When I was younger, I believed that a man made a woman pregnant by putting his hand on her belly. I also asked my mom once if a woman could have a baby without being married. When she said yes, I got confused. Until I was 9 or 10, I thought that all girls had babies when they became adults!
A childhood belief about getting pregnant
others believed things like this
- When I was younger I thought that when a woman was pregnant she would feed her baby through her belly button!— Hennie
- I used to believe that when a woman was pregnant, she fed the baby with a tiny spoon through her belly button.— Marie
- When I was little I used to think that as soon as you were married the woman automatically got pregnant.Anon
- I used to believe that a woman gave birth by pressing her belly button and the baby popped out.
— Tasha K - I used to believe that when a woman was pregnant the baby could play monkey bars on her ribs.— Laura
- I used to think that if a black woman or man and a white woman or man had a baby, it would be Asian.Anon