Im in the same boat, I have them and they aren't really new (I've had them since I turned 18 so I'll be going on 3 years after baby gets here) and Im going to be a first time mom myself so I've been looking for answers about them too in terms of will I have to take them out before I deliver if I have to have a c-section seeing as that's considered surgery or even if I have a normal delivery and since I plan on breastfeeding and occasionally pumping will I have to take them out for that, I've seen a few places that they might make you take them out if you have a c-section or even normal delivery and I've read that you should take them out to breastfeed on a few sites but talked to a legit piercer (not some diy does all their own stuff at home person) who said they shouldn't affect breastfeeding, so I just don't know, I'll probably ask my doctor closer to the end of my second trimester or beginning of my third about them because I love them too much to let them close up if I have to take them out lol