Not all of us feel super confident about the way our baby bump looks when we're pregnant. Especially if this is our first and we're still getting used to all the changes our body is going through. But one mom-to-be has a solution to a common insecurity some pregnant mamas have about their bumps — and it's a surprisingly simple fix.
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The "solution" has come to be known as the belly button hack
And while it's now going viral after being shared by TikToker @madeline.sunflower, the mom-to-be says she's not actually sure where it originated from, but saw it floating around on TikTok and recently decided to try it.
"If you have a baby bump, but don't like how your belly button looks — whether it kind of has a bit of a gap because it goes in, or goes out — I saw this hack on TikTok a little while ago to try to fix that when you're wearing tight dresses and I thought I'd show you," the mom begins.
@madeline.sunflower Belly button hack for your pregnancy belly baby bump. I personally love seeing belly buttons through tight clothes as it looks super cute but there are some outfits i wish for myself it wasnt visable, so heres a hack i saw a while ago! #babybump #pregnancy #pregnancybump #pregnancyfashion #pregnancyjourney #pregnancyhack #motherhood #aussiemum #mumtok #momtok ♬ original sound – Madeline | Motherhood & Life
The trick is to buy nipple covers and place them over your belly button instead
As Madeline demonstrates in her TikTok, they wind up filling in any gaps or indentations that may be visible through your clothes, creating a seamless look that shows off your bump in all its glory.
"I personally love seeing belly buttons through tight clothes as it looks super cute,” Madeline shared in her post caption. “But there are some outfits I wish for myself [that] it wasn’t visible."
Luckily, the nipple covers (which can be purchased for less than $20 on Amazon or in most beauty stores) does the trick with little to no effort.
A lot of TikTokers were surprised they'd never thought of this before
“Omggg thank you!!” one person wrote. “My belly button is so deep it really shows.”
“Well. This just proves how incredible the TikTok algorithm is,” another person commented. “Thanks for this!!”
Others said they went their whole pregnancies feeling insecure about this very thing.
“I refused to wear tight clothes when I was pregnant because I had a big divot on my belly," another mom shared.
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Some moms started weighing in with what their own pregnant belly buttons look like
“Mine sticks out like ET’s finger,” one mom said.
Another said she feared that a nipple cover might make her uncomfortably sweaty, because her belly button "needs to air out."
But plenty of others took a moment to remind any insecure mamas of what really matters most right now: the health of their baby-to-be.
"Just be happy and embrace this time in your life,” one TikToker commented. “Who cares what your belly button looks like? You are growing a life… be happy mommas.”
