I thought that when a woman got cravings when she was pregnant, then whatever she craved would become her offspring's favourite foods.
Conversely, I thought that if a woman was put off a specific food while pregnant, then that'd become the food the child didn't like.
I only realised this was not true when Mum told me she didn't like tomatoes while pregnant, even though I like tomatoes.
A childhood belief about reproduction

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that eating too many tomatoes could make you pregnant.— Mariah
- I use to believe that the man peed in the woman to get her pregnant. Didn't know about sperm until sex ed. — das
- When I was younger I thought that when a woman was pregnant she would feed her baby through her belly button!— Hennie
- I thought that a woman got pregnant kind of like catching a cold, by being around her husband for a long time.— No Name
- A friend of mine used to think that you got pregnant from eating baby food.— Jemima
- When I was little I used to think that as soon as you were married the woman automatically got pregnant.Anon