giving birth

I used to believe that when it was time for a woman to give birth , she would swallow a rope , the baby would take hold,and the mother would then pull the baby out of her mouth .

D.W.

I used to believe that all babies were born by c-section. My mom had a long scar on her belly from a gallstone surgery, but I assumed it was from giving birth.

Sara

i used to think that women get huge tummies because it means they are going to get a baby...n how the baby comes???well when the tummy is about to blow up God and the angels will come to her bed and leave a baby by her side...and angels will do magic and make her tummy flat again

amla

To spare me the worry and anxiety of the truth about giving birth, my mother told me that when you had a baby, a place just under a womans belly button would open up and a baby would come out and that it didnt hurt at all. I believed that well after our very POOR sex ed class that didnt explain sex or babies at all, but merely ended up confuseing us all and forceing us to demand facts from our parents.

Jane

Until I was 6 or 7, I was convinced that babie's came out of their mother's butt. For a couple years after that, I was under the impression that their was 3 small round holes on the female anatomy, each having it own individual purpose...

Anon

I used to think babies came out of a woman's bottom, and can still remember asking my mum about it. She put me right and told me about the "front bottom". I would have been 11 or so at the time, quite naive for my age

Andy

I used to believe that babies are being born through a little hole between the bellybutton and the genitals, and that later the doctor stitches it. It was also only at the age of 10 I first heard about a thing called "period" and "masturbation". I remember I asked my mother what is it and when she started to answer me I got so embarrassed and said "Okay okay I get it!" before she even succeeded to complete her explanation.

Shira

when i was around grade 4 (or below), i used to believe that babies were born from their mum's belly that they just popped from the belly button when it's time.

wing

I used to believe that babies came out of their mother's mouth like a small bubble.

Evelyn

I thought that all babies had to be delivered by cutting open the mother's stomach. After all how else was that huge thing supposed to get out.

Anonymous

My wicked sister told me that baby's come from the armpit-didn't matter male or female.

Anon

This is actually from my 4 year old son. A friend was pregnant and he got to feel the baby move. He was very interested in the whole thing. When the baby was born I told him he could meet the baby that he got to feel moving and he asked if the mom had barfed out the baby. He was sure that she ate the baby and then barfed it out!

Matt's Mom

I thought babies came out of your navel when they were ready to be born. (Probably would have been more comfortable!)

Also, my 4 older sisters had me convinced that everytime a girl had intercourse they got pregnant.

Koye

in my early life i was under the impression that babies somehow morphed their way through their mummy's tummy when 'born'. i didn't ever think of the specifics...

shube

i used to believe babies were born through anus. only after i found out what the other hole's for, i held firm that believe

18 june 1975

I thought that babies were born out of your bellybutton (couldn't think of anywhere else they pop out of!)

Hattie

My mother when she told me that when pregnant with me she had a craving for mars bars so when I was born I was covered in mars bars. I told this to everyone at school till I was about 11.

Kirsty