Bumpbow-Info: Information about Bumpbows

Bumpbows are one cool piece of maternity wear, but are also great for Bumpbow parties (of any kind!) where the guests are any age or gender, expecting or not - I discovered (and became an instant fan of) Bumpbows in early to mid-January 2016 during a search for another topic.

Back in 2000, I happened to find a stash of old motherhood magazines from the early to mid-90s, and happened to find an article which mentioned that from a certain week number of pregnancy, being the navel popping out, which I found so cute at the time; and since I watch The Rugrats Movie, I had a dream while sleeping that Didi Pickles was pregnant with an exposed belly with her navel popped out.

Here are some links with information about this issue (UPDATED on March 7, 2016):
www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy… - this was where I discovered Bumpbows from a post Carrie Perry, who founded SweetP3, the makers of Bumpbows - also mildly puckered in picture - a badge of honour to wear proudly (and cute!) - some even call it a "snooze button" (Juno reference)
www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy…
www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy… - darkened and ugly
www.whattoexpect.com/blogs/bab… - can pop out overnight
www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy… - piercing advice
www.everydayhealth.com/healthy… - Jiri Hulcr study of type (4% - 340 of the 8500 surveyed had "outies"), but study did not class "inbetweenies" with respect to defining "innies" or "outies" nor the age of those surveyed - also mention of surgery of how to change outies (or even inbetweenies) to innies
kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/… - Jiri Hulcr study of type (4% - 340 of the 8500 surveyed had "outies"), but study did not class "inbetweenies" with respect to defining "innies" or "outies" nor the age of of those surveyed
www.thebump.com/a/why-is-my-be…
www.thebump.com/a/belly-button…
www.thebump.com/a/is-outtie-be…
forums.thebump.com/discussion/… - when the mother's navel returns to normal after birth
www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-b… - can try gently nudging it back if suspected hernia - belly band reference
www.parents.com/advice/pregnan… - clothing recommendations and not leaning on belly
www.parents.com/pregnancy/week… - turkey timer reference
www.babble.com/pregnancy/pregn… - round and fairly smooth
www.babble.com/pregnancy/has-y… - turkey timer reference, but hasn't popped at 37 weeks
www.womenshealth.gov/pregnancy… - even Government health departments acknowledge the navel can pop out during pregnancy
birthchoices.raisingchildren.n… - a bit unusual for the navel to pop out at an average of 32 weeks during pregnacy
www.babycentre.co.uk/x543048/c… - piercings advice
www.babycentre.co.uk/35-weeks-… - a bit unusual for the navel to pop out at an average of 32 weeks during pregnancy
www.babycentre.co.uk/a1052298/… - deal with popped out navel?
www.baby.co.uk/mum_stories/is-… - flat starburst
www.babycentre.co.uk/a1013445/… - rounded with lower third different
www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy… - rounding with a good amount (placenta video thumbnail) + ugly (epidural thumbnail)
www.babycenter.com/400_belly-b… - member suggested wearing Bumpbows
www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/post… - promoting Bumpbows as a solution
www.nuk.com.au/en_au/help-and-… - a bit unusual for the navel to pop out at an average of 29 weeks
www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/p… - "door bell" reference
www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/p… - "door bell" reference - cute for a 2 1/2 year old to press it and say "ding dong!"
www.bellybelly.com.au/post-nat… - navel remaning popped out after birth for some time
www.deathandtaxesmag.com/20584… - Karolina Kurkova was at least one celebrity born without a navel
www.babble.com/pregnancy/pregn… - Mariah Carey used band-aids on navel

Social media pages for Bumpbows:
www.instagram.com/bumpbows/
www.facebook.com/pages/BumpBow…

Others:
annapolis.macaronikid.com/arti… - giveaway expired - Review of Bumpbows
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPuv52… - YouTube video of Bumpbows reviewer
www.capitalgazette.com/news/bu… - News release about Bumpbows including how it deals with a sensitive navel on pregnant women
www.bumpbows.com - Bumpbows official website

Despite the cost of using multiple dyes (more than three) in real life is a bit costly for SweetP3 (the makers of Bumpbows), I also introduced a "virtual" expanded range of Bumpbows (including Spectra, Two-tone, National Pride, and Love Hearts including two-tone) to help match a cartoon character's clothing or hair or skin or a combination thereof, even though Bumpbows can only be purchased in Perfectly Pink (if you're expectig a girl), Blissfully Blue (if you're expecting a boy) or Gleefully Green (if you don't want to tell, or can't tell if it's a boy or girl - also good for those who can confirm having non-identical twins).
It should be financially viable for SweetP3 (the makers of Bumpbows) to introduce the cute "Love Heart" range of Bumpbows, which have a white love heart on a Perfectly Pink or Blissfully Blue or Gleefully Green background.

The bottom half shows Bumpbows in colours and patterns offered by the manufacturer, SweetP3, which are Perfectly Pink, Blissfully Blue, and Gleefully Green, but I have introduced other colours and patterns (which could also be a cheaper "sticker-like" product which is good for wearing at parties (if the navel is of the innie or inbetweenie but not poking out such as the outie), which I would call BBB's - BellyButtonBows).

Why the mother's navel may still be popped out (or still shallow than normal) after birth is that the womb can take up to two months to shrink back to its normal size - the use of Bumpbows might still be required until the navel is no longer protruding.