I used to think the umbilical cord was connected to the genitals of newly born babies, and that when the cord was cut the midwife had to be very careful-if the baby was a boy she might accidentally cut his penis off, and if the baby was a girl she might not cut enough off and there would be all this excess cord just dangling.
A childhood belief about rude bits

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that babies were attached to the umbilicle cord and then stuffed down the throat grow.— anonomous
- That because Gerber Baby Food had a baby on it real babies were put in there. Thanks a lot cousin!— Nicole
- I used to believe that baby oil came from squeezing babies— Angelina
- My friend used to believe baby oil was made from babiesAnon
- I thought baby oli was made from pressed babies.Anon
- when i was 5 yars old i thought that a baby is born axacly a year after the marifgeAnon