2006-06-18 05:13:03 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Not really. The resulting inny or outy comes about depending on how the end of the umbillical cord dries up and falls off. The way its cut *might have an effect, but its likely to be slim.
2006-06-25 16:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by Heavn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person who severs the umbilical cord should ensure it is tied off as short as possible.This is generally the usual practice for properly trained medical workers.
In places where home births are common and medical workers are rare,the umbilical cord may not be cut in the correct spot,resulting in a protruding navel.This is common in Third World countries,where midwives are often not formally trained and have no official qualifications apart from on the job experience.
2006-06-30 17:20:43 · answer #2 · answered by mystic_master3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that if you let the umbilical fall off on it's own it'll be an inny. If you mess with and pull on it it's an outy.
Don't know how much truth there is to that though.
2006-06-18 05:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by real_sweetheart_76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It depends on the style he/she uses at birth based on request of the patient delivering. Cutting the embolical cord shorter at abdomen gives less chance of growth outside the body but properly closing it off also plays a signficant role in healing results.
2006-07-01 09:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by Kay B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to my doctor, no. I like innies and wanted my kids to all have them. But I have one outie anyway....
2006-06-20 02:31:52 · answer #5 · answered by StudentoftheHumanCondition 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A doctor once told me it was all in the way it is 'tied-off' at birth. At the time I didn't think to ask whether that wouldn't require two cuts.(Or some really cumbersome handiwork with the placenta!)
2006-06-28 08:25:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on how the cord was cut i spent some time in Ghana and plenty peoply there have outties, one guy had an opouttie the size of a tennis ball, so if the umbilical cord is not cut and tied properly then beware you'll have an outtie:)))
2006-06-30 15:30:04 · answer #7 · answered by Kalahari_Surfer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strange I practiced medicine for over forty years and never heard the term. I don't think some of the others had either.
2006-07-01 05:44:55 · answer #8 · answered by ringocox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the scar of your umbilical cord dropping off. You don't have control over what it looks like.
2006-06-30 16:01:55 · answer #9 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive heard if you put a marble and gently tape it to the belly button outie, it will cause it to go in?? myth?? not sure..
2006-07-01 01:59:34 · answer #10 · answered by wanders1111 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋