Long time no see 🙂 Hope you guys are doing well! My son is 7 months now and I will be BFing for a year and beyond, but want my next tattoo!
All the credible resources are saying that it’s safe to be tattoo’d if you are breastfeeding because the ink molecules do not pass into milk. Though the risk of secondary infection during healing makes some people recommend against it. I’ve read some say that there are artists who refuse to tattoo pregnant or BFing women for that reason.. I would think as long as you don’t go to some scratcher hack shop and you’re at a reputable clean shop, it shouldn’t be a problem.
Thoughts?
Well, no professional is ever going to tattoo a pregnant woman.
Breastfeeding… Depends. All tattoos, professional or not, do have a risk of infection. And a tattoo is a strain on your body, as well is breastfeeding I imagine(never done that 😛 ), so it might be hard on your body. Depends on the size of the tattoo too, of course.
Honestly I probably wouldn’t risk it myself, but if you feel safe doing it, I’m sure you’ll be fine 🙂
Oh, well if it’s that small it shouldn’t be a problem at all! 🙂 I was thinking more along the lines that if you had long sessions and a huge piece, you might end up feeling pretty bad and exhausted after, which seems to be a bad combo with a baby ;p
But yeah, I think you’ll be totally fine 🙂
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