Outie to Innie

[tommy7]

I have a friend who claims that her navel used to stick out but now goes in the way, is this possible and if so what causes it?

[andy hughes]

My eldest daughter was the possessor of an 'outie' - I believe it's down to the way the chord is tied at birth, but afther the birth of her baby, it became an 'innie' - she doesn't really know when the change took place, being more occupied with other matters at the time, and I have no idea why the change occured, unless the natrual tautening of the area caused by pregnancy had that effect.

[anpusat]

The cord isn't tied at birth. it is merely snipped off (had 4 kids, I've watched) What is left is just a kind of scar and all scars heal differently. When i was a child my navel stuck out. As i got older and a little fatter, it moved inwards, but if I so desire, i can still pull it out to clean. When i was pregnant, my navel stuck out again, so i'd really say it was down to body fat.