Until I was 15 years old, I believed my mom when she said baby's came our a girls belly button. When I was 8 I saw a girl with a belly button ring and my mom told me it was birth control.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- 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 if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I used to think that babies were made when you press your mums belly button.
Then a baby would fall out— Chris Hyndman - I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann
- I was told that your belly button is where you put salt when you eat apples in bed.— Shurnuff