When I was a child, I was certain that to become pregnant a man and woman had to go to a hospital and be assisted by a doctor. I was fuzzy on what exactly the doctor did but I was sure one had to be involved. When I later found out that a man could get a woman pregnant anywhere they wanted, without medical supervision, I was pretty upset. It seemed way too unregulated. I'm okay with it now, though.
A childhood belief about getting pregnant
others believed things like this
I used to believe a man and a woman needed a doctor to put their parts together when they did it.— Phil- When I was little I used to think that as soon as you were married the woman automatically got pregnant.Anon
- Whwn I was like 8 I used to believe woman just got pregnant randomly. Anon
- I use to believe that the man peed in the woman to get her pregnant. Didn't know about sperm until sex ed. — das
- I used to believe that when a woman was pregnant the baby could play monkey bars on her ribs.— Laura
- I used to believe that when a woman was pregnant, she fed the baby with a tiny spoon through her belly button.— Marie