alot of times they go away by the age of 1
2007-02-14 16:15:34 · 10 answers · asked by india 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I'd say it depends on how big it is. My nephew had one the size of a golf ball. They left it alone. He's 3 now and you can hardly tell he ever had one.
My oldest son had a hernia in his groin. It went away on it's own sometime between 6 months and a year old.
My youngest son had an umbilical hernia the size of a marble, and over the last 2 weeks it has all but disappeared. He's 2 1/2 months old now.
Unless it is golf ball sized or bigger, I say get a different pediatrician. Yours sounds too scalpel happy. Your baby will be fine. :)
Oh, and they aren't painful, so that's not an issue. The surgery can always be done later if it doesn't go away and he's embarassed by it.
2007-02-14 16:24:11 · answer #1 · answered by ACEmomof2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if the doctor, and a second opinion say it's a good idea, go for it. It will save your baby a lot of pain in the long run. If money is a concern, try your local assistance office, they can often help w/ things like that. But imagine you had a rotten tooth(toothaches are the worst pain I can think of, after childbirth) and the dentist said "We can pull it now or it should fall out on it's own in the next 10 months." Which would you choose? Doctors do that type of surgery all the time, so there shouldn't be an overt amount of risks involved. Plus, he will start rolling over soon and then trying to crawl, he won't want to do either if it hurts him to be on his belly. Good luck to you and your little one!
2007-02-14 16:45:00 · answer #2 · answered by heartlostangel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he's eating that lots and having bowel movements then his intestines are working high-quality. In 27 years as a pediatric nurse/nurse practitioner I truthfully have in no way considered a infant have a strangulated umbilical hernia. just about all of those close in the previous age 5 that's the earliest time surgical closure is cautioned. interestingly which you're overfeeding your son. His abdomen is related to the dimensions of his fist and could no longer digest that lots formulation. This makes him depressing. Sucking comforts him. attempt reducing the quantity of his feedings and not feeding him any closer than 2 a million/2 hours provided that his previous feeding to offer his tummy time to empty and be waiting for greater formulation. provide him a pacifier to convenience him between feedings. If he's very gassy attempt some Mylicon drops. If he's on a cow milk formulation(Enfamil, Similac) that's beneficial to purpose a soy based formulation (Isomil, Prosobee)--exceedingly in case you or his dad do no longer tolerate cows milk. attempt to no longer complication related to the umbilical hernia. generally if little ones are incredibly unwell they have a tendency to no longer consume and fuss. sturdy success to you!
2016-10-02 04:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-14 18:13:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a second opinion. Umbilical hernias are not painful and are almost always harmless. Almost all of them resolve on their own by 3-4 years of age.
2007-02-14 18:20:02 · answer #5 · answered by Hypatia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughters was horrible and the doctors recommended surgery also. I waited the year and it is now perfectly normal. The one thing I did do that was recommended was to push the button in and put a band-aid or her diaper to keep it in to allow healing. I noticed a difference w/in days of doing this. She will be 2 on Monday and now has an Inny!
2007-02-14 16:50:20 · answer #6 · answered by GI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter (now 4 months old) had one to. It went away on its own when she was 3 months old. I just changed her diaper one day looked down and it was gone. My doctor noticed it at her 2 month checkup and told us that we should wait to preform surgery since like you said they usually always go away on their own. I asked the doctor if it hurt her at all and he said no not at all. So we opted to leave it alone. He said that if it was still there at her 6 month checkup we could talk about surgery. Don't worry it will go away. Congrats on the baby.
2007-02-15 01:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by ktbblb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dr told me if i can put 2 fingers into the hernea then we should look at options, if your sons is smaller than that get a second opinion
2007-02-14 16:32:52 · answer #8 · answered by jjsoccer_18 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes ! alot of times they do . so what ! and a lot of times they don't ! THINK ABOUT HIM !
2007-02-14 16:19:48 · answer #9 · answered by josh s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do it! u dont want the poor kid to be in pain!
2007-02-14 16:19:29 · answer #10 · answered by *~*Moonlight Path*~* 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋