My grandmom had a major surgery and during the process her belly button was essentially removed. She told my mom and I that she was upset that she didn't have a belly button any more. We figured it was a cosmetic thing or just, you know, everyone has a belly button. No. She went on to explain that if she wanted to have a baby now she couldn't. And she wasn't kidding. She thought the umbilical cord attached to the mother's belly button.