DD had her last visit with the health visitor today as that's us 6 weeks on Sunday. I mentioned that her belly button looked a bit weird and the health visitor said she thinks it's an umbilical hernia and to get it checked out with our GP.
My sister's daughter has an umbilical hernia and was told that it can be fixed at around a year but that it's really a cosmetic operation - I'm really confused! Does everyone with an "outie" bellybutton have an umbilical hernia? When I think hernia I think of holes with intestines pouring through - what exactly are we facing here and what will happen if we choose not to operate?
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Umbilical hernia? Never heard of it, what does this mean?
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Blottedcopybook · 26/06/2009 20:37
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