My mom told me that every time a woman had a baby, she would grow a new belly button. I told her I didn't believe her because she had three kids and only one navel, and she said, "Are you sure? When's the last time you've seen my belly?" That stopped me in my tracks!
A childhood belief about reproduction
others believed things like this
- I used to think that my belly button was where I was once shot and that the navel was a healed up bullet hole— Tony
- I used to believe that when a woman was pregnant, she fed the baby with a tiny spoon through her belly button.— Marie
- I used to believe that a woman gave birth by pressing her belly button and the baby popped out.
— Tasha K - When I was younger I thought that when a woman was pregnant she would feed her baby through her belly button!— Hennie
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- i used to believe when you had a baby it would come out of the belly button— cortni