When I was 4 my mum gave birth to my sister in a home-birth. I slept through the birth (it was 9.30, well past my bedtime!) but I was woken up to meet my new sister. Naturally I was quite excited as I went downstairs to find my parents sitting with the mid-wife and a close friend. The friend (a man) was holding my sister, and I refused to believe it was my mums baby; I thought she was hiding my sister from me. I figured the friend must have been also had a baby on the same night!
The only other thing I remember of that night is roasting chestnuts on an open fire. I find it hard to believe these memories are the same night but im sure they were.
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- Until I was five, I used to think that women gave birth to baby girls and men gave birth to baby boys— Cassidy K
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- 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 mommies gave birth to girls and daddies gave birth to boys. — Jackie
- I used to believe that women gave birth to girls and Men gave birth to boys— Rob
- I used to believe that a woman gave birth by pressing her belly button and the baby popped out.
— Tasha K