# What are some cultural myths about where babies come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 3, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-cultural-myths-about-where-babies-come-from/475552 "2008-12-03T19:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![simply\_cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-cultural-myths-about-where-babies-come-from/475552/1 "2008-12-03T19:21:17Z")
Hello, Dopers! The title says it all. We are looking for cultural myths about where babies come from. Rather than answering the question “Where do babies come from” in our middle school paper, we are going the ambiguous route. For those who are curious- we have an “Ask Mrs. Peabody” column. She is our three-legged hamster, and she won’t “know” about human reproduction. However, she is an avid reader and knows all kinds of myths. Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-cultural-myths-about-where-babies-come-from/475552/2 "2008-12-03T19:23:36Z")
Everybody knows that babies are delivered by a stork. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-cultural-myths-about-where-babies-come-from/475552/3 "2008-12-03T19:36:35Z")
Found in the cabbage patch. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-cultural-myths-about-where-babies-come-from/475552/4 "2008-12-03T19:42:09Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Everybody knows that babies are delivered by a stork. I’m not sure that’s true. I only discovered this about two months ago but it’s never too late to learn: > [@](#): > > I think God makes babies, using a very special magic. They grow in a mummy’s tummy. I think God rolls a dice, maybe, that’s got hundreds of numbers on it. Each lady has a number, and if that number matches the number that is on the dice that God throws, the lady gets a baby growing in her tummy. Clearly, a woman needs to re-roll her point before she hits a seven, otherwise she’s looking at septuplets. [Link](http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article4804594.ece). ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-cultural-myths-about-where-babies-come-from/475552/5 "2008-12-03T19:44:27Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Found in the cabbage patch. Taking it one step further…found under a cabbage (or lettuce) leaf. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-cultural-myths-about-where-babies-come-from/475552/6 "2008-12-04T00:21:48Z")
Girl: … and then Mommy kissed Daddy, and the angel told the stork, and the stork flew down from heaven, and put the diamond in the cabbage patch, and the diamond turned into a baby! Pugsley Addams: Our parents are having a baby too. Wednesday Addams: They had sex.