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Where did you think babies came from when you were a kid?

abh1977abh1977
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I don't think I ever thought about how they came out, but I gave some serious thought as to how they got in there.  At about 6 or 7 I thought it happened by mom and dad touching belly buttons.  I knew belly buttons had something to do with babies, but I wasn't sure what.  I was so convinced of this that apparently I told all of my friends at school that this was how it worked. 

My nephew, on the other hand, couldn't have cared less as to how they got in there, but was really concerned with how they got out.  He was 4 when my sister was pregnant with her second, and one day he said "Mom, I don't know how that baby is going to fit out of your mouth."  It was adorable.  He associated things in your tummy that needed to get out with throwing up, which I thought was actually pretty smart. 

So, what did you think when you were young?  Or what does your child think about the whole thing?

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Re: Where did you think babies came from when you were a kid?

  • MrsAJLMrsAJL member
    I used to think you just bought new babies at the hospital. :)
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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member

    I don't remember what I used to think.  My mom told me about sex very early on.  She never sugar-coated it, she would bring out the medical book and show diagrams.

    Jakob hasn't been much interested.  He was 6 when I was pregnant with Layna and never asked how the baby got in my tummy.  He asked how it would come out and I told him through the girl parts.  That was explanation enough for him.

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  • AustinMimiAustinMimi member
    I thought the stork put babies in the belly (probably because of cartoons) and that the belly button was a strange portal leading straight to the baby.
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  • SaraLouiseBride08SaraLouiseBride08

    I am 4 and 6 years older than my siblings, so obviously I knew where babies grew. I'm pretty sure my Mom also explained about penises and vaginas.

     The one funny thing I do remember was when I was about 7 or 8, my friend Amy told me that anything shaped like a penis that went in your vagina would get your pregnant. Like .... your finger. Going to the restroom and trying to wipe afterwords was a horrifying experience for a while, LOL! Finally my Mom asked me why I was being so .... careful with my hands down there, and I confessed I thought if my finger went anywhere near my vagina that I'd have a baby. Hahahaha.

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  • GuavaGalGuavaGal
    My parents bought a book for kids about pregnancy/childbirth when my mom was pg with my younger brother.  One of the pictures in the book showed the woman eating crackers (for m/s, I'm guessing), but in my mind, this translated to: eat crackers, get pg.
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  • SaraLouiseBride08SaraLouiseBride08

    imageGuavaGal:
    My parents bought a book for kids about pregnancy/childbirth when my mom was pg with my younger brother.  One of the pictures in the book showed the woman eating crackers (for m/s, I'm guessing), but in my mind, this translated to: eat crackers, get pg.

    Hahahaha! I bet your parents were perplexed as to why you suddenly avoided crackers!

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  • Mrs.TalalaMrs.Talala member
    My dad is an OB, so I think we got the technical answer from a very young age. I remember looking at medical textbooks with my sister. We grew up in doctors offices and hospitals and my parents were very up front about sex, babies and birth control. One of my favorite memories is my brother running around my dads office with a diaphram on his head like a hat while blowing up condom balloons!
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  • kiarox2002kiarox2002
    My mom is a biology teacher so there was never any mystery about anything.  I don't remember a talk per se, it seems like I just always knew.
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  • AmethystBrideAmethystBride

    When I was very young I thought you just became pregnant out of nowhere and you had no say in when it happened whatsoever.  Then, when you had the baby, they cut you open in the small of your back and took the baby out from there.  I have no idea where I got that from.  I finally asked my mother at the age of 8, and she took me to the library, checked out a book (geared towards kids) about where babies came from, and we read it together.  I was relieved to find out you had to actually have sex in order to get pregnant, and that there would be no cutting open of my back when I did finally have a baby.

    :-)

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