When i was 7 i asked my mum where babies come from.
She replied, "From your tummy"
Not knowing what a bellybutton was for, i assumed that they came out through there.
It puzzled me how a small person could be squeezed out through such a tiny hole!
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- when I was tiny I thought that before I was in my mum's tummy I was a twinkle in my dad's eye for a few years.Anon
- I thought that babies were born out of your bellybutton (couldn't think of anywhere else they pop out of!)— Hattie
- I used to think that babies were made when a male's and female's bellybutton touched each other.Anon
- when i was a kid i used to think farts were another person in my tummy talking and he had bad breath— JOEY
- I told my son that he used to be in my tummy when he was 4. So he asked me," Mommy why did you swollow me?"
— Christopher's mom - I used to believe that babies came out of their mother's mouth like a small bubble.— Evelyn