i used to think that when a baby was ready to be born, the doctor pulled it out through the mother's bellybutton. kind of like how a clown pulled tied-together scarves out of their pocket or sleeve.
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- I thought that babies were born out of your bellybutton (couldn't think of anywhere else they pop out of!)— Hattie
- our grandfathers bald head was because our granmother pulled it out when she got mad at him— daniel copeland calif,u.s.
- i used to belive that if my brother pulled a hair out of my arm i would die in 5 seconds — heidi
- when i was about 4 or 5, i believed that if i pulled on my nipples, i'd grow up and have big boobs.
— JW - I use to really belive if I pulled my granpa's finger I would hear a whistle..
ya right— Numnuts© - I used to think that if I pulled all my hair out, I would look like Colonel Klink (Hogans Heroes)— Cutto