I used to believe that the "outie" belly button shows that there is an egg inside you , and so when you had sex the belly button went in saying that you would have a baby-I was terrified when my cousin told my that! and when my belly button finally went in i was mortified!
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I used to believe that belly button lint came from the *inside*. Why else would it always be the same color?Anon
- 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 believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- I used to think that babies were made when you press your mums belly button.
Then a baby would fall out— Chris Hyndman - When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann