When I was young I didn't know about amniotic sacs or mucus plugs or all that other fancy stuff that keeps the baby inside the womb. What I was told, was that you simply had to push the baby out. I used to think that if you touched a pregnant woman's stomach, it would be considered "pushing" her baby out, and it would come tumbling right out! I was always afraid to touch my mom when she was pregnant with my younger sister for fear of a miscarriage.
A childhood belief about reproduction
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 the baby could play monkey bars on her ribs.— Laura
- I used to believe that when a woman was pregnant, she fed the baby with a tiny spoon through her belly button.— Marie
- I used to believe that when you were pregnant, if you went to the toilet your baby would come out. — 2 Awesome
- I used to believe that you got pregnant by drinking the man's wee wee!! Yeuck! I was never having a baby!!— A
- A friend of mine used to think that you got pregnant from eating baby food.— Jemima