Herniated Belly Button - can anyone enlighten me?

[Haydies]

Thankyou for that reply Snacks, that confirms what I've been reading via google (been searching ever since I got home).

[Danni]

My Ds has a little brown bit on the bottom of his belly button. A bit like a pimple. Is this what you are talking about?

[Snacks]

LOL, probably where my A&P lecture notes came from Not something terribly relevant to massage but the lecturer liked to go on tangents. He did tell us that he got heaps of info off the internet... Hope it is accurate anyway.

Danni - probably an umbilical hernia would be bigger than a pimple? I don't know as I've never seen one. How long has he had it? Has your GP or MCHN seen it? If so, they should've told you if it was a hernia.

[Danni]

Its been there since he was born. He has an outtie belly button but this is poking out extra. My sister said her DS had one too and it had to be burnt off?

[Haydies]

My Ds has a little brown bit on the bottom of his belly button. A bit like a pimple. Is this what you are talking about?

Hrm, not quite. DD's is more the bottom 'lip' part of her belly button sticks out. I'll see if I can get a photo of it the next time she's in the bath (as she stands and is more obvious then).

[kawazuki]

yeh my DD had taht from birth she is now 16 montsh adn its almost gone. i can feel it occasionally.
hers was the size of a 50cent piece and has just been left alone.
only side effect so far is when she crys her belly button pops out and she doesnt really have an inny or an outy its kinda half half if that makes sense

it doesnt bother her at all, she plays with it and is quite fascinated by it when it pops out.

it really is no problem, unless it starts to eb painfull or so large you can see skin discouloration.

[Snacks]

Dunno about the burning off, Danni... That's certainly not how they treat hernias. Could your nephew's have been a wart or something?
Can you ask your dr about M's? Can you push it back in? (I'm not sure if they can all do this, but I know with many hernias you can push it back in and then it pops out again.) Haven't looked online but there might be photos somewhere... Although they'll probably only show the really major ones on the net I imagine...

[kawazuki]

yes you can massage them back down which is good i used to give DD's a massage when i was changing her nappy.

the stomach muscles will close up over them. its because when they are in teh womb they feed off teh umbilicle cord and the muscles are lax around it and the split to allow the cord through. and then need to close up.

[queenbee]

Haydies, our DD has one now. Saw doctor the other day and she said it should disappear within the next 12 months. If not, we will be referred to a paed surgeon. I hope it goes away. When she cries, it is a small grape size lump above her belly button