giving birth

That babies were born with clothes on - I once asked my mum where the clothes I was born in were =]

Liadhain

I used to believe that babies came out of a womans belly button.

Anon

My parents were always honest with my sister and I about where babies came from, so I knew about sex and reproduction. My sister and I were both c-section babies, though, and I thought that was how babies were born. My best friend told me about natural childbirth, and I was completely horrified! I couldn't understand why ANYONE would do that!

Becca

i used to belive that having a baby means that they would go to the store and buy one and came back with a baby and i would say that i wanted 1 too.

mirella

I used to think that when they said "push" in a delivery room, it meant that the mother was holding a button. Robo-Baby haha.

Anon

I used to believe that when adults kissed when they were naked then babies were born. I also though the only way to deliver a baby was having your stomach cut open.

Anon

I used to believe that I was born from an egg and would wonder if I had a hard time pecking put of my egg

Cheryl coffman

I used to think that women had a secret door on their stomach that babies opened when they were born

Anon

I used to think that when a baby was due to be adopted,
The new parents had to be right there on the spot at the hospital
To whisk it home the moment it was born.

Anon

When I was young, I believed that while a woman was giving birth, if she and her husband french kissed while she was pushing, the baby would come out faster.

Catherine

When i was young . I used to think that your mum had to chop her leg off, have her baby and stitch her leg back on!!

Anon

My mom always told my sister and me that mermaids had babies out of their mouths: they would blow a bubble with the baby inside and then the doctor would burst the bubble.

MEG

Pranks and jokes are a natural way of life for my family. When my mom was a little girl, her mom gave her the customary "where babies come from talk", only she changed the story a bit. As a result, my mom spent her childhood years believing that you had to "poop" your baby out, if you get what I mean... Years later, when it came to my own lesson, my mom couldn't resist adding her own touch to it as her mom had done before her. Embarrasingly enough, it was my belief for many years that babies, (which my mom kindly informed me came out the size of a large watermelon,) had to be pushed out through your bellybutton!! I never did have much respect for that particular body part after that, nor did I ever eat another watermelon!

Jenny R

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

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?

My dad showed me the movie Alien when I was really little and I thought from then on that babies were born that way. Like, the mother's stomach got bigger and bigger until finally it ripped open and the baby came out. I didn't learn otherwise until one day I asked my mom why there were no scars on her tummy "from the baby bursting out"

Lyssa

Babies are born by opening a door on the mother's stomach (for which the belly button is the knob) and walking out.

Meg

Before I learned about anatomy I used to believe babies came from a woman's cleavage. I would sit for hours staring at women's breasts waiting for a baby to poke their head out.

Jason

I was 5 when my mom was pregnant with my sister. She used to tell me that the stork brought the babies to the hospital and that the hospital roof would open up and that was how the stork delivered the babies. She told me that her belly was full of gas and that when she went to the hospital the doctor would fix it and give her a baby.

Colleen

When I was little my mom told me babie came out a special baby door so i thought that when you had a baby a door appeared on your tummy for the baby to use

Jeni