so... what makes a belly button an inny or an outy?

Question

is it genetics, the way the umbilical cord is cut, or what?

is there anything i can do to give my baby an inny-outy (you the one that is an inny but has a little bubble inside)????

Answer 1

The way the doctor ties it at birth. All doctors do it differently

Answer 2

It is totally random. It is not genetic and doctors don't tie knots. They clamp it off a centimeter or so from the belly. The tissue that makes up the cord is no longer necessary so it dies. You must keep it clean and dry so an infection doesn't develop. After a few days it falls off like a scab and the bellybutton is simply the scar that remains.
I'd be wary of an "inny-outy". Sometimes adults can get a hernia or tear in the abdominal muscle near the belly button and the intestine can protrude. This would make an inny look like an outy.
Just let the baby be. Buy him/her a cute hat instead of worrying about trying to change the belly button.

Answer 3

I was told that years ago women would tape a quarter or a penny to the baby's belly button after the cord fell off to try to make it an "inny".

Answer 4

it's the way the father's or the doctor's cut the cord, my son-in-law screwed up all three of my grandchildren belly button's, but when the child starts getting older it will go in. My cousin had seven children and they all had outy's couple of them had surgeries and the other's she used an old remedy silver dollar taped too there belly button.

Answer 5

it depends on how the doctor cuts and ties off the cord after birth.

Answer 6

It's how the umbilical cord is tied; tightness and all.

Answer 7

I don't think it matters how they cut it. I've heard that they sell some type of a band or something to help keep it in.

Answer 8

i have no idea, i'd ask your doctor when its time for your next appointment, he/she would probably know better than anyone else