umbilical hernia

[Anonymous]

Does your GERD kid have this as well?

Janna’s developed one over the past two weeks and I can’t help but wonder if it’s due to the amount of straining and arching she’s doing.

[Anonymous]

dylan had one, carter didn’t. Dylan’s was really big that you could push it in and it would squish, YUCK! It always kind of grossed me out a bit when it did that but it’s like a train wreck and I would do it when changing his diaper. It was quite big, but it did go away on it’s own without surgery and it did take until I want to say about a year old?? not sure but he had developed one a a bit over a month or two of age……

[Anonymous]

It always kind of grossed me out a bit when it did that but it’s like a train wreck and I would do it when changing his diaper.

that’s exactly the way I feel about Janna’s hernia. It’s getting large – certainly larger than when we were last at the pediatrician. And yes it does go “squish” as well – but I have to poke it in. I keep hoping it’s helping it to heal in doing so.

Jsquared2008-10-22 23:15:50

[Anonymous]

I think we were told, too if it was able to be pushed back in and it wasn’t hard, not to worry.

I know, though, so bad, but I did it every time!!!!

[Anonymous]

Ah I just found out that if you try to push it in and it doesn’t want to go, the need to go to ER as it could indicate a blockage – especially if she’s not had a regular BM.

So there is the answer in case anyone else needs it.

Yeesh why didn’t my Ped tell me that.

[Anonymous]

kassie had an umbilical hernia and tianna did not. i always thought i could tell the girls apart so well—and i really could—but one day as they were getting into the tub, i remember looking at a belly button and thinking to myself that kassie’s hernia had closed up—-then i realized i was looking at tianna!!! both of them ended up with inguinal hernia’s, later. we could see both of kassie’s (except when we were at the doc’s office, of course) only one of tianna’s hernias was visible, but when they went in to repair it, they checked the other side and found another hernia that just wasn’t showing.

kassie’s umbilical hernia closed up on it’s own eventually. i wish i could tell you when, but i can’t remember. one or two of my nieces had them repaired.

here’s a funny thing—-my neighbor had an umbilical hernia when he was young. i’m not sure at what point in time it was repaired, but instead of a little smiley scar under his belly button like my niece has, they just removed his whole belly button. all he has is short, straight scar across his belly instead of a belly button. he is older, like in his late 50’s or early 60’s, so i’m sure it was a long time ago.

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