I've been together with my boyfriend for nearly two years now, in fact it's our anniversary in nine days time and for the last few months I have been thinking that I would like to do something a bit special and intimate to mark the occasion, it's a bit of a milestone for the pair of us.
At A Glance Author Cathy Contact domina669@hotmail.com Artist Jon, boyfriend Studio In his house Location Brighton Jon has had his apprenticeship at Perforations Piercing Studio for almost a year now and a few months ago I decided that I would really like a pair of labia piercings, two to symbolise the pair of us, I guess that may sound a bit sentimental or perhaps cheesy to some people but anyway. I asked him a while ago if he would feel comfortable doing them for me, and he told me well, no, not really just yet as he hadn't been started training to do them yet. He told me maybe wait a few months until he's gained confidence in that piercing.
I left it quite a while and then about a week ago I decided I really wanted thm and if I didn't get them now I would maybe lose the courage because I was really worrying about it. We had a chat about whether we would do them in the studio or at home and I decided it would be nice to do them in the house. Jon had a chat with his boss who guided him through the procedure, everything he needed to be doing.
We popped down to the studio and picked up two Intracan needles, two pairs or rings with different internal diameters because we weren't sure what size yet to use, some gloves, sterile wipes. and a pair of sterile clamps and circlip pliers in autoclave bags. We went and had some dinner and I had a drink to calm my nerves, then we headed back to the house.
I decided in the end to use some EMLA cream which I'd recenly recieved from the BME shop. I don't know why but as I get older I seem to be coping less well with getting thew piercings that I want. My theory is that previously I was getting my piercings done in studios where I didn't know anybody and felt very much that I had to remain calm and didn't want people to see me making a fuss. Now I'm getting pierced by people that know me I feel much more at ease, which is a good thing because I relax more but not good in the sense that I can work myself up into a state of panic-induced near hysteria before getting pierced......
I followed the directions on the cream, making it airtight by improvising with a plastic sandwhich bag which I'd taped to myself with masking tape like a strange kind of nappy. I waited for an hour, but during that hour I'd been poking and prodding at myself, going "is it done yet?", and in doing so had proceeded to spread the cream about, from where I actually wanted the piercings to about half an inch lower down. When I came to take off the cream I realised that I'd actually frozen the wrong part, but had gotten this far and didn't want to turn back so I took a deep breath and decided to go for it.
Jon set up his equipment, lit some incense and put some chilled music on to help stop me panicking!! I decided to lay back on the bed near the end so's he could kneel at the bottom comfortably. He marked them up with a pen and I had a look in the mirror and was pleased with the placement. He clamped the right hand one up and it was a bit uncomfortable. I knew he was about to pierce so I took a deep breath and let it out when I felt the needle start to go through, all the while looking up at the cieling so I didn't have to see what was going on.
Straight away the jewellery was in and not too much discomfort. There was me, starting to relax, thinking "the second one won't be nearly as bad, people always say the first one is the worst"........and just who was I trying to kid there? He pierced through and AAAAAAAAAAAGH!! I definately wasn't expecting anything like that!! A searing, burning pain, but luckily all over very quickly! He placed the jewellery and I lay there for about five minutes just buzing on the adrenaline and getting my legs back.
I stood up, still a bit wobbly and sat down very gingerly and drank a cup of tea with about four sugars in it to get my blood sugar back up a bit. After I'd calmed down a bit I went to bed but couldn't really get comfortable, every way I moved seemed to move them about and when I got up this morning they'd bled a little. I showered and went out and apart from feeling a bit tender have experienced no problems so far.
I don't always take getting pierced particularly well so am proud of myself for going through with this, but also very proud of Jon, he did a fantastic job, making me feel very calm. I now have a pair of very beautiful piercings made all the more special because they were done by someone that I love.