Because I'm breastfeeding,

[cat19]

I can not get a tattoo in my county.  This is such BS!  I've been emailing my tattoo artist-to-be, and she informed me!  You can not tattoo a pregnant or breast feeding woman in Suffolk County NY.  This is such bull shit!  I will be going to a facility that is tops in hygiene and I am being punished for what?  Misinformation or the stupidity of others?  BOO!!! They have one of my two tattoos on special this month - my Lindsay butterfly.  Crap.

[Deleted]

Whaaaaat?!? That's weird! I got a tattoo in November with no issues... I mean how do they even know??

[eav2c]

Uhh, that's kinda silly IF they are sanitary, you know? Like, if they do everything properly - new needle and all that... I mean, what's the risk?? I've been waiting to touch up my tattoo that was stretched from pregnancy but mostly because I'm lazy and I use BFing as an excuse, lol.

[TrudyCampbell]

I'm sure you can get it done in the city?

[AndyCohen]

Ugh that sucks! Can't you lie and say you weaned?

[laurack]

why do they even have to know that? Just say you aren't breastfeeding.

[formerlyllizzyb]

Apr 11, 2013 7:27:51 GMT -5 laurack said:

why do they even have to know that? Just say you aren't breastfeeding.

That's what I was wondering...

[cat19]

I could lie, but I really want to go to this particular artist and was honest with her. But I think that it is an exceptionally stupid law!

[muppetinma]

I lie because of tattoo parlors all the time. It would be nice to lie to them for once.

You're not allowed to donate blood for a year after getting a tattoo, which I think is stupid. The way I see it, they run a million tests on the blood anyway. I only use top rated parlors. I'd rather donate blood that could save somebody's life than skip it because I recently had work done. BUT, that being said, I'm donating blood today because I'm going to get a tattoo in the next few days. I also always donate blood before I go on trips to "questionable countries." That way, if there is an issue with the ink or the trip, I donated as recently as I could.

[jfh]

The main reason it seems dumb to me is that there's no way whatsoever to tell if you're breastfeeding (unless you're leaking milk all over the place, I guess). They should just have you sign a waiver stating that if you're breast-feeding you might have certain risks. Does the artist you want to use already know you're breast-feeding? Or is it just that you don't want to lie to her?

[lolaburns]

That's weird, I never knew that!