When I was little every movie and t.v. show I watched in which a woman gave birth, they always showed the process happening really fast. The woman's water breaks and BAM, 5 minutes later a baby. So not knowing any better, I really though that labor only lasted about 5 to 10 minutes. So whenever I would see a pregnant woman, I would always hope she'd go into labor right there so I could get to watch and see the baby. Never happened though. But it wasn't until I was about 13 that I learned labor in fact is usually MUCH longer than 5 minutes!
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- I 'used' to believe that LABOR DAY was when all the pregnant women had their 'labor' pains. lol— melissa in san diego
- 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 Labor Day was when all women had their babies!— Taralyn
- I use to think labor day was neighbor day where you would go out and visit all your neighbors.— euphonic
- 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
- 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