When I first found out that babies lived in their mother's stomachs, I believed that when a mother gave birth, her stomach actually popped open, allowing the baby to simply be lifted out.
A childhood belief about giving birth
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a woman gave birth by pressing her belly button and the baby popped out.
— Tasha K - Until I was five, I used to think that women gave birth to baby girls and men gave birth to baby boys— Cassidy K
- I believed (thanks to my mum) that babies grew on "baby trees" and simply 'fell off' when they were ripe!!!— Stace
- When I was very little I used to believe that when babies were born they came out of the mother's stomach.— Aerith
- I used to believe that babies came out through the mother's belly and they sewed up the stomach afterwards.— Lucy
- I used to believe that mommies gave birth to girls and daddies gave birth to boys. — Jackie