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Hernia Getting Bigger?
Read all 10 responses: "My daughter was born with a hernia in her belly button, but nothing that ever concerned ... Newborn with Possible Umbilical Hernia ...
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- B., When my husband had the "belly button" hernia, the doctor told him that if he had waited any longer to get seen, that he could have had strangulated his intestine...
- Ok, 1 my daughter was born with a hernia but it never stuck out until it ruptured. Her PCP did not know what it was at first. He is not the "Specialist" I ended up hav...
- B.- My son had an inguinal hernia and had surgery when he was 5 months old. His ballooned one night when he was upset and totally freaked us out. We took him to the...
Looking for Information on Baby Inguinal Hernias :(
My son was 6 wks. old and he had left and right side inguinal hernias repaired. He is 15 now. .... My Daughter Has an Umbilical Hernia ...
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- Hello M., When my son was 3 months old, I saw something moving around in my son's lower stomach. I suspected it was a hernia. I had many visits to the doctor, plus so...
- My son had this same type of hernia but it didn't show up until he started walking. At 15 months old he went in for surgery to repair it. Everything went just fine and...
- IF this is the hernia in the groin, where his little testicle goes up into the groin sometimes (after bath is when i noticed it), then I know. My son had it repaired b...
Any Advice on Diaphragmatic Hernia Diagnosed on Unborn Child?
I know about diaphragmatic hernias from my line of work - what I can say about them is that the presentation at birth .... Umbilical Hernia Information? ...
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- Hi M., My heart goes out to your family. I have not heard of this before, but why I am writing is to let you know that I teach a very gentle method of childbirth, c...
- I don't have any experiance with DH but my Nephew did spend the 1st 3 months of his life living at the NICU at U of M hospital. Some of the things that were helpful f...
- Our cousin's daughter was born with this condition, diagnosed a few weeks before her birth. They lived in Texas and spent the better part of several months at the hosp...
Toddler's Belly Button Is Painful and Brown/red
What we figured it was is from the umbilical cord (your supposed to clean it ... My husband had one when he was 2 and then had two hernias as well to follow ...
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- My sister still gets an infected belly button and shes 40+! Try the peroxide and see what happens. Otherwise, call his doctor.
- Hey C.! WOW OUCH!!! Could be a herniated belly button. My husband had one when he was 2 and then had two hernias as well to follow two weeks later on both sides. ...
- quit trying to clean it and take him to the doctor. It very well could be infected.
Surgery
I was told that my 3 1/2 year old daughter needs to have surgery to seal up an abdominal hernia (not an umbilical hernia which she had, but went away...this ...
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- My daughther also had an abdominal hernia and had to have surgery. She was younger than your daughter, only 13 months at the time of surgery. I was worried sick about...
- my son had surgery for the same thing at the same hospital and i was nervous too...mUch more nervous than he was...he could have cared less. They were very good wit...
- I just want to say hugs and prayers are going out to you and your family!!!
Poked Out Belly Button???
Hernia typically hurts though. Mine didn't stick out till close to the end of my first pregnancy either ... Next question: Experience with Umbilical Hernias ...
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- Hernia typically hurts though. Mine didn't stick out till close to the end of my first pregnancy either, but with this 2nd one, it stuck out way sooner. I haven't d...
- Everything happens sooner and bigger with the second pregnancy! Congrats! Bandaids didn't help the poke. When I tried it, it just changed the shape of the poke to a ...
- Hi Alex, I know -- I had one of those belly buttons that reminded me of those things that pop out when the turkey is ready. We laughed about it. It actually happe...
Hydrocele
A year later he had a hernia on the other side (as well as an umbilical hernia). He recovered fast from that surgery too. Little kids bounce back extremely ...
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- My son just underwent inguinal hernia repair by Dr. Darrell Hermann ###-###-####. He is extremely friendly and my son enjoyed talking to him. He has a causal attitude ...
- N., I have 3 boys. My oldest is now 19 and had this when he was a baby. He had surgery when he was about 6 y/o. Once they got in there they did hernia repair. He ...
- My son had the surgey as an out patient. Easy we had it done at childrens
How Do You Know If a Female Dog Has Been Spayed
There can be different bumps and scars on an unspayed dog's tummy such as their belly button or a scar from an umbilical hernia surgery when no spay was ...
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- We had this same problem and had to take her to the vet for an initial exam. She was a stray that adopted us and we made her one of the family. They said the only wa...
- well, the first thing i did with my newly adopted dog, was to check for a scar on her abdomen. even though, she did have a scar... it was not a spay scar... so i took...
- Our 4-year old dog had a little bulge and a dark blue line at first; shortly after, the bulge disappeared and the blue line has faded, but it's still there. Middle-to...
New Mom Concerned About Infants Belly Botton
My daughter was born with a hernia and it went away within a few months of her birth. ..... Next question: Newborn with Possible Umbilical Hernia ...
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- My brother was born with the same thing 29 years ago, and never had to have surgery. He has a somewhat outty belly button still, but no problems. It is probably noth...
- My son had a herniated belly button when he was very young. He also had inguinal hernias (that's lower on the abdomen and into the scrotum). They surgically correcte...
- My neighbor's daughter had the same thing. She is now 7 and has a perfectly cute little outie that is not funny looking like it was when she was a baby.
Infant and Surgery
Now, because of these 2 surgeries, we decided not to have an operation on her umbilical hernia. I just buy tops big enough so that her belly button doesn't ...
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- Hi C., My oldest son, now 7, had polydactaly on both hands and feet. He had extra pinkies on his hands and feet. Both my husband and I had never seen ths before, ...
- My family had a situation with my baby girl where we could either have surgery performed right away (5 months old) or wait until she was older. It was a condition tha...
- Both of my sons have had surgery before or right when they turned one. My youngest for tubes, my oldest for a hemangioma on his neck that would get knocked open and w...
