i'll start by saying i'm someone that NEEDS her space. i can cope with DH touching my tum at any time, but anyone else - well, i just can't cope. i've made this abundantly clear to everyone around me - not always in words, but they know not to touch me

anyway, tonight i called in at mum's for a while - my little 4 year old niece was there. she asks me every time she sees me "is you baby awake?". usually, gremlin is sleeping peacefully, but tonight she was awake and kicking, so i told C she could put her hands on my tummy and feel the baby move.

well, baby went NUTS! she knew someone was there, and she was kicking up a storm, to the point my niece jumped cos the kicks were so hard! she had the most beaming smile on her face, and told mum how it felt to be kicked. i told her how special she was, and that she was the only person other than DH to have felt the baby move.

afterwards, i was wondering how mum felt about it. she kinda looked at me weird - and i think if she'd ASKED i probably would have let her feel, but i just don't know

do you think i was mean to let the kidlet feel while mum was there? should i have said "oi, you wanna feel too" - i just don't know - i really don't want everyone thinking they can put their hands on me, but now i wonder if i should have offered to her like i did to C...