when i was younger i thought that you came out flat when you were born. then the doctor "blew" you up to inflate you. and.... you know the thing you blow in to inflate a floatie? well i thought that wether he left that out or pushed it in determined the sex... man was i smart!

anon

I asked my mom how do people get babies out of their tummy, she said they need to squeeze the baby out like they're pooping. I thought pregnant women have to check the toilet bowl and make sure if the baby is born or not before flushing.

Anon

When I was about six or seven I was just starting to learn about having babies, having sex, etc. When I asked if it hurt, my mom said that it was like going number 2. I remember being terrified of going number 2. in the bathroom because I always thought a baby was going to come out.

Anon

I used to believe that babies were born from eggs (dinosaur eggs) and they would sit on them and keep them warm until they were ready to hatch

naish

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

Anon

When I was little, I thought when you were at your wedding, right after you said "I do", you needed to have a baby.

Demi

I used to believe that before my siblings and I were born, we all lived one on top of another in my mom's belly, and instead of coming out as babies, we came out as old as we were at the time that I thought this. So, my sister would’ve come out a 15-year old, my brothers 14 and 5, and me 4. I wondered, too, how we all fit in there, because we were much bigger than my mom’s tummy!

EJ

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

I used to believe that all pregnant women gave birth to their babies on Labor Day, which was why it was called what it was.

By the time I was going to deliver my first baby, I knew better, of course, but as it happened, I did go into labor on Labor Day.

Martha LT

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

Meg

i used to play "giving birth" with my friends and once with my boy cousin. I was about 5 and he was 4 but he was a little more educated than me. So when i asked if he wanted to play that and he said yes i laid down on the bed and waited for him to "put me to sleep and cut me open." He just sat there and said he was waitng on me. I sat up and asked what he was talking about. He whispered in my ear "you know what im talking about". When i made him tell me i was shocked. But i had to believe him so i laid back down and started screaming. He kept holding my hands and rubbing my stomach and after 5 minutes of this my mother heard me and i got lectured for scaring her to death.

Kimmie

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

One day my son (10) excitedly told me that he knew where babies come from. I was anxious to hear his response and was tickled when he told me that babies come out of there Mom's butts.

Julie

I used to think, that to give birth, the doctor pressed the mum's bellybutton and the baby just popped out!

If only it was that easy!

Julez