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stellaj
07-10-2006, 20:26
My DS is 5 and has an umbilical hernia, he has had it since birth and we kept being told that it would disappear on its own, well now it is getting even bigger and he is too old for it to go on its own accord. It looks like a huge grape in his bellybutton. We have a specalist appointment next week, and i would expect that they will say it needs to be operated on, i was wondering if anyone else's child had a similar problem or has had the operation to fix it? Is it a day procedure? thanks for any advice:)

~mia&ryan~
09-10-2006, 11:01
Hi stellaj_79! :hugs:
I had an umbilical hernia and had an op to have it removed when I was around 5. Mine stuck out about 3-4cms and could be seen easily through clothes. I stayed overnight and everything was fine. The only prob I had was that when I was preg my bb didn't pop just stretched and really really hurt, but I dont think you will have that prob with your DS:laughing: :D