In all honesty- I'm a body mod addict. But my piercings were usually limited to my face. So about a few weeks ago I was really wanting a piercing and I talked my friend into coming with me. I had no idea what I planned on getting- but on the car ride over there I became pretty adamant about getting a sternum piercing.

We get in there and the piercer (Dan) has a few other clients before me. My heart is already going a mile a minute and I babble non-stop to my friend to try to mask my nervousness.

Finally- my turn was up. He stood me up, marked my chest and asked me if I liked the position. It was perfect.
He measured the space between the two purple dots on my skin- and began to hand bend the barbell.

The whole time he talked to me and eased my tension.

Once he was done he laid me down and told me to take a deep breath. The needle went through the first hole and I admit- it hurt. A lot. But it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected.
The needle going through the second mark didn't hurt- probably because I was too busy focusing on my friend. [Who had then started to say, "Man this is some National Geographic type sh**!" and proceeded to freak out.]

The first week or two was extremely uncomfortable- sleeping on my back and being extremely cautious of everything that came near the fresh piercing.

But..needless to say it's been about 3 weeks now and I'm totally enjoying it.~