I used to think that babies came out of the bellybutton of the mother, and babies didnt have ubilical chords. The doctors would cut open the bellybutton, then they would tie it up again.
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- I thought that babies were born out of your bellybutton (couldn't think of anywhere else they pop out of!)— Hattie
- I used to think that babies were made when a male's and female's bellybutton touched each other.Anon
- I used to believe that newborn babies didnt open their eyes for a few weeks like kittens :) — Cash
- If you touch your bellybutton, it will get infected.Anon
- That if you fiddled with your bellybutton it would unscrew your bum and it would fall off— Sundaeg1rl
- I used to believe that a boy's penis came out of his bellybutton, so you couldn't see it all the time.Anon