My grandmother believed that you gave birth thru your belly button - not an uncommon belief you might think - however she was thirty and pregnant ! she would put a band aid over her belly button in the bath so water wouldnt get in and harm the baby, boy did she get a shock when she gave birth.
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 use to belive whan a lady gave birth it came from her belly button. — sarah
- Until I was five, I used to think that women gave birth to baby girls and men gave birth to baby boys— Cassidy K
- 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
- I used to believe that women gave birth to girls and Men gave birth to boys— Rob