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!
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a woman gave birth by pressing her belly button and the baby popped out.
— Tasha K - I thought liposuction was squeezing the fat out of your bellybutton. Too bad it's not that easy...— Angela
- I used to think that to give birth, a woman had a slit cut into her inner thigh, and the baby would come out.Anon
- Until I was five, I used to think that women gave birth to baby girls and men gave birth to baby boys— Cassidy K
- I thought baby oli was made from pressed babies.Anon
- I used to believe that when being born, your mom would give birth to an egg, and later you would hatch— Becca