I got a tattoo while pregnant and didn't know i was pregnant

Is it okay to get a tattoo while pregnant?

To be extra careful, wait until after pregnancy.

"There's no data that tattoos during pregnancy are unsafe, but that doesn't mean they're completely safe," says Layan Alrahmani, M.D., a board-certified ob-gyn, maternal-fetal medicine specialist, and member of the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board.

"The general consensus is to avoid getting a new tattoo until after delivery."

Here are some possible risks of getting a tattoo during pregnancy:

• Skin infection.

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A tattoo is a skin wound, and, according to one studyOpens a new window, between 0.5 and 6% of people who get a tattoo get an infection afterwards. Some of these are local skin infections, and others are more serious. According to Dr.

Alrahmani, it's hard to know how your body would respond to an infection from a tattoo during pregnancy, since your immune system is compromised when you're expecting.

• Disease. If your tattoo artist uses unclean needles, they cou