I took sex ed in 6th grade in a fairly conservative town. We covered how the sperm fertilized the egg, but not exactly how it got there. I thought that men ejaculated tiny sperm into the air--they'd float around until they found a nice woman to swim into, and then there'd be a baby.

Anon

I believed that my parents didn't have to have sex in order for me to be made. When my cousin told me that everyone had sex to have kids I called him a liar.

Anon

When I was very young, a boy at school told me that sex involved a man putting something into a woman's belly button (a worm, he explained to me) and that worm would eventually gestate into a full grown baby. He told me that boys practiced by putting their worm into holes cut into bars of soap. This made perfect sense to me, as babies in pregnant women appeared to be centered around the belly button. The first time I saw the umbilical cord on TV, my belief was confirmed, as I figured that was the vestige of said man's worm, clinging for dear life.

morphoeugenia

When I was 5, my mother was due to have my little brother in a month or so and i overheard a conversation she was having with my aunt about what hospital she was going to go to. Later, I was with my dad and asked him where i was born, and for some unapparent reason, he decided to tell me i was born at the Bonaza restaurant in town. I believed that for a year or so.

Anon

My friend first explained sex to me when we were about 8 or so. She explained that men were made up completely of sperm cells, and women of eggs. When they lied flat against each other, the woman could get pregnant from it.

Not only that, she had me worried I was pregnant from horseplaying with the boy down the street.

Lauren, IN

When I was a little kiddo, I used to think that semen was another word for spit, like salava. When I asked my mom where I get my semen from, she was horrified. (mainly cuz i asked it during her lunch with her friends)

Krissy

When i was younger i believed that a miscarriage was when someone goes to take a baby on a stroll in a carriage but miss...and the baby falls on the floor!

WoOpS

I used to think babies were produced only if the couple was married after 1 year and it would automatically happen. I wanted my mom to have another baby and she said no. I told her she could have a private wedding ceremony with only her close family so it wouldn't be too much hassle and she would get pregnant again! LOL

Lime

I thought that parents made a baby by nibbling each others ears.

Mer

when I was 4 i used to think that baby's were made by a man lying on a bed with a woman and an egg rolled down the mans arm and up the womans arm.

gladus

I thought once a woman got married, she would just randomly get pregnant every now and then, and she would have to either have the baby (painful) or swallow a pill to have an abortion (this was long before RU-486 was invented). I hated swallowing pills, so I was glad I wasn't a woman.

Brandon Campbell

When my brother was about 3 years old, about the same time my mother was pregnant with me, he announced to my mother that when he grew he was going to 'grow a baby in his tummy just like her'. She was heartbroken having to explain to him that only girls can do that.

Layla

I had a very close friend growing up who did not belive in human reproduction at all. she thought that you could have a baby only if you prayed hard enough and were a good person. I pointed out that there were a lot of non-Christians who were still able to reproduce.

Anon

I used to believe that when a mommy and a daddy wanted to have sex, they would get naked together and kiss a lot and the magic would flow from the daddy into the mommy through the kiss and make a baby in the mommy's stomach, then nine months later the baby would come out of the mommy's vagina. but i also believed that if the mommy didnt want the baby just yet she could put it back until later. And the mother could do that whenever she wanted until the baby was too big to fit in her stomach anymore.

then when i was like six, i kissed this boy behind a garbage can and and i was like "oh yeah, i had sex!"

Rebecca

i used to think that woman would get pregnant when a man would put his mouth on the woman's vagina and spit into it. The spit would than transform into a baby. After spitting, the man would than blow air into the woman's uterus (as if it were a balloon) in order to give the baby air to breathe. I thought this was the only reason a woman was so fat when pregnant. I couldn't wait until i was older and got pregnant because i came up with the idea that I could simply have a plastic tube with one end up my vagina and the baby could breathe through the tube. That way i could avoid being fat. I felt incredibly stupid when i realized the truth. i had no idea about male anatomy back then.

Sally

I used to get nervous anytime I saw a pregnant lady going into the bathroom because I thought the baby might fall out into the toilet.

Amber

I remember watching a Tarzan movie on TV when I was 4 or 5. Just before the commercial, Tarzan and Jane clasped hands and gazed into each others eyes; after the commercial, Jane was holding a baby. I figured that's how "it" was done. Months later, an older neighbour boy, laughing hysterically, set me straight.

Thanks a lot, Tarzan!

one night, at story time when i was maybe 4 or 5, i asked my dad "the question" (que dramatic music). "where do babies come from?" my dad, being a book nerd, explained it to me as follows...

the female's book and the male's books come togther and the pages for a baby.

for the longest time i thought i would not be able to have babies, because i didnt own "that special book."

I know better now.

Confussed little girl

When I first heard about sex (about 9), I was hoping there was some other way to have kids, because there was NO WAY I was gonna let that happen to me!

no sex please

once i was watching to young kids. we had been outside catching ladybugs, and had a huge jar full of them. one of the kids started screaming. when i asked her what was wrong, she told me that there were two ladybugs that were fighting. she showed me the mating ladybugs and said "look they're tackling eachother".

Fighting Ladybugs!!!