Sex After Taking Off The Lock

So in my first sexual experience being locked (with my wife of course), my wife waited to unlock until she had her way with me in every other respect. Of course I was hard as a rock, so the unlocking felt amazing, and I swelled instantly. This meant that the base ring couldn’t be removed, and we were both a bit squeamish having intercourse with the locking pin poking up along the top of my penis.. She was nervous she would impale herself. We went slow to start, and tried rotating it around to the side of my balls, which seemed to work best. What does everyone do in this situation? I’m sorry to sound green, but I am. I think a hinged base ring would solve the problem, but what do you all do with standard base rings? Seems like once your’re erect, you’re stuck. Thanks for any insights.