[sfarrow3]

London has an outie belly button and always have, but over the months it has started to really protrude out. I wish I could take a picture, but Im at work. If she is wearing a onsie it protudes out through her shirt and is VERY visible. Anyway at her 12 month appointment the doctor mentioned a belly button hernia and that she wasn't to concerned because it is not hard and you can push it back in. Also it normally corrects itself. Well I know of people having this but it gets better overtime. She had a normal looking belly button until about 6 monhts ago and I sware it looks like it is protruding more and more as the months go by. Advice needed. What do you know about them?

[Ally-Mac]

my middle niece Ella had one. Hers was protruding quite a bit. They let it go until she was about 3 (she's 5 now) b/c they can sometimes correct themselves. She ended up having it surgically fixed and it's completely fine now.

[sfarrow3]

^^^so do they NORMALLY correct themselves and surgery is rare you think?

Yea, I only know of a little boy who needed surgery when he was about 1, other then that, I dont know much about them.

Sounds like it might be a hernia to me. Talk to your pedi and then get a second and a third opinion. Sometimes I really wonder if you can count on docs to lead you right.

Good luck!

[Ally-Mac]

they mostly correct themselves. the doctor waited awhile for Ella's before he said surgery looked like the only option.

[preciousgiftsmama]

Both my twins had them from being premature, and they both went away on their own by the time they were 1 year old.

I remember how they used to "squish " if she squeezed them a little bit.

[dinamommy]

My niece had one and no surgery was needed. The only problem they had with it was that the doctor recorded it and then my sister had to fight with a new insurance company to get her daughter covered because of this pre-existing condition that needed absolutely no treatment and went away on it's own.

[sfarrow3]

Great! Thanks girls! I was so worried!