I never understood when a mother gave birth, how the doctors found out if it was a boy or a girl. They shouted, "It's a boy!" or "It's a girl!" when it came out, I just thought that when the doctor slapped the baby's butt, that was the deciding factor and he would automatically know.
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that birth control was for deciding to have either a boy or girl babies. Anon
- Until I was five, I used to think that women gave birth to baby girls and men gave birth to baby boys— Cassidy K
- 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