My mom and I talk several times a day, both on the phone and via email. Something we always talk about is how I’m feeling. Within the last few days, I told her in an email I’m feeling pretty good, except that my belly button is sore. A few minutes later, I got an email back from her with some information she found on the internet. It said:
Many women find that their belly button (or navel) becomes quite sore and tender in the last few months of pregnancy. For women with an ‘inny' belly button, it may be the first time this part of your body has seen the light of day! The previously 'protected' skin of the navel, can rub frequently on clothing, making it feel a little raw and tender. Along with this, you may also experience a stretching or splitting sensation that comes with the normal separation of the abdominal muscles behind it, make this area particularly uncomfortable.
It was good to find out that what I’m experiencing is normal. I can always rely on my mom to make her best effort to find out why something is happening. Of course, if she feels her research isn’t from a 100% reliable source or if she doesn’t have good enough answers for me, she encourages me to call the doctor. All my life, she has instilled in me that doctors work for me, to call them if I have a question or concern.
But what cracked me up about the email Mom sent back to me is that this clipart was attached! :)
~T.T.
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