i know this quesiton was not intended for me, but thought i would chime in. i took mine out last time and my midwife was just sort of like, "why did you do that." it turns out i could have left mine in the whole time. my belly button stretched (i sort of have a little stretch mark in there). ofcourse my belly button never popped out either, so i don't know if that woudl have made a difference.
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