When I saw scenes on t.v. where a woman would give birth (not graphic scenes- just hear the woman scream and a doctor would be there and then suddenly the doctor would be holding a baby) I thought the baby actually came out of the woman's stomach, I think one time I asked my mom how the doctor could get the baby out of the woman's stomach. She didn't really answer!
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- I used to think that to give birth, a woman had a slit cut into her inner thigh, and the baby would come out.Anon
- I used to think that if a black woman or man and a white woman or man had a baby, it would be Asian.Anon
I used to believe a man and a woman needed a doctor to put their parts together when they did it.— Phil- I used to believe that a woman gave birth by pressing her belly button and the baby popped out.
— Tasha K - I thought that if a black man and a white woman (or reverse) had a baby it would be stripped!— Bec
- That to make a baby a man (over 21 & under 25) had to kiss a woman (over 19 & under 21).— Johny