Originally Posted by
lynnegreen
My granddad was a general practicioner. Back in the "old days" GP's did everything from basic medical care, to surgery, to "popping babies". When he would get a call from his Exchange that a woman was in labor he would leave the house cheerfully telling us he was off to pop a baby. My childish brain had a terrible picture of him pushing on a mom's tummy and the baby somehow just popping out of her. Was never sure when I was little how or where, but it sounded just awful to me and certainly not something to be cheerful about!
Mine is similar to that. My Mother had a C-section when she had me & I thought that's how they got all babies out... they took a knife to you. I thought they decided what knife to use depending on how big the baby was. Little did I know that I was not far off --- I had C-sections, too & that's what I kept thinking about as they were going on... "Oh no! I was right!"... LOL!
I also thought that babies were a result of a man & a woman literally sleeping together.