• Question: is it possible for someone to not have a bellybutton?

    Asked by nicolepoynter to Cesar, Emily, Jamie, Kate, Philippa on 15 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Kate Clancy

      Kate Clancy answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      It would be pretty hard to not have a belly button, since that is where your umbilical cord connects, and so far it is not possible to grow a baby without it being connected via umbilical cord to a placenta. But I won’t rule it out as something that could somehow happen in the future.

      My husband had to have abdominal surgery when he was only a year old, so he has a funny shaped belly button because of the scar down the front of his belly!

    • Photo: Jamie Gallagher

      Jamie Gallagher answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Nope, that little spot is very important. until we are born it is very important. It gives us all the food and oxygen that we need. I guess you could have it cosmetically removed- but that would look rather odd.

      As for an inny or an outy, it just depends how well it is tied off when you pop out.

    • Photo: Emily Robinson

      Emily Robinson answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      It is funny to think that your belly button is where you were connected to your mum!

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