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Clear liquid coming from my belly button

I am almost 4 weeks post op and I am going to call my doctor first thing Monday morning. Let me make that clear. I am worried and hope everything is fine.

I have had a clear liquid coming from my belly button for 2 days. I remember my nurse telling me at discharge that it is okay for some clear drainage. She said if it smells foul (which mine does not) or the liquid is pink or red, then that is a reason to call the office. It could be infection.

My question is: Have any of you experienced this in the first few weeks post op?

~Misty

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Can you clarify... is it drainging from your incision above your belly button or your actual belly button. Is there an incision in your belly button? Or do you think it could be water from your shower? I don't know, just tossing a few things out there.

i would not fret over clear liquid, it is no emergency but is worth a phone call to find out why that incision is still leaking.

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Thanks for replying. It is not shower Water. I have cleaned out my belly button very well since the surgical tape came off. This is from my incision that is inside my belly button. I wonder why they leak/drain? And it's not much, but it some and I am concerned.

I wonder if I am doing too much. I have a 1 & 3 yr old children. I try not to pick them up, but come on. I have to sometimes. I am also a massage therapist and wonder if the 3 massages I did this past week was too much for me too soon.

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