umbilical hernia

tlvhaynes · December 2010

So I don't know anything about umbilical hernias and everyone keeps freaking me out about them. My little man has one and hes 9weeks old. It hasn't gotten any smaller. is that normal

argonne · December 2010

DS has one. My pedi said it's no big deal and should correct itself by his 1-yr. birthday. It's mostly a cosmetic thing.

tlvhaynes · December 2010

So it really is supposed to go away...good...ive just heard not that many good things about the pedi my son sees. Rural areas don't offer much though

smj2301 · December 2010

argonne:
DS has one. My pedi said it's no big deal and should correct itself by his 1-yr. birthday. It's mostly a cosmetic thing.

This! DS's just started getting a little less noticeable last week. Pedi said nothing to worry about.

SammyluvsJ · December 2010

My DS healed at about 4 months. He would make it worse by pushing too hard to poo...poor guy. Once his digestion chilled out it went away.

Worst case scenario is your LO would need surgery. I know 3 people who have had it done...one at 6 months..and all up and playing same day. HTH

KristaNbHam · December 2010

My pediatrician said that it'd go away by a year, and that if it didn't it would just take a few stitches and some anesthesia to fix. She said don't do anything to it, i.e. push it in, or do any OWT (using a silver dollar and an ace bandage to wrap it up and push it in). My pediatrician also said that some people even use duct tape... and that we shouldn't do that either...lol!

tlvhaynes · December 2010

I'm only a freaking out because it still huge. Like you can even see if bumping up though his closes. ahhh

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