How Your Belly Button Changes During Pregnancy

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Has your “innie” started popping through your clothes?

When does your belly button usually change during pregnancy?

There’s nothing you could do to prevent changes to your navel during pregnancy.

Just about every belly button pops at some point during pregnancy.

Like so many otherpregnancy symptoms, a popped-out belly button is harmless.

It’s a badge of honor to wear proudly!

The abdominal wall fascia is the layer of the abdomen that holds all the contents tightly inside.

Many umbilical hernias are congenital, meaning they’re present at birth.

In fact, they’re common in newborns and usually close on their own after birth.

If a congenital hernia doesn’t close up during infancy, it can appear later in life.

It’s not likely to cause problems or be noticeable until your growing uterus starts applying pressure.

This causes the hernia to get bigger and can sometimes lead to a painful bulging around the belly button.

Try wearing abelly bandto help keep the hernia from bulging and causing pain.

Some women find relief by gently massaging the lump until the bulging goes back in.

If it’s not bothering you, it’s possible for you to choose to do nothing at all.

But don’t worry, this is exceedingly rare.