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No hernia here, but it’s quite common for a belly button to change shape or depth due to weight gain. Mine is still an innie but it’s shallower than it used to be.

To be fair, skinny folks can get umbilical hernias too! It's mostly caused by a little tear in the abs muscles, then parts leak out a little 😬😬

I didn't feel my hernia happen (if that is what it is, but I'm pretty sure because it used to not be there). I do remember what it felt like to tear my ab muscles though....

Working out can exacerbate it, especially strain on the abs, like crunches.

Not that I can do a sit up these days.... 😬

This is the stuff of nightmares right here

Wifey and I have dealt with the more common hernias recently. I had one down around my left pelvic area repaired just two years ago. Got it from coughing incessantly after I caught my child’s cold. She’s had two in her belly just in a year’s time. Not even all the added fat in her belly the past several years could keep the deeply buried muscle from giving way.