I always understood that a man and woman had to 'sleep togather' for the woman to become pregnant... but until I was 12 and learned the whole truth, I thought that just meant they had to sleep in the same bed, nothing else involved. I was so scared when I had to share my dad's bed at his parent's house since their rope bed wasn't made up yet. I was worried I'd get pregnant!
A childhood belief about getting pregnant
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 thought that a woman got pregnant kind of like catching a cold, by being around her husband for a long time.— No Name
- 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