I remember when i was a child i was having a bath with my mum who was heavily pregnant with my brother. She told me that her belly button was the lock for the lid so when the baby was ready, i.e, like an oven, she just lifted the lid off her belly and the baby popped out. I believed her
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 believe that when a woman was pregnant, she fed the baby with a tiny spoon through her belly button.— Marie
- When I was younger I thought that when a woman was pregnant she would feed her baby through her belly button!— Hennie
- i used to believe when you had a baby it would come out of the belly button— cortni
- 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 babies were made when you press your mums belly button.
Then a baby would fall out— Chris Hyndman