I pierced my nipples myself about 4 years ago and found them to be the most wonderful things I have and that they compliment my small breasts and make me more confident but about 6 months ago I felt that I wanted to do something with them that I had seen on BME.
At A Glance Author anonymous When Six months ago I decided to start stretching them but didn't want my current boyfriend to notice what I was doing with them until I was happy with them so I started with a plain barbell that I could get in more than one size so as I stretched the barbell would look the same. I started by swapping the barbells so I had one the same size as my piercings in one nipple and in the other nipple I was able to get the next size up into it without having to stretch it any. Over the next few weeks I stretched using tapers up to 8g taking the bar out of one nipple and stretching the other to that size and then stretch the first to the next size. At this point I had gone from 14g to 8 g in 4 weeks and I thought it was time to let them rest for a while.
During this time my boyfriend only noticed I had changed the jewelled barbells for plain ones after about 2 weeks and I had already gone up to 10g and he didn't notice that the barbells were thicker than before.
I had only bought 1 of each size up until then and a second 8g so they were both the same size when the left them to settle. I also found that the larger I went the more the barbells were costing and I would only be using them while I was stretching. To try to save money I looked around at other jewellery and found some flesh tunnels that needed an o-ring on both ends and were just long enough to stick out of both sides of my piercings. I bought a set of these in sizes up to 0g and some larger balls for the biggest barbells I already had to hold the tunnels into my piercings so they didn't fall out.
After leaving them 2 weeks to let them settle I started stretching using the tunnels and I stretched like this for another 3 weeks until I got to 2g and I thought I would stop as I liked the look of them and found it fascinating that I could take the barbell out and the tunnel would still be there and I could see through my nipples if I looked down at them. The stretches to the larger sizes were the most painful and the stretch from 4g to 2 g was the most painful thing I had ever experienced but I was determined to stretch them as I liked the look of the large gauge tunnels and just wanted to go as big as I dare.
Luckily my boyfriend was away for the last 2 of the 3 weeks so I didn't have to try and hide them from him so I was able to stretch them during the evening so I was able to sleep straight away and rest them before going to work. Stretching in the morning only left me with 25 minutes between him going to work and me leaving for work meaning they were sore when I got to work. When he returned home it was just after his birthday and I decided to show him that night in bed and he approved very much and liked being able to see though my nipples.
After about a week with 2g tunnels and 8g barbells in them I found them to be a bit heavy and that they got caught on things and got knocked very easily so I started looking for anther type of jewellery for 2g vertical nipples that would still be attractive and I found that silicone eyelets fitted perfectly they were the right length and they were flared so they wouldn't fall out like the tubes did so they would not need a barbell in them to hold them in and also being soft they were easy to get in as you just folded them pushed them in and let go and they popped into place. Now I don't even feel that they are even pierced during the day as the silicone is so light I don't notice them and if they get knocked they just flex and squash so they don't hurt or bleed anymore if I get a bit rough in bed or get squashed on the train.
I also found that putting things through the tunnels can be quite fun and the having flexibly tunnels means odd shaped thing can be pushed through them. I found that flowers can be quite fun and small glow sticks make nights in more fun.
I would recommend stretching to anyone with nipple piercings and that I find having silicone vertical tunnels is fun for both me and my partner as you can put things in them and they are soft and squishy so don't hurt if knocked or caught.