Me and my parents are fairly typical Brits; not uptight, exactly, but we don't discuss certain matters. So when I found a book in the library at school about the facts of life, I was curious and naturally I had a look. Now, the pictures in those books are kind of complicated, and I didn't have a lot of time to look at it, so for many many years I thought that a man put his leg (right up to the hip) inside a woman to make a baby. I was quite relieved when I found out how it really works.
A childhood belief about getting pregnant
others believed things like this
- There were no writers behind children's books--they just magically appeared at the library! Anon
- When I was first told about intercourse, I didn't believe it. How could peeing inside a girl make a baby?— Art
- My parents told me I was found under a gooseberry bush which I thought odd for a long long time.— Kate
- I used to believe that "elemeno P" was a certain kind of "P" found only in the English language. Anon
- I thought that gnats were baby flies, then one day I found out about maggots. yuck— Felicia
- I thought that a woman got pregnant kind of like catching a cold, by being around her husband for a long time.— No Name