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Talk to me about umbilical hernias.

Ashnmike528Ashnmike528 member
in Upstate NY Babies

Julia has a slight umbilical hernia and nobody except me seems to be concerned. The pedi said they almost always correct themselves within the first year and only a small percentage need surgery. The shriveled up part hasn't fallen off yet, so I'm not sure how it's going to look.

Has anybody had experience with this? What was the outcome? JnK - I remember you saying something about having that surgery done when you were 4, right?

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  • octoberbridesruleoctoberbridesrule member
    Both my girls had them and both of their belly buttons are normal now. My older DD's hernia needed longer to heal but it was healed by 6 months.
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  • jnk062602jnk062602

    Yup :) mine didn't correct itself, so I had surgery before going to kindergarten. In fact, I joke that it is the reason my belly button never popped during pregnancy - bc it is reinforced!

     

    It is rare though, most correct themselves. In fact, our Pedi today said that she thinks Clayton has one. I'm not concerned though - most likely it will go away within his first year. 

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    Yup :) mine didn't correct itself, so I had surgery before going to kindergarten. In fact, I joke that it is the reason my belly button never popped during pregnancy - bc it is reinforced!

     

    It is rare though, most correct themselves. In fact, our Pedi today said that she thinks Clayton has one. I'm not concerned though - most likely it will go away within his first year. 

     

    Oh, and from pictures, mine just basically looked like an outie belly button. I think my mom said it would get bigger when I cried or were full, but it didn't look gross or anything. 

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  • June4bride2beJune4bride2be
    A has one still. It isn't as bad as it was when she was tiny but still pretty noticeable. I don't know how long they give it to correct itself. If J's is slight then it just might heal on it's own.
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  • TelycoTelyco
    Evan has one. I doubt we would do surgery unless medically necessary or if he was a teen and really bothered by it or something. If definitely doesn't look like its going anywhere and our Peds (at our old office) basically made us feel stupid did asking about it..as is "so what if he has an outie"
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  • Ashnmike528Ashnmike528 member
    Wow, I had no idea they were so common! Thank you for putting my mind at ease. I hope J's fixes itself and no further action will be needed! 
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  • ArcticFoxArcticFox member

    My DD had a very slight one when she was a newborn.  The pedi said it would likely correct itself and I don't remember ever really thinking about it .. and it did correct itself. 

    My aunt said her Dr just told her that hers is slightly herniated.  I see that the center of mine isn't quite flat any more, it doesn't stick out but it isn't as 'in' as it was before I had kids.

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