when I was really little, my mom told me that babies came from eggs. I had an image in my mind of a giant chicken egg, thus why a pregnant lady's stomach was so round. I asked her if my shell was hard or soft, did the yolk spill when the doctor cracked it.
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the Cadbury eggs, that come out at Easter, were filled with real egg yolk.— d
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- Up until I was nine my uncle told me that the round bales of hay were cow eggs.— Fred
- I used to think that eggs were made in a factory. The oval shell made them fit perfectly in the egg cartons.— Sherry
- In my youth,I was always convinced that my chocolate easter eggs came from my uncles chicken farm!— Jamsie
- I used to think croutons were hard chicken. Anon