitting her little eye over and over against my pelvic bone. I was in a lot of pain and the College teacher stayed by my side the whole time rubbing my back for me and just calming and reassuring me also. She was my miracle worker for sure. They marked an X on my stomach where the babies heart was and each student would come in and take the stethescope and listen to her heart and also check me to see how dialated I was. They also didn't ask my permission, but in all it was a blessing having her there.

Each student ended up staying through the whole labor and delivery with me. I was quite a suprise to look up the first time I pushed in the delivery room and see a whole class standing there staring at you.

But, thank goodness that these med students have this opportunity. It could have been a student like that back then that saw the first women go through Lamaze and decided to research and invent the epidural.

CJ

[Karenluvs6]

Oh boy...one of my favorite subjects!
Hey CJ, I had my six children through natural birth also!
It wasn't as bad as ppl would think, really. I had no medications either...not for any of the kids'...My condition wouldn't allow it. It did me good too, because now I can take any kind of pain, no problem!
On to the tattoos...
As I said in the other thread, a few days ago....I have four of them right now.
A ring of red hawaiian flowers with green vine and leaves, around my right ankle.
A large one on my right, back shoulder....it is two large roses with a fairly big heart in between and through the heart is a banner with hubby's name on it...Robert...not BEEZWAX!....the colors on it are red, fuschia, green, yellow and blue.
On my lower back, going all the way across...I have a tribal design....it is done in black ink. In the center of that design, is a long stem rose.
Around the back and sides of my neck, I have a vine of hearts. I drew it myself. It is a very dark green vine with green leaves. In the center of the vine is a red heart, a little bigger than a quarter...it is outlined in faded yellow....on each side of that heart are two smaller purple hearts also outlined in faded yellow...on each side of those hearts, are two smaller red hearts also outlined in faded yellow and then on each side of those hearts are two more, smaller purple hearts...also outlined in faded yellow....This is the prettiest tattoo I have ever seen.
It is very unique! But even though I drew it, it doesn't look amatuer....it looks very professional!
I am waiting to get another one....I may get it around christmas or shortly after. It is a picture of a dragon...it is orange and red. I will not get it really big, but enough to see it.
I love tattoos and I love dragons.

[kezzer]

Boy, I'm a weenie!! With my daughter After about 4 hours I couldn't take it anymore and asked for drugs. But they ran out and wouldn't give me anymore after they broke my water. With my son I was trying to go natural, but when they said they were going to break my water, I remembered how it was with my daughter and asked for meds. Well, I really shouldn't have had them with my son because he was born so soon after I was still so woozy. He barely made a peep the whole night either.

On with tats though, I have a frog on my shoulder, It's small maybe 3 inches and black. It needs to be fixed because I took the color out of it's belly. I also have a dragon on my calf which my hubby drew for me. It's hard to explain so I'll have to remember to take a picture of it and put it on my web page. I want another one but I'm not sure what I want yet. Or where I want it.

[Debby]

You guys will think I'm silly...but since pain is not a good thing for me ( Ive never had a child either) I am a little afraid of getting a tattoo. But I would love to have one on my ankle...a small one. I get those fake tattoos sometimes in the summer and put one on my ankle and it looks good when I go to the beach, but of course it wears off in a week or so.

[RoadRunner]

bump. Sorry to interfere. You ladies will find it funny that this "Girls and Tatoos" thread is one of our most popular from search engines.

[kezzer]

lol that is funny!

[Nise]

HI guys. Please don't hate me...but I don't like tatoos...on anyone. I think big tatoos are especially yucky. Maybe it's just because of where I am in this country. (Small Bible Belt town)But the majority of people around here with tatoos are....well stinky looking.I might like a very very very small one that would be in a place that the general public will never ever ever see! like a rose or sun or something like that. But mostly they are just not for me.
My BIL and Sil both have one. BIL has flames across his back that make it look like his butt is on fire. and SIL has a very small sun around her belly button. Funny how different my DH and his brother are.

[Nise]

Please don't take my comment to heart... I think all of you are super nice people and I bet you have all bathed today.
Most of the men here with tatoos are really rough looking and rough talking so that is all I really have to base my opinion on. Maybe if I lived somewhere other than the sticks I would think differently!

[jamesglewisf]

I can't believe this thread has been viewed over 1,300 times. That has got to be some kind of record for FrappyDoo.

[raybeck]

I don't care for tatoos myself, but have to say I know quite a few folks with them that are extremely nice folks, so guess it is just a matter of taste. I wouldn't let my girls get one when all of their friends were getting small ones here and there, in high school. I told them someday it won't be so cool and it is very expensive to get rid of them. Who knows they may be in style forever, so many people seem to have them these days.

[RoadRunner]

Originally posted by RoadRunner
bump. Sorry to interfere. You ladies will find it funny that this "Girls and Tatoos" thread is one of our most popular from search engines.

The really funny part of this is that "tatoos" is the wrong spelling. It is spelled "tattoos." If we had spelled it correctly, we probably wouldn't be getting all of this attention.