To ask for an answer to a very important question on here?

[Salmotrutta]

Why do some peoples bell buttons go "in" and others go "out"?

I myself am an "outie".

Why?

[Salmotrutta]

P.s. - can you tell I'm bored?

[Missdee2014]

I always thought it was to do with the way the cord was cut/clamped at birth. I'm probably really far off the mark here though.

[StillStayingClassySanDiego]

Don't know but I have an innie and so do all of my ds's as does dh.

[Missdee2014]

Lol I'm just as bored for replying. Tempted to google it now ha

[CherryBonBon]

Mine goes in.

TO THE DEPTHS OF HELL.

Seriously I can fit an entire crayon in there.

[Salmotrutta]

See, I could have googled but thought I'd ask you all instead!

[InTheBox]

I have an innie but would like to have an outie. People with outies, do you push it back in just to watch it pop back out again? Is it fun?

[Salmotrutta]

Cherry

[Salmotrutta]

I actually have never tried InTheBox!

[JadeJaderson]

I've always thought (read somewhere) that an innie is the 'correct' belly button format and an outtie happens if the cord was clamped/pulled incorrectly at birth? Happy to be corrected though.

[Salmotrutta]

So someone may have incorrectly clamped my cord Jade?

[Emochild]

Dd1 doesn't have a belly button at all

She has a little dip but its totally smooth -took an age for her cord to fall off!

[GiddyOnZackHunt]

Outies freak me out. I was dreading mine popping out during pg but fortunately it never happened. Ds's is just about an innie because he's so skinny.

[Salmotrutta]

Emo - that's interesting as my DC also had recalcitrant cord that took ages to fall off!

And they have outies!

[JadeJaderson]

I've never thought about it that much but...

Ds1 has a very deep innie. When he was born, I was bleeding too much so the midwife snipped the cord and whisked him off so they could see to me.

When ds2 was born, it was a quick, easy birth. Dh was asked if he'd like to cut the cord. I can clearly remember him (uncomfortably because he didn't want to but felt he should) trying to cut through the cord for an age...more difficult than it looks apparently. Ds2 has a slight outtie.

Is that coincidence or...

[MissPenelopeLumawoo2]

I was an outie until I got pregnant, then it got pushed out altogether and the outie bit fell off! So now I am on innie.

[broomchickabroomchick]

The outie bit can fall off?!?! That's quite scary. Me and DP have innies but DS and DD have outies

[Sunny67]

I think people with outies were born under s full moon

[MeowImaCatfish]

penelope please explain!? I'm an innie but barely (ds' bump was the size of Kilimanjaro I swear) cousin was an outie til he was about 5 but he was a preemie so that might have something to do with it?

[LazyLouLou]

www.parenting.com/article/the-cause-of-outie-belly-buttons

And then this

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/04/navel-gazing-innie-or-outie_n_7380356.html

[NaiceHamSandwich]

The outie bit fell off....

[LadyOrangutan]

DS was an innie. At a few months old he developed an umbilical hernia (part of complications of being preemie) and although the hernia is gone, he is now an outie!

[Salmotrutta]

According to the second link that LazyLou posted the "outie" is quite rare.



And I don't want my outie to fall off!

[wafflyversatile]

But surely your belly button is what holds your bum in place and if you play with it your bum falls off?!

[FrancesNiadova]

Mine is out, I was a prem twin with a hernia!