When I got my period for the first time, I went to school,proud of becoming a woman, and told my best friend all about it. she simply said "you better be careful you can get pregnant now" I was so nieve... I was scared that I would just get pregnant at any moment. i believed that until i found out about sex.
A childhood belief about getting pregnant

others believed things like this
- I thought that a woman got pregnant kind of like catching a cold, by being around her husband for a long time.— No Name
- I used to believe that you had to be on your period to get pregnant........— Tricia
- I used to believe that if you went swimming after you got your first period, then you could get pregnant. — Mel
- 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