At 26 weeks pregnant, you're two-thirds of the way through your pregnancy and your uterus is about 2½ inches above your belly button. And speaking of your navel, have you noticed that it's taken on a life of its own — a larger-than-life life?
A newly outie belly button may not be your idea of forward fashion, especially when you have a navel piercing or when your once innie belly button now bulges through tight clothes, but it's de rigueur for the pregnant set. And it's easy to understand why.
Beginning somewhere around the middle to end of your second trimester, your blossoming uterus swells enough to push your abdomen forward, making your navel pop out like a timer on a well-done turkey — even though you have a way to go before your baby is "well-done." Your belly button should revert back to its regular position a few months after delivery — though it may have that stretched-out, "lived-in" look.
While you may need to take out your belly button piercing if it gets too tight, try to look on the bright side: It gives you a chance to clean out all the lint that's accumulated there since you were a kid.
The Mutlu Anne app is with you every step of the way on your pregnancy journey.
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