when i was young, i was told that if a woman wanted to become pregnant she could get a needle to be. when the sex.ed lady at school told us the truth, it was a bit of a shock.
A childhood belief about reproduction

others believed things like this
- When I was little I used to think that as soon as you were married the woman automatically got pregnant.Anon
- Whwn I was like 8 I used to believe woman just got pregnant randomly. Anon
- I use to believe that the man peed in the woman to get her pregnant. Didn't know about sperm until sex ed. — das
- 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 think that ponies were young horses. I was embarrasingly old when I discovered the truth.— Al's view of the world