Bye Bye, Navel Ring...

i got my belly button pierced about 15 years ago, and have only taken it out two times - once on our honeymoon after the husband accidentally broke the original ring, and the second time when i replaced that replacement with one like the ring in the upper right hand corner of the photo here.

today i removed it with my favorite jeweler's pliers (wow, who knew i'd be using them for this type of "operation"!) because my belly is getting quite round and it was starting to itch. and god forbid i wake up one morning with it still in the sheets!!!!!!!! let's hope that i'll be able to put it back in after the baby comes!

today i also go for my glucose test at the lab - gestational diabetes and all. because it's a test that requires fasting, i'm starving!!!!!!!!!! any suggestions for keeping my mind off my hunger??