https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 03:22:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118985 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:28:54 +0000 MaisyMay 1118985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummm....eww to your MIL.<br /> We threw ours out, but will keep a lock of her hair, and maybe her first tooth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118984 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:27:09 +0000 tlcbaby 1118984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way! That thing went straight in the garbage can - luckily it fell off during a diaper change, which made it simple. I was so scared of finding it in some random place weeks later.</p> <p>I guess I could have kept it in a box with his nail clippings and foreskin, but I didn't keep those either. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118875 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:38:04 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1118875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt weird throwing it out but did eventually. I put it side for dh to see, he was totally grossed out and surprised I hadn't chucked it already. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118866 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:22:57 +0000 lamariniere 1118866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't even see DS's when it fell out, so assume it ended up in a diaper and in the trash. I would have thrown it out had I seen it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118805 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:29:49 +0000 shopaholic 1118805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went back and forth. Kept it, then threw it out, but fished it back out. I was thinking of saving it for the baby book, but ultimately it started looking really gross so I tossed it. But I still think I should have saved it once in awhile. IDK what for though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118801 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:26:30 +0000 fairy 1118801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter's had no smell o.o it didn't really freak me out. When it came off I put it on my dresser near where I had changed her and completely forgot about it being there till my husband pointed it out and asked if I was saving it on purpose lol. It took me a week to actually toss it out because I was feeling sentimental lol. Now, if hers smelled it would have been a no brainer, but it was little piece of plastic lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118686 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:58:40 +0000 Rubies 1118686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mynoahbear: See, this to me is sweet and kind of nice. If my hospital did this for me I'd totally keep it somewhere safe and sound. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118673 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:50:19 +0000 rachiecakes 1118673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: you gotta flush it! that's so crazy she kept it</p> <p>nope, I gagged a little when it fell off and I threw it away. </p> <p>I think it's kind of cool when people keep placentas and plant a tree over them and stuff but I don't have a yard and am not creative like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118646 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:47:50 +0000 mynoahbear 1118646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was born in Japan and all the hospitals give you a small cedar box with LO's name, date of birth, weight on it for you to put the stump in for a keepsake. LO's fell off at the hospital so they put it in the box and luckily, I didn't have to touch it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118606 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:22:29 +0000 illumina 1118606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It fell off a couple of days ago and I still have it. I do plan to throw it out and just keep the clip as a souvenir but for some reason I'm putting it off :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118605 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:20:41 +0000 Purpledaisy 1118605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Threw it out immediately! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118205 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:28:59 +0000 Andrea 1118205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gross! Just gross! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118042 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:22:35 +0000 betsyboop 1118042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, it never even occurred to me that that's something people might want to keep. Weird! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1118029 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:20:23 +0000 Boheme 1118029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eww, no! It smelled awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1117903 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:36:32 +0000 Dandelion 1117903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS's fell off while he was in the NICU, so I never had to deal with it. But, no, I wouldn't save it. I debated his baby teeth, but I even threw those out. </p> <p>@Rubies: That's super gross that she got it out of the trash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1117868 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:50:24 +0000 Cherrybee 1117868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD's fell out into a poopy nappy and I chucked it right out. My friend (who's baby was born a week after DD) kept her baby's stump clip - I had a moment in which I felt awful and unsentimental but then I got over it! Gross! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump/page/2#post-1117860 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:44:12 +0000 BananaPancakes 1117860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We threw it out. It was gross and made me gag a little when it finally came off. I felt bad about throwing it out for some reason, though. We just recently had his hair cut for the first time and the stylist asked if we wanted to keep some. I immediately said no because the thought made me feel icky. I just don't think I'm the kind of person who can hoard pieces of body around the house. </p> <p>@Rubies: I would be so weirded out if my MIL stashed it! That's not normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117838 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:27:52 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1117838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We threw it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117836 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:26:28 +0000 Mrs. Amethyst 1117836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept LO's in a small plastic box... not sure why, but I'm blaming it on postpartum hormones causing me to feel extra sentimental at the time. </p> <p>I also saved a lock of his hair from his first haircut... am I just a weirdo?? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117835 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:25:37 +0000 aprk 1117835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Amelieisme: same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117825 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:21:25 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1117825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept it! My mom kept mine all wrapped up like it was something special, so I never really gave it a second thought. It's in a tiny box somewhere. </p> <p>But I guess it is kind of weird. Why did I keep rotting flesh lying around? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117804 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:03:42 +0000 Ra 1117804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ew! I immediately threw it away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117787 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:49:49 +0000 sslm 1117787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We threw it out as fast as possible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117775 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:40:50 +0000 MrsStar 1117775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I threw LO's in the fireplace while it was burning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117734 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:23:43 +0000 Bao 1117734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha yuck no I was so glad to get rid of that thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117731 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:22:59 +0000 LuLu Mom 1117731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ewww no, it smelled so bad I was so ready for it to fall off! I put rubbing alcohol on it all the time to get it to dry up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117727 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:20:48 +0000 delight 1117727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So gross! I hated when it was hanging by a thread. Then the next time I changed her dipe it was gone. I located it in the foot of her pjs and promptly threw it out. Lots of people ask me why I didn't keep it because I'm a scrapbooker. Um what?! Definitely not going to design a page around her grody little stump. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117710 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:13:33 +0000 Mrs. Train 1117710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We threw it out </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117709 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:11:50 +0000 Mrsbells 1117709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No we threw it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-keep-your-los-umbilical-stump#post-1117636 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:37:25 +0000 swurlygurl 1117636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaJ: No no no!! Haha, that is so gross! </p>