When you got a baby...
can you like tell the doctor how to cut the navel cord so your kid is has an innie or outie or is that random ?
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Elegy · 46-50
Just ask the doctor.
"Created by the snip of the umbilical cord at birth, your belly button gets its appearance when the stalk from the leftover cord dries up leaving an abdominal scar. Whether you have an innie or an outie has nothing to do with the handiwork of the physician who delivered you. It's related to the presence of space between the skin and the abdominal wall.
So genetic I believe.
"Created by the snip of the umbilical cord at birth, your belly button gets its appearance when the stalk from the leftover cord dries up leaving an abdominal scar. Whether you have an innie or an outie has nothing to do with the handiwork of the physician who delivered you. It's related to the presence of space between the skin and the abdominal wall.
So genetic I believe.
MellyMel22 · F
Reject · 26-30, M
I think outies are accidental. A mild complication with removing the umbilical cord. It's meant to be an innie but if the something goes wrong in the procedure, the removal can cause scar tissue to build up creating an outie. At least that's what I've heard. I could be wrong.
jackson55 · M
Kinda like to curcumcise or not?
swirlie · 31-35, F
Yes, you can tell the doctor how to cut the cord, but cutting the cord has little to do with 'how' the cord is subsequently managed or what outcome can be predicted from how it is managed. The outcome making reference to your question, will it be an innie or an outie?
In my Scandinavian culture, it is very typical for the cord to be cut 'long' and left hanging from the abdomen of the newborn child, particularly if the infant's weight is very low at birth.
The survival of the umbilical stump can be altered by holding the cut-end closed by hand immediately after it has been cut, rather than clamping it closed.
Clamping will cut off the circulating blood supply within the cord, whereas holding it closed by hand until it heals will not interrupt the blood circulation within the cord.
If the cord is clamped, it will usually dry up and fall off. If the cord is not clamped, it will often shrivel to a smaller size, but will not necessarily dry up and fall off. An outie comprised of excess umbilical skin will result, which of course is not related to an outie that is formed from a hernia.
In my Scandinavian culture, it is very typical for the cord to be cut 'long' and left hanging from the abdomen of the newborn child, particularly if the infant's weight is very low at birth.
The survival of the umbilical stump can be altered by holding the cut-end closed by hand immediately after it has been cut, rather than clamping it closed.
Clamping will cut off the circulating blood supply within the cord, whereas holding it closed by hand until it heals will not interrupt the blood circulation within the cord.
If the cord is clamped, it will usually dry up and fall off. If the cord is not clamped, it will often shrivel to a smaller size, but will not necessarily dry up and fall off. An outie comprised of excess umbilical skin will result, which of course is not related to an outie that is formed from a hernia.