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WARNING: Discussion of the insides in your body 

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Hey, guys, I decided to tell you all something.

I may have said it before, I’m not super sure?

It’s not that big of a deal, and it’s not much of a confession I suppose as much as it is me trying to bring awareness. 

I have this insecurity over something that could very easily be considered stupid-

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my belly button. (That is not the reveal.)

Let me explain, because that probably left a crazy amount of questions.

There is something called gastroschisis (I’m horrible at spelling take that with a grain of salt.) It’s a condition that affects unborn babies, and I’ll put the definition simple. 

Inside of the womb, your average baby will have the stuff that belongs inside of them closed up by the skin from your stomach.

However, in the case of gastroschisis, your stomach doesn’t properly seal. This means that whats meant to be in (your organs) ends up taking up space outside. Most babies affected by this condition are born prematurely, because their organs are taking up that space meant for growing.

A lot of babies die from this condition. My own father admitted he was convinced I was gonna die (thanks a lot, dad.) 

I had to stay in the hospital for over a month as a baby. My mom simplified what happened when I was born:

-They took me away

-Rushed and sealed me in a bag somehow (I don’t know how this works skull)

-Performed a few different surgeries

-Made me stay for over a month because they needed to make sure I was okay

In the process of these surgeries, I have 3 scars: my bellybutton, which isn’t an innie or an outie, rather this flat twist of skin- a scar on my neck, from tubes- and finally, I have a scar on my chest shaped somewhat like an H, because I had stitches there from something. 

My bellybutton makes me insecure but it is part of me.

Kids who live from this may have a “bellybutton,” they may just have a scar.

I’d like to share this with you guys because of how many babies have issues from this condition. It’s definitely not common at all, but for those babies who end up born like this, some die or have issues later on. I got extremely lucky I ended up at least somewhat normal, but I do have to occasionally make sure I’m working correctly. You never know if something got put wrong and made a ton of issues. 

Thank you for reading this, and I hope you understand and hope for these kids to live. 




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I don't have that, but I did have to have 2 surgeries on my heart when I was around 1-2 months because I had major heart problems.

Luckily, I survived, and I am 100% healthy, but sometimes I think about what would happen if they hadn't realized about my heart problems until it was-

Let's not think about that right now!
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by (114k points)
I’m sorry.

I have an out belly button, and I also have a scar on it from a surgery I had when I was 7. So It makes me extremely insecure.

I also had to stay in the hospital for a month when I was first born, but that was due to me being so early
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*virtual hug*



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