giving birth

When I was little every movie and t.v. show I watched in which a woman gave birth, they always showed the process happening really fast. The woman's water breaks and BAM, 5 minutes later a baby. So not knowing any better, I really though that labor only lasted about 5 to 10 minutes. So whenever I would see a pregnant woman, I would always hope she'd go into labor right there so I could get to watch and see the baby. Never happened though. But it wasn't until I was about 13 that I learned labor in fact is usually MUCH longer than 5 minutes!

Anon

I used to think that when you were pregnant you pressed your bellybutton and the baby came out.

Bubz

I use to Believe that if you went bowling during your pregnancy you would give birth at the bowling alley. After all you are bending and throwing that heavy ball all at once. As soon as I got pregnant with my first child, I asked my Dr. Only to my enbasrment to be told NO!!!

KerriBear

I used to belive that babies "acquired" their head hair during birth and that's why mommies have "hair down there."

What was I thinking?

This is how I pictured birth in my mind as a child: The expectant mother would go up on a stage in front of a large audience. A big red curtain would open so that the audience would see the expectant mother naked and squatting over a five gallon bucket. She would push the child out into the bucket and the audience would applaude.

Alicia Feltman

I never really gave a lot of thought to where babies came from, until.....I saw an episode of Emergency in 3rd grade (1973). They were called to a house where a lady was in labor. They put a blanket on her tummy and POOF...a baby!!So I thought the babies come out by...reverse osmosis?

mommy0203

I used to firmly believe that a woman gave birth to a baby through her bellybutton- there was a drawstring on the inside and it could be opened and closed when necessary. I was afraid to wash around it- afraid I would unravel. When I found out the truth- this idea still seemed better to me.

Lithe

When I was in 1st grade I thought that babies came out of the woman's belly button.

J.L.

Get this, I thought babies came out of belly buttons...crazy thought hunh? Maybe not because what are they for once you're grown up anyhow?

Lauren

When i was child, I had thought that babies came out of the anus, I don't quite know why, but I would get into arguments at school with the 4th graders, it was amazing though that the other children knew they came from a vagina. My parents never explained, as a result, I caused other children to believe that thier parents were liers, and babies came from the anus.

Pooty Pooty Applewater

Everyone tells little kids that babies come from mommy's tummies, so I thought that to get into the mommy's tummy, they had to be eaten...and then of course the mom had to vomit for the baby to come out.

Chelsea

when i was little i thought the baby came out of the lady's belly button.

ashleyy

i used to believe gays produced men ....... and lesbians produced women.....as for the "in-betweens", I could never really figure out an answer

Made in India

When I was about 5, I used to believe that whenever I pooed, I would have a baby. The women on television had to push a lot to have the babies so it made perfect sense. Every time I went to the bathroom, I would check the toilet for babies...I didn't want to flush my child away!

Learned a lot since then...

When I was pregnant with my second child, my first born was around three. I used to watch "A Baby Story" every day during that pregnancy. Well, after warching it one morning, my first born gladly informed me that when I went to have the baby, that the doctor had to cut off my leg to get the baby out. Apparently she thought this because during the birth part of the show, it does appear as if the baby is coming out of the mother's leg!

Jennifer

for many years i didn't know that women had vaginas and so i thought all babies were born out of women's asses. i remember seeing pregnant women as a child and feeling sorry for the stress that they must have endured every time they took a crap because they never knew if they would have to fish their child out of the toilet bowl.

vadim

When I was 3, I asked my pregnat Aunt if the doctor would cut off her head to let her baby out. Now that I'm almost 4, I know they cut her belly open instead.

Tyler

When I was younger, I used to believe that when a lady had twins or triplets or more, that they all came out at once....I never understood how they could all fit.

Izzabehr

When my youngest sister was born, my 3 year old sister and I were looking in the nursery before they brought out the new baby. She looked around and told my dad to go get mom so we could go home-she didn't see any babies in the nursery that she wanted. She thought that to have a baby, you just went to the hospital and picked one out!

CT