Is innie or outie genetic?
Innie or outie: Whether you have an innie or an outie bellybutton has nothing to do with whether your mother had one or your father or your grandfather. In other words, it has nothing to do with genetics. And it has nothing to do with how the doctor cut your umbilical cord.
What determines innie or outie?
When you’re born, the umbilical cord is cut and you have a small piece left called the umbilical stump. One to 2 weeks after birth, this stump falls off and what remains is your belly button. As a result, your belly button is essentially a scar. Whether it’s an innie or outie depends on how your skin grows as it heals.
Why do black babies have Outies?
They occur when part of the intestine bulges through the umbilical opening in the abdominal muscles. This creates a soft bulge or swelling near the navel that might become more noticeable when the baby cries or strains. They are more common in premature babies, low birth weight babies, and Black infants.
Can a person have no navel?
Some people don’t have a belly button, and the reason for this may be related to surgical history or just an anomaly in how the belly button formed (or didn’t, for that matter). Most of the time, if you don’t have a belly button, it’s related to a surgery or a medical condition you had when you were younger.
Are belly buttons genetic?
Many folks wonder how they ended up with one or the other type of belly button. Is it genetics? Does it depend on how your umbilical cord is cut at birth? Turns out that it is just depends on the amount of space there is at birth between the skin and the abdominal wall.
Did Adam and Eve have belly button?
Absolutely not. One possible theory is that Adam did – because when God pulled his rib out he pulled it through his stomach and left a scar but there was no scar for Eve.
Can a baby survive in the womb without an umbilical cord?
In these early weeks, there’s no need to breathe. The umbilical cord is the main source of oxygen for the fetus. As long as the umbilical cord remains intact, there should be no risk of drowning in or outside the womb.
Why are some belly buttons Innies?
An innie, of course, is a belly button that doesn’t extend past the plane of your stomach. When the doctor or midwife severs the umbilical cord after the baby’s birth, the cord loses its blood supply and eventually falls off, leaving behind the belly button.
What determines your belly button shape?
But it’s really mostly random, as the umbilical cord is always clamped well away from the navel and doesn’t usually affect innie or outie status. The shape of the belly button a person ends up with, however, is determined by how the umbilical cord was attached, not where it was cut.
Is umbilical hernia hereditary?
Umbilical hernias are usually painless. The exact incidence and cause are unknown. Certain family lines have a higher incidence of umbilical hernias suggesting at least a partial genetic predisposition to the condition.