any tips for removing rings?!

[littlebean10]

hi everyone i never take my weddin rings off but recently been having swollen fingers in night so i decided i better take them off today and i cant get them off! Have had my hand in ice cold water. Tried soap, oil, lubricant and they wont budge! Any more tips ? Im worried they will cut them off in hosp - they wont will they? X

 

[Jenniflower]

Oh jeez, when I read the title of the thread I was going to say the fail safe way is putting your hand in ice water. Make sure it's super icy and maybe try some vaseline on it before you stick it in. The twirl it around your finger like you're twisting it off. Good luck hun!

 

[sleepen]

this may sound gross, but do u have crisco (solid oil used for baking)? if so coat finger and ring as thickly as possible. the wiggle and turn ring till it slides off. good luck

 

[Celtic Dragon]

Wind some cotton thread around your finger just above the ring. Then slide up the ring onto the squished bit. Wind cotton round the next bit and continue... It might take a while, but should do the trick if cold water/grease hasn't.

 

[EmzyJA]

sorry i dont have any tips that hasnt been mentioned, but good luck x

 

[misskat29]

Oh no, I took my rings off at 28wks, but wanted them back on forthe maternity pics I had done Monday. Well, I forced my wedding ring on, finger instantly swollen. Didn't stop there did I, nope. Went for the full house and put my engagement ring on too! It got stuck at my knuckle and my finger was going bright red.

I obviously paniced (hubby spent thousands on them so knew he'd be annoyed for me being so stupid. And obviously the sentimental value of them!) and got hotter, couldn't even spin them! So I sat with my hands in iced water for ages, then smothered then in liquid soap and just managed to get them off.

I'd just leave them for an hour, cos the more you try the hotter you'll get, then do the ice and soap and see if that helps. Or when you go outside, hopefully it's as cold where you are as where I am, and that may help?!

Good luck

 

[charliekitty]

try doing it before you go to bed or later on in the evening, your fingers swell over night so in the morning they will be more swollen wont they??

good luck!! xxx

 

[Lil_Apple]

oh hun I sure hope they wont cut them off I was going to say go out in the cold without gloves on for a lil while then try the oil. That cotton one sounds really good!

Best of Luck xx

 

[Tilliepink]

Not sure if it works but ive heard that windex will work, good luck.,

 

[Becky123]

Don't have any advice but hope you manage to get them off x

 

[KitKatBit]

You could try holding actual ice on the finger while holding your hand up high to reduce the blood flow to it. If you've got it held downwards in a bowl or something that can increase the blood flow to it.

Good luck! Keep us posted.

 

[SIEGAL]

I tried everyone of those suggestions when my ring was stuck (ice water, windex, floss wound around the finger, elevating it, early morning, etc). I was dreading getting it cut off. But I went to a jeweler and they did it and it wasn't painful, scary, or embarrassing and they said they can just solder it back together. Also they warned me if you wait till your in labor the hospitals tend to rip apart the ring and they give the diamond back to you.....they tend to totally destroy the setting.

 

[k1w1 baby]

I managed to get mine off after going for a walk. I think the moving around got the circulation going and brought the swelling down enough to slide them off.

 

[Aunty E]

I went to a jeweller and before they cut them off, they tried to get one off first. It was uncomfortable, but they managed it with lots of lemon oil, and twisting and squidging. They did my engagement ring first, then I let the swelling go down (I did say it was uncomfortable) and went back the next week to have my wedding ring taken off. However my fingers never went back down to pre-pregnancy size, so I had them resized anyway. Hospitals won't cut your rings off unless they're compromising your circulation - I went to theatre, ready prepped for a section (although didn't have one in the end) with mine still on and nobody asked me to take them off.

I tried to get my wedding ring off myself, and it's actually pretty impossible, you need both hands. Can you ask your mum or a friend who doesn't mind hurting you a bit to help out? Then cold water, followed by lots of oil, twisting and pushing the flesh (and excess fluid) back down the finger away from the ring. It takes a while, but worked for me and mine were completely stuck.

 

[Dizzymum]

Can't think of any tips that haven't been suggested, sorry. Just wanted to say that I know how you feel wanting them back on for your pics. I had to take mine off a few weeks ago, and I feel lost without them - can't wait 'til I can wear them again.

Good luck with getting them off hun xx

 

[littlebean10]

hi everyone thank you so much for all the advice and good lucks i will try everything tonight when hubby gets home! Ill let u know how i get on thank again! X x

 

[Gracemum]

My brother-in-law is a firefighter. He said the other day a very pregnant woman turned up at the fire station and asked for help getting her ring cut off. He reckons they did a neat job!

Hope it doesnt come to that for you!