My experience on getting my belly Button pierced

This post is about getting my belly button pierced or navel pierced. I wanted to have my belly button pierced because it looks nice and i wanted to have one because there was nice belly bars i could have if i got it pierced. So i decided to have it with my friend. We planned it a month before so we know when we are doing it. However i have a big phobia off needles and injections, so this was a big thing for me because of the needle. I was really nervous on the day i was having it done. I could not eat anything because i was that nervous. I went to my local town and met with my friend at subway. Then we went to a piercing shop that we knew. You should always check that they are clean and use proper equipment to pierce the belly or else you could get nasty infections and even HIV. I knew the place i was going was clean because i went with a friend to have her lip pierced there.
I had to wait a while, which made me worse because i was so nervous of needles. Then we were aloud to go in a room behind the main bit. I went first because i wanted to get it out of the way. First of this man told me to lift up my top to show me my belly button. Then he cleaned the area, to amke sure it was all clean before piercing. Then he drawed two dots on my belly where he is going to pierce the needle through the skin. By that point i was freaking out. I had to lay on a bed thing which was high, so it was hard for me to get up because i am short :L .
Then the man put a clamp on the skin, which did hurt a bit to start, then then it stopped. Then he put numbing spray on to the area, however me and my friend said that it doesnt work. The man started putting the needle through i could feel that and then he put the bar in. To be honest it did hurt a lot, i dont know what hurt though cos it was over in three seconds. I know people say it doesnt hurt, mine did. i have a low pain threshold anyway, so that might be why it hurt more for me. Then the man put a bandage over the piercing, then i was done. It costs me 20 pounds for the piercing and the bar, so it was a good. Then the man gave me an aftercare leaflets which explains on what you have to do to look after it. It has been three days since i had it done and it hasnt got infected yet which is very good.

I will give you an update on it in a few months time, to see how it is going.
 Thanks for reading this and i hope this has helped :)
Lauren