My uterus and belly are in the process of shrinking, and I keep looking down at my belly button thinking it'll never be back to the tight, deep belly button I used to have. My belly button got more shallow/flatter as my pregnancy progressed, but it never popped.
Did your belly button resume its previous state postpartum? If so, how long did it take?
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
It did go back, but I don't remember exactly when. It doesn't seem like it was too long after I gave birth--a few weeks? Maybe a month? I didn't really notice it until it was back to normal. But it is back to normal!
pear / 1642 posts
Mine went back to normal but I don't remember when. Maybe a month or so pp? It took long enough that I was wondering if it would ever be the same again. And mine actually popped.
grapefruit / 4669 posts
@Alivoo01: Mine slowly shrunk over a few months...now at almost 5 months pp it looks pretty normal. P.S. congrats!!! I was just thinking of you the other day and didn't realize your baby was here already!
pomegranate / 3275 posts
After two pregnancies and never really losing all the baby weight, it is not the same. Now that I'm pregnant again, I have a feeling I will never have the same belly button.
pineapple / 12234 posts
Congrats!!!
It took a 3-4 months for my stomach to feel normal again but had I tried to tone up, I think it would have been quicker.
pomegranate / 3003 posts
I'm 12 days pp, and my belly button is back to normal, save for a light ring in my skin tone that appeared in the last month or two of pregnancy. This is my first baby, and overall, I'm back to my intial size. I'm a little flubby, and definitely need to tighten up, but I'm wearing my pre-pregnacy wardrobe again.
pear / 1723 posts
Mine isn't the same as it was even at a year out. But I think others would say it's normal looking 
persimmon / 1361 posts
Mine isn't the same either 
Its been a year and my stomach overall looks good, fairly toned. But that belly button is a dead giveaway. It looks like an old car where the upholstery has come loose and it hanging down from the top. Ugh. I hate it. It did turn dark during pregnancy and that, luckily, went back to normal. I seriously want plastic surgery on my belly button to pin it back the way it was!
nectarine / 2177 posts
I'm 8 wks PP and my belly button looks the same as PP shape wise but it is brown!
pomegranate / 3791 posts
I'm 11 weeks PP...it's definitely not the same, but it looks a heck of a lot better than it did int he first month!
pomelo / 5093 posts
Mine went back to it's original state after a month or so, but tight and flat are not how you would describe my stomach.
bananas / 9973 posts
@Alivoo01: Mine used to be very tight and deep too, and I thought I had the saddest looking belly button post-partum. It just recently started to look a little more like normal (I'm at almost 5 months pp). But it's not as small and deep still. My belly button never popped either, but just got really stretched wide and shallow. Hoping it will get smaller, but not sure it will ever be the same.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
@tororojo: @HLK208: Thanks ladies!
So there's some hope my belly button will resume it's previous state! My belly is definitely squishy though and that was an eye opener for me. I haven't tried putting on my non-maternity jeans yet, and am afraid to to be disappointed if they don't fit!
clementine / 773 posts
I'm 10 months pp. It's mostly back to pre-preg, but not totally. It's deeper but still a little too wide.
grapefruit / 4187 posts
I've read that usually it goes back to how it was eventually, so I have hope for myself! I had a very deep innie and I'm almost an outie now at 35 weeks.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
At 4 1/2 months, mine looks like a normal belly button but it doesnt look like before. It's much wider-- you can see right into the whole thing where as before it was all hidden in there. LOL My stomach on the whole looks pretty good. Not totally flat yet but getting there. I am back to prepreg weight give or take a couple pounds.
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
@Alivoo01: Yep! Mine looks like it did before! It didn't pop while I was pg, it just flattened out.
@maybebaby: It will lighten up (along with a few other things!) in a couple of months . . . I had my linea nigra for at least 5 months pp!
nectarine / 2217 posts
it took awhile, but it did finally look normal again to be honest i would say closer to 6 months. it will happen!! 
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
@travellingbee: Yes!! That's how I see it right now, that's why I was wondering if it'll ever be the same because it's so wide now. Not sure how it's supposed to shrink back up! LOL!
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
@Alivoo01: I don't know either!! It used to be so cute! I also want this linea nigra to go away! Ok here goes... You can see my "beebo" 4.5 months postpartum, old piercing and all!
pomelo / 5321 posts
Mine went back to normal. It never popped during my pregnancy but was really shallow. It did feel kind of different. I'm pregnant with #2 and it definitely got shallower much faster!!
persimmon / 1361 posts
@maybebaby: It will go back to normal color! I hated mine being brown. It takes quite a while (months!) for the color to normalize. Mine is pink and normal color again, thank goodness!
pear / 1849 posts
Mine is still popped 10.5 months later. Stomach is flat, belly button is not at all - makes for some challenges when getting dressed:( That's what I get for being "all belly" with a 9lb baby!
watermelon / 14206 posts
Mine is normal at 4 months, but I don't know exactly when that happened.
eggplant / 11287 posts
Mine never went back to normal.
It used to be tight and small and deep. It turned into this wide, shallow thing in the middle of my stomach that resembled the end of a hot dog.
I am now pregnant again, and my belly button just looks weird. seriously. I am pretty sure I now have the weirdest belly button of all time for the rest of my life.
clementine / 943 posts
Mine never popped. I can't remember when it went back to normal, but it looks exactly the same as it did pre-pregnancy.
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