I used to believe that woman gave birth through their bottoms and if they forced a poo too hard while pregnant they might accidentally give birth in the toilet and unknowingly lose their baby.
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
- 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 believe that a woman gave birth by pressing her belly button and the baby popped out.
— Tasha K - I used to believe that mommies gave birth to girls and daddies gave birth to boys. — Jackie
- 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 women gave birth to girls and Men gave birth to boys— Rob