My brother used to tell me that you gave birth through your belly button. I could never work out how a baby could get through a hole so small...
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to think that my belly button was where I was once shot and that the navel was a healed up bullet hole— Tony
- i used to believe that when you pushed your belly button a baby would pop out im now 14 and know the truth — kelsey
- I used to think that babies were made when you press your mums belly button.
Then a baby would fall out— Chris Hyndman - I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- i used to think that women gave birth to their husbands and marry them...— Pat
- When I was younger, I thought that Labour Day was when all sorts of women gave birth.— Greg