Yu dɔn ɛva wɔnda wetin mek yu gɛt bɛlɛ? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis smɔl sikrit!

Yu don eva luk yu bele fo miro and tink se, ‘Hmm... wetin bi dis bump? Wetin mek a gɛt am?’? Sɔntɛm yu smɔl pikin dɔn aks yu dat. Na tru tru smɔl bɔt rili impɔtant pat na wi bɔdi we gɛt wan stori we rili intrestin. Mek wi tok abaut am tide fo simpul we we yu go andastan, okay?

Wetin rili bi buriya?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, yu nɛv na smɔl, kiut ‘mak’ na yu bɔdi. Dis mak na wetin de mɛmba wi ɔltɛm bɔt di rili spɛshal kɔd we de gi layf we bin de kɔnɛkt yu to yu mama we yu bin de na in bɛlɛ. Wi kin kɔl dis kɔd ‘Pekaniwela’ insay Sinhala. Insay Inglish, dɛn kin kɔl am `Umbilical Cord'. So, na yu nɛvl na di say we da kɔd we de gi layf de kɔnɛkt to yu bɔdi. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl di nɛv bak ‘navel’, ɛn yu go dɔn yɛri di wɔd `(Navel)' we dɛn kin yuz fɔ dis na Inglish.

wetin na di imכpכtant fכ di כmbilikal kכd we i de insay di mama in bεlε?

Imajin, smɔl pikin we de insay di mama in bɛlɛ, dat na, insay di bɛlɛ, fɔ lɛk nayn ɔ tɛn mɔnt, smɔl smɔl, i bigin frɔm wan sɛl, i de gro to wan kɔmplit smɔl mɔtalman. Bɔt dis pikin nɔ ebul fɔ it it, drink wata, ɔ blo di briz we de na do lɛk wi, nɔto so? na de dis ‘majik tyub’ we dεn kכl di כmbilikal kכd de kam fכ sev. i tan lεk ‘spεshal saplai layn’ we de gi כltin we di pikin nid we nכ de sכt. na tru di כmbilikal kכd we di pikin de gεt כl di nyutrishכn we i nid frכm di mama, dat na fכ simpul tεm, it εn drink. insay dis nyutrishכn, bכku valyu tin dεm de lεk `(Vitamins)` (tayp dεm fכ vaytamεn) εn `(Minerals)` (minral) we implεnt fכ di pikin in gro, di bren divεlכpmεnt, εn strכng bon dεm, fכ sכt, כltin. jכs lεk aw yu de it it we gεt bכku bכku wan fכ gro fayn, di pikin de gεt כl dat it frכm di mama tru dis כmbilikal kכd bak. nכto dat nכmכ, bכt di כmbilik kכd de kכri west prכduk dεm we di pikin in evride layf prכsεs dεm de mek, dat na tin dεm we di pikin nכ nid, bak na di mama in bכdi. Dɔn, di mama in bɔdi sistɛm dɛn kin pul dɛn dɔti tin dɛn de fayn fayn wan. Di kɔd we de na di bɛlɛ na rili wɔndaful tin we Gɔd mek. Bɔku tɛm, i kin gɛt tri blɔd vesel dɛn insay.

• Wan na wan vein, di Umbilical Vein. Dis na di say we dɛn kin kɛr klin blɔd , we gɛt bɔku ɔksijɛn ɛn tin dɛn we kin mek i gɛt tin fɔ it, kɔmɔt na di mama in plasɛnta to di pikin.
• di כda tu na di כmbilikal atεri dεm we de kכri di bכdi we dεn yuz, wit di kabכn dayכksayd εn west prכduk dεm we di pikin in bכdi de mek, go bak na di plasεnta.

Yu nɔ tink se dis na tin we rili kɔmpleks, bɔt dɛn mek am fayn fayn wan? Ɔl dis kin apin we yu stil de na yu mama in bɛlɛ!

aw di כmbilikal kכd de fכl εn bi bursa?

Okay, naw di pikin dɔn fɔm fayn fayn wan ɛn i dɔn rɛdi fɔ kam na dis wɔl ɔltogɛda. We dɛn bɔn di pikin, i de mek lawd nɔys, ‘Koo-oong... Koo-oong...’, nɔto so? Na so di pikin de tɛl di wɔl se, ‘A ebul fɔ blo mi wan naw! A nɔ nid ɔksijɛn frɔm di ɔmbilik kɔd igen!’ Afta sɔm tɛm, i kin bigin fɔ drink milk frɔm in mama ɛn pul dɔti fɔ insɛf. Ɛnibɔdi we dɔn chenj pikin in dayapɛt no dis gud gud wan! So, pikin we dεn bכn nכ nid כda כmbilik kכd. na dat mek di dכkta כ midwayf de kכt dis כmbilikal kכd afta di pikin bכn εn i de separet di pikin frכm di mama. We dɛn kɔt dis, di pikin nɔ kin fil ɛni pen . di rizin fכ dis na biכs di כmbilikal kכd nכ gεt εni nεv dεm we de fil pen. afta dεn kכt di כmbilikal kכd, wan sכm pat, lε wi se wan 'stכmp', de rεst na di pikin in bεlε usay di כmbilikal kכd bin de. Dis na wetin dכkta dεn kכl `(Umbilical Stump)`. Dis smɔl pat kin dray smɔl smɔl fɔ sɔm wiks (bɔku tɛm insay wan wik, tu, maksimɔm tri wik) ɛn i kin fɔdɔm insɛf, lɛk we dray lif kin fɔdɔm pan tik. Afta dat, dɛn kin lɛf di pikin wit wan fayn fayn smɔl bɔmp we na in yon! Dat na dat smɔl, sɔm tɛm dɛn kin rili kiut-luk ‘eternal mak’ we wi ɔl gɛt na wi bɛlɛ.

"Innie" ɔ "Outie"? Wetin na yu nem?

Naw tek wan luk pan yu vagina. I dɔn sink insay ɛn i tan lɛk smɔl ol? Dɔn dɛn kin kɔl am ‘innie’ vagina. Ɔ, i de kɔmɔt na do smɔl ɛn i tan lɛk smɔl bɔmp? Den na 'outie' vagina. כl di pipul dεm na di wכl, roughly 90%, gεt ‘innie’ vagina. Bɔt ‘outie’ vagina sɛf rili kɔmɔn. wan mistek we bכku pipul dεn kin tink na dat di we aw di dכkta de kכt di כmbilikal kכd de sho if di vagina na ‘innie’ כ ‘outie’. Bɔt nɔto so i bi . di shep fכ yu bεlε bכtכn de rili ditarmin bay aw di wund de hεl afta di כmbilik stכmp dray, dat na di ska tisu we de fכm. sכmtεm, if sכm sכm ska tisu fכm na da εria de, i kin bi ‘protrusion’. sכmtεm, if sכmכl gap de bitwin di mכsul dεm we de rawnd di pikin in bεlε bכtכm, εn sכm pat pan di intestכn de push kכmכt tru am, dat min se if כmbilikal hεnia de, i kin lεk ‘protrusion’ bεlε bכtכn. dis kכndyushכn we dεn kכl ``Umbilical Hernia`` kin go fכ insεf we di pikin dεn ol sכmtεm, afta wan כ tu ia, dat min se i kin bεtε.

So, ilɛksɛf yu vagina de ‘in’ ɔ ‘out’, i kɔmplit nɔmal ɛn i gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Na pat pan yu aydentiti. No rizin nɔ de fɔ mek wi shem ɔ shem bɔt am. Ɔlman in vagina difrɛn smɔl, jɔs lɛk wi finga prɛnt!

Aw fɔ kia fɔ di pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn in ɔmbilikal kɔd stɔmp?

Dis rili impɔtant fɔ mama ɔ papa we gɛt pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn. di sכm pat pan di כmbilikal kכd we de rεst, di ``Umbilical Stump``, dεn fכ tek kia fכ am fayn fayn wan te i dray fכ insεf. Bikɔs smɔl chans de fɔ mek di pikin gɛt infɛkshɔn tru am. So, wetin wi fɔ du?

• Kip am klin ɛn dray: Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl . Kip di rεst כf di כmbilik kכd εn di εria we de rawnd am dray as yu ebul. I bεst fɔ tek tɛm mek yu nɔ wet di say we yu de was yu pikin. Ɔ, afta yu bɔn, saful wan, bɔt gud gud wan, pat am dray wit klin, saf klos ɔ kɔtɔn bɔl.
• put di dayapεr כnda: Fכl di dayapεr כnda di pikin in כmbilik kכd, nכto oba di rεst כf di כmbilik kכd. Dis go mek di briz go insay fayn fayn wan, ɛp am fɔ dray kwik kwik wan, ɛn i go mek di chans fɔ mek yu urine ɔ ɔda tin dɛn go pan am nɔ go bɔku.
• Bɔt fɔ was wit rɔm: Trade, dɛn bin de advays fɔ klin di ɔda pat pan di ɔmbilikal kɔd wit kɔtɔn bɔl we dɛn sok wit rɔm bɔku tɛm insay di de. Bɔt naw bɔku dɔktɔ dɛn we de mɛn pikin dɛn kin tɔk se yu nɔ nid fɔ du ɛni spɛshal tin, jɔs kip am klin ɛn dray. Bikɔs wans yu dɔn put rɔm, i kin tek sɔm tɛm fɔ mek i dray. So i bɛtɛ ɔltɛm fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis ɛn fala in advays.
• Wach fɔ sayn dɛm fɔ infekshɔn : Dis rili impɔtant. if di skin we de rawnd di כmbilikal kכd stכmp rεd, swεla, fil wam we yu tכch am, i gεt yכlכ, we lεk pus , i gεt fכ smel, כ di pikin gεt fiva , i kin bi sayn fכ di כmbilikal kכd infεkshכn (Omphalitis). If yu notis ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya , yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm, ɛn nɔ de te.

dis `(Stump)` kin dray כt εn fכl כf insεf insay 1-3 wik. Nɔ pul am wit an ɔ tray fɔ pul am, okay? Jɔs lɛ i fɔdɔm fɔ insɛf.

Ɛni ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn de we kin apin bɔt di buriya?

Bɔku tɛm, di vagina na pat pan wi bɔdi we nɔ bad ɛn we kin fayn. Bɔt na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, sɔm smɔl smɔl prɔblɛm dɛn kin kam. Mek wi bi aware of dat tu likl.

• Ɔmbilikal Ɛnia: .Wi bin tɔk bɔt dis smɔl bifo tɛm we wi bin de tɔk bɔt ‘outie’ hεnia. wetin kin apin insay dis kes na dat sכm gap de bitwin di mכsul dεm na di pikin in bεlε, εn sכm pat pan di intestin de push kכmכt tru am. Yu kin si dis big smɔl we di pikin kray, kɔf, ɔ burp, ɛn we dɛn tɔch am, i kin go bak insay Bɔt bɔku tɛm, natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt. we di pikin dεm ol 1-2 ia, εn sכmtεm ivin leta, dis `(Hεnia)` de bεtε insεf, we min se di gap de kכloz. Bɔt if i rili big, if pen de, if di kɔlɔ chenj, ɔ if i nɔ smɔl afta 4-5 ia, i fayn fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɛn gɛt advays.
• Infεkshכn: Wi bin tכk bכt di posisibul fכ infεkshכn (Omphalitis) na di כmbilikal kכd fכ nyu bכn pikin dεm. Dis kin apin if dɛn nɔ kia fɔ am fayn. Ivin pan big pipul, if dεn nכ klin di כmbilik kכd fayn, sכmtεm swet , dכti, εn sop sכm kin kכlכp εn mek baktri כ fכn infεkshכn. if dis apin, di כmbilikal kכd kin rεd, i kin it, i kin smεl bad, εn i kin wet כ we de kכmכt. So i impɔtant fɔ klin di ɔmbilikal kɔd fayn fayn wan ɛn kip am dray we yu de was.
• כmbilikal Granuloma: afta di כmbilikal kכd dכn fכl, sכmtεm wan sכm sכm, pinkish-rεd, mכst bכdi de divεlכp na di sayt. Dɛn kɔl dis wan Umbilical Granuloma. Bɔku tɛm, i nɔ kin mek pɔsin fil pen, bɔt i kin kɔntinyu fɔ pul smɔl wata, we kin mek klos nɔ gɛt dɔti. We dɛn sho am to dɔktɔ, sɔntɛnde dɛn kin trit am wit smɔl mɛrɛsin (lɛk silva naytrɛt).

Dɛn tin ya nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. Bɔt i fayn fɔ no, nɔto so? If yu si ɛnitin we nɔ kɔmɔn ɔ we yu de sɔprayz na yu vagina ɔ na yu pikin in vagina, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Fɔ dɔn, na sɔm impɔtant tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba! (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

So, wi don tok plenti abaut yu belly button tide, no bi so? Di stori we de biɛn dis smɔl pat na di bɔdi we pipul dɛn kin no bɔt sɔntɛnde, kin mek pɔsin in at gladi ɛn i rili impɔtant.

Mɛmba se yu bɛlɛ na tin we go de sote go ɛn swit fɔ mɛmba di ɔmbilikal kɔd we yu lɛk we bin mek yu kɔntinyu fɔ liv, we bin de gi yu tin fɔ it, ɛn we na bin yu fɔs layflayn we yu bin de na yu mama in bɛlɛ!

• Ilɛksɛf na ‘innie’ we dɔn sink insay yu vagina ɔ ‘outie’ we kɔmɔt na do, i nɔmal ɔl . Na yu yon, na pat pan yu bɔdi.
• If yu gɛt pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek di ɔmbilik stɔmp klin ɛn dray . Wach ɔltɛm fɔ sayn dɛm fɔ infekshɔn (rɛd, swel, pus, bad smel, fiva).
• If yu notis ɛnitin we nɔ kɔmɔn bɔt yu ɔ yu pikin in vagina (lɛk big swɛlin, bad bad pen, ɔ wata we de kɔmɔt na di bɔdi we gɛt bad smel), nɔ panik ɛn go to dɔktɔ we nɔ de te.
• Yu vagina na ɔda impɔtant pat na yu bɔdi. Na yu wok fɔ no bɔt am ɛn kip am klin.

So, a op se yu fain wetin a tok abaut tide rili yusful. We yu luk yu ɔmbilikal kɔd bak, yu go mɔs mɛmba dis fayn fayn stori we gɛt lɔv biɛn am! כmbilik kכd, nyu bכbi pikin, pikin hεlth, כmbilik kכd, כmbilik kכd kεriכn