I noticed last night that my belly button is spreading...into a deep "innie" gorge in the middle of my otherwise very round and symetrical baby bump. This gorge...it's not pretty, people.
I had my appendix out (laproscopic) when I was 15, and ever since have had a cute, but very deep innie "E" shaped belly button. The "E" is now bold and wide and is about 26pt instead of the usual 18pt.
So this begs the question: how does one prevent the belly button gorge (BBG) from ruining an otherwise perfectly cute preggie shirt?
I just tried putting scotch tape over the BBG. It's helping a little bit, but when i move it makes a crunchy tape sound. This might be cause for awkwardness.
Any other ideas??
Followup: After 1/2 day, my scotch tape had clouded up over my belly button (imagine a mirror after a shower). Not pretty, people.
13 comments:
bandaids... they are thicker and non-crinkly! :)
and pretty much duct tape will solve any problem... only it might really hurt when you take it off. stick with bandaids ... thick nexcare kind maybe.
Have to giggle. My belly button changed during pregnancy and never went back to normal ... not to scare you or anything. :)
Ah, Jane I love you. You are so great!
Haha... Jane, you make me laugh. I agree with the bandaid suggestion. Sounds safer and QUIETER to me! :)
Just wait until it pops out, or goes completly flat! :)
Hey...I remember when you got your appendix out...that was an interesting...good...influential...etc etc etc...time of life. Now I'm feeling nostalgic.
LOL! I never got the outie in pregnancy....just completely flat at the end....and oddly, it changed color to a very dark brown! So weird...hopefully it goes away. Good luck!!
What is bigger than a gorge? That would be mine. Still. Sigh. Embrace the hole! You'll start a new pregnancy trend.
i think i'm the only guy to comment....but when you said tape crinkles, I immediately thought blue tack and laughed to myself...so I thought I'd share.
I just always figure that everyone has a belly button, so if they could see mine through my shirt, oh, well. They know it's there and it's not the weirdest thing, is it? Thus, my favorite maternity shirt was a pink blouse with buttons down the middle--no belly gorges visible there!
Go the Andy (from the Office) route and do a cotton ball with a bandaid over it. Also, FYI, I laughed so so so hard over this post. It might be my favorite.
Jane, I keep forgetting to tell you that I think you're about 2 weeks ahead of me. I'm not showing yet but I have a feeling that any day now I am going to pop.
By the way, we finally started a blog (about 5 years after the rest of the world):
http://brianandbritt.blogspot.com/
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