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Sounds normal. The navel doesn't necessarily swell. It will a little, but it sounds like your piercing is trying to heal. This is normal. You need to continue moving the bar bell up and down to keep the hole open, because there is a foreign object and an open would that aren't suppose to be there. Your body is trying to heal itself, so keep moving the piercing and keep cleaning it and everything should be fine. It'll take about 6 months before you will be able to change it out and it's completely healed up.

You wouldn't want a ring in there. They catch on everything and it hurts when it's caught and then pulled. Been there and done that....trust me, the pain is nearly unbearable.

Everything sounds normal though, just keep it clean and always wash your hands before you touch. Use Bactine to clean it, it does what peroxide does, but it doesn't bubble or burn.

Navel piercing aka belly button piercing is a type of body piercing, far more common among women than men, of skin available for piercing, it may heal quickly and with few problems, like an ear piercing, or it may heal more like a surface piercing, with the associated rejection risks and extended healing time. Healing of this piercing can also be complicated by irritation and damage caused by clothing, especially waistlines or tight clothing, or the position of the navel relative to the bend of the waist.

The actual navel is not pierced when a navel piercing is performed. The most common form of navel piercing is through the upper rim of the navel. A true navel piercing requires the person being pierced to have an "outie" navel to some degree, and is extremely rare. Although there is an urban legend that an infection in a true navel piercing can travel inward to the liver or peritoneum, there are no known cases of this occurring.

a contemporary piercing, there is no direct evidence of historical navel piercing, although there is a great deal of historical evidence regarding the decoration of the navel, both for ritual and aesthetic purposes.

Despite the possible long healing time and rejection, this piercing is one of the most common and popular body piercings today. Popular culture has played a large role in the promotion of this piercing, the 1993 Aerosmith music video for their song "Cryin'", wherein Alicia Silverstone has her navel pierced (by San Francisco, California piercer Paul King), is often credited with introducing body piercing to mainstream society. The easy hiding of a navel piercing with clothing, even during the healing process, has contributed to the widespread adoption of this piercing, especially by young people.

Other notable celebrities with navel piercings are Beyoncé Knowles, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, Christina Aguilera, and Jessica Alba.

Far more women than men have navel piercings, and it is sometimes seen as a "wild woman" symbol, bearing little to no social stigma, as other common body piercings do. Wearing midriff revealing clothing to show off one's navel piercing is a common practice. It is believed that navel piercing creates a sexy satisfaction to a person especially the dangling long jewelery piercings.

Due to the popularity of this often difficult to heal piercing amongst young people, especially young girls, this piercing is often done with improper, unsanitary jewelry or piercing tools, including ear piercing guns. Because many navel piercings are performed and healed semi-clandestinely, piercing studios, doctors and emergency rooms often have to deal with the results of improperly performed, poorly healed navel piercings.

Jewelry

Most kinds of ring or bar jewelry can be worn in a navel piercing, although they are most often pierced with a barbell, which is worn until the piercing has fully healed. A wide variety of decorative jewelry is available for navel.

Procedure

Navel piercing does not require full undressing - only the navel is uncovered. It is cleaned with an antiseptic solution and the location of the piercing is marked. The piercing itself is performed with a clamp and a special needle, which installs the initial piece of jewelry as part of the piercing.

First, a sterilized clamp is clamped on the skin above or below the belly button. Then the sterilized needle is pushed through followed by the sterilized jewelry that was chosen. New methods and advances in equipment often eliminate the need for clamping the skin prior to piercing.

Typically they are pierced with a 14 gauge captive bead ring. That's kind of odd they pierced yours with a barbell. You really shouldn't touch it a lot right now, it needs to heal.

you should have gotten a ring cause you are suppose to put antibiotic ointment on it and move it around so your skin does grow around it.