You don't have to get rid of your belly button ring the minute you get pregnant. Here's what's safe and healthy when it comes ...

What is your baby's umbilical cord? The umbilical cord starts to form at about 4 weeks of pregnancy. It's your baby's lifeline to the placenta, the pancake-shaped organ attached to your uterus. The ...

When he was just three months old, Lucy Muthoni's son, who is now six years old, developed a swelling on his umbilical cord which expanded whenever he cried. "My son used to cry and sometimes cough at ...

There’s more to navel gazing than meets the eye - literally. Look beyond your belly button to what it can tell you about your health. All mammals who get nutrients from their parent via a placenta ...

Belly button reconstruction surgery, or umbilicoplasty, is a minimally invasive cosmetic procedure to change the appearance of the belly button. A person may consider belly button reconstruction to ...