When I was little I believe you had to be married to have a baby. And during the wedding the couple would pray for how many children they wanted, girls or boys, and when they would come.

Amy

I used to believe sperm were like fishies and people got pregnant because my parents tummies got jelly-like and they jumpred from my dads stomach to my moms stomach.

jen

I believed that a man bought a woman the pill and gave it to her so she could get pregnant. On a public bus into town, at about the age of 8, I asked mummy "How do you get a baby in your tummy, is it that pill that Daddy bought". The bus was packed and of course there was quite a few titters at mum's embarassment. I was told " I'll tell you when your older".

Anon

I used to belive that the guy had to do all the "work" to have a boy baby, and the girl had to do all the "work" to have a girl baby. of course, I really didn't know what this "work" was.

kat

When I was little and asked my mother the key question most children eventualy do, "mommy, where do babies come from?" she had told me that when mommies want a baby they press there belly button and the baby just appears... So, after she told me that, i think i must have pressed my belly button for weeks afterwords.

Nicole Tavres

I always understood that a man and woman had to 'sleep togather' for the woman to become pregnant... but until I was 12 and learned the whole truth, I thought that just meant they had to sleep in the same bed, nothing else involved. I was so scared when I had to share my dad's bed at his parent's house since their rope bed wasn't made up yet. I was worried I'd get pregnant!

Anon

I used to believe that if you sat next to someone on the couch, you would get pregnant. I also thought that if you held hands while wearing a swimsuit, you would get pregnant. I thought that if you EVER stopped taking birth control and you had ever had sex, you would instantly get pregnant.

Anon

For years my mom complained that she got pregnant with me because the doctor told her you can't get pregnant when you are breastfeeding. When I was nursing my daughter, I said I just loved not getting my period. My mom said she got her period when she was nursing. I asked her "Didn't it occur to you that if you got your period, you could get pregnant?"

I feel so sorry for people who haven't had sex ed.

M

I overheard my mother tell her friend that if a man looks at her she gets pregnant ( my mother had nine children). I was very worried for her, but it never crossed my mind that it could happen to me.
When I was older my mother told me that holding hands could get me pregnant and I took it literally, I didn't realize she meant it could lead to other behavior.

Sue

When I was little and my mother gave me the 'Talk', she was kinda embarrassed and didn't explain it well. She swore me to secrecy about sex, so the next day I went and told all my friends that women got pregnant when the man pees into them.

Anon

i used to believe that to make babies, a daddy had to press the mummys belly button i, and say a magic word, that only grown ups knew when they loved each other!

noah

I used to believe that when a man and a woman were married, they would just ask God for a baby, and one would come out of the mother's stomach nine months later. One day I was playing house with my friend and we were pretending to be married so I asked God for a baby. I was terrified that I might be pregnant for months afterwards.

Virgin Mary

When I was a child, I had the "where do babies come from" talk explained as "a man gives a woman his seed...." Being rather literal minded, I asked my elder brother (the font of all knowledge, in my pre-school mind) what kind of seeds mom meant. He replied "poppy seeds." For many years afterwards I refused to eat poppy cookies or cake because I was afraid I'd get pregnant. I must have been in my late teens before the connection really dissolved.

Alyxx

When I was pretty young, maybe 5 years old, I was watching the news with my parents and there was a bit about teenage pregnancy being on the rise. Well I had no clue that there was a voluntary process involved in becoming pregnant; I thought you got pregnant randomly, like catching a cold. So for a few years after, I was worried that I would "catch" it and be one of those teenage mothers that the news was talking about.

K.

Before knowing about sex, I thought that God impregnated the mother after marriage and that you had to be married to have a kid. Later after finding out about sex I thought that the parents had sex once when they got married and got pregnant at random during the marriage. Since then I have become an Atheist too.

Sam

I use to believe that the man peed in the woman to get her pregnant. Didn't know about sperm until sex ed.

das

I USED TO BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO GET A GIRL PERNANT THE MALE WOULD THROW UP A EGG INTO THE GIRLS MOUTH WHEN TEY WE MAKING OUT

Anon

Up until I was about 7, I thought that you got pregnant by praying, and then drinking a glass of water. Rediculous!

Becky

When I was little I thought that you couldn't have a baby until you got married then magically you would get pregnant when it was your turn. It took me years to figure out how my sister was at my mum and dad's wedding!!

becka

When I was in second grade, I had a friend who knew about sex, because his mom had told him about it. However, he wouldn't tell me what it was because he had promised to his mom that he wouldn't tell. Instead, he just told me that a boy and a girl have to kiss naked. I couldn't figure out why kissing naked would have a different effect than kissing fully clothed, if no body contact was made besides the kissing.

Yessa