I used to believe that giving birth was much easier than it apparently is. Like, I recall joking with a friend when I was about five that if his mom had pushed too hard when she was on the toilet that he would have popped out.
A childhood belief about giving birth

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a woman gave birth by pressing her belly button and the baby popped out.
— Tasha K - i used to think when you had an orgasm you were giving birth— splooger
- I used to believe that when you "popped a cherry" an actual cherry popped out.— donp
- I used to believe that ketchup was used to make fries colder so they would be easier to eat.— Amber
- I used to believe that mommies gave birth to girls and daddies gave birth to boys. — Jackie
- When i was little i thought that the mom's gave birth to the daughters and the dad's gave birth to the sons. Anon