When i was younger my friend told me that since i was a gilrl that i had a baby growing inside of me. and that if i pushed my belly button it would stop breathing and die. i beleive that theory for a long time until i relised it wasnt true S:
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that when you pushed your belly button a baby would pop out im now 14 and know the truth — kelsey
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy
- I used to beleive if your belly button came undone all the air would go out of your body and you would die.— kate
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana