No, I am not going into labor right now...but I have reached the end of something...by belly button! I can already hear my "proper" sister groaning at the notion I would blog about this. ;) If you too are a "proper" person, I beg you to ignore this post so that I might maintain some form of dignified relationship with you.
Does anyone know if how your umbilical cord is tied off at birth has anything to do with how your belly button will look later on? Is it luck of the draw? Is this yet another minute detail that God oversees in His sovereignty? Or is it simply a matter of there different "styles" produced by different ways of tying off?
Yes, yes...I think I may have figured it out. A Windsor knot will give a distinguished look, a Square knot will result in a prominent outtie, a Simple knot will produce a generic innie, a Slip Knot will be a rather disturbed innie/outtie combo...and well, you get the idea.
Whenever I was being "tied off", the Dr. did it in such a way that resulted in an innie belly button that could only be described as "The Black Hole". I never really gave much notice of it. It was a belly button. It did however give my Mom a laugh anytime she'd go with me to see an outfit in the dressing room. She thought it looked weird or something. Thanks a lot for the self esteem boost, Mom.
At 37 weeks, my black hole innie finally popped out. Either it was planning to hold out until the end of the pregnancy and failed, or the baby was looking around, wondered what strange thing would be inside her wittle womb and poked at it. No one will ever know. The most interesting thing about finding the end of my belly button is knowing that it has one! It's been a mystery for well over 2 decades.
Now that I've shared this lovely fact, I'm moving onto make other lovely discoveries...like attempting to reach past my knees with a tape measure to see how long the razor has been neglected.
Hey, nobody ever said pregnancy was glamorous!
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I do believe that the tying method has something to do with the end result. A lot of kiddos here have weird belly buttons. Many have umbilical hernias. I asked a doc and they confirmed it was tying methods. One thing I don't know is what types of knots produce which end results. Maybe a good research project?
ReplyDeleteAlso, unfortunately, for me living alone in this village has had the same effect on my relationship with my razor as being pregnant has for you. very sad.
That is VERY interesting about the tying methods. I'll see what I can do for my girl to request my girl having just a plain ole cute innie.
ReplyDeleteAs far as our not shaving, I think yours is the better excuse. I mean come on...you're living in a 3rd world country, choosing not to bend to American social norms. It's a stand for natural beauty! My piddly excuse is that I just can't reach my legs. ;)