Question about stretched lobes?

So, it's been about a month, maybe a little longer, that my lobe has been stretched to an 8 gauge. I had been taking care of it ( cleaning it and massaging it with vitamin E oil) and I'm wearing spirals. Last night, my spiral some how managed to fall out and I woke up with about a 10 gauge. As soon as I saw it I put the spiral right back in. I felt a small (reaally small) pinch for a second like you normally get when you stretch your ears. but MY QUESTION IS: Am I going to have to wait another month before stretching? Because that would suck...a lot.