People Touching Your Belly

[Summer24]

I also feel uncomfortable with people coming up and touching my belly. Its like someone slaps a sticker on your head and says "im pregnant! Rub my belly!".

[Glamourcide]

I know it's so awful and awkward when people touch your belly, but now I find I have to physically restrain myself from touching friends' growing bellies... they're just so cute!! I'd never do it though because I know how icky it feels, I just sit there staring at it and I'm like, 'Don't touch the belly, don't touch the belly, don't touch the...'
I mean no harm, I swear!! I just love baby bellies

[entreat]

I also don't like the idea of being treated like a public buddah... don't rub me for luck! I ain't laughing!!

I'm also not affraid to tell people to back off. Sadly for my DH, that includes him! I don't like my tummy rubbed when I'm not pregnant - a few short months haven't changed that. I really like the "hands off the bump" tshirt idea!!

[Mrs McAwesome]

so far i don't have an issue with people touching my belly. Funnily enough no one really has wanted to even though my belly is enormous. I'm like "it's ok you can touch it". I am just so excited about this pregancy i don't care who feels it. I might feel a tad different after a number of grabs though.

[HotI]

I am slowly 'training' most of the people around me that touching my tummy is only ok when they are invited. It was a bit tricky with one side of the family because there is another pg woman who is happy for whoever to touch when they feel like it.

One thing that does annoy me is if i have told one person that i will let them know when bub is wiggling (so they can feel it), and another person arrives and they tell them that we are just waiting for bub to move and then they can all have a feel. ?? Um, no, i'm quite selective in who i want touching me and when, and you have kinda blown the trust there...

[Dansta]

i dont mind belly rubs. my belly was HUGE with DS and i've got a little belly now with bundy. i was one of those strange people who was like "come on, tuch the belly - i dare you!' . but i can understand how alot of people dont like belly rubs. i'm out going so it kind of flows on. mind you DS had other ideas - when ever some one other then me put their hand on my belly to feel his kicks he'd stop! i must be the odd ball and im looking forward to shareing the baby belly with every one!

[Brissygirl]

I hate the belly touching!!! Ever since I told work my colleagues have felt it okay to touch my belly or comment on whether or not it's growing!! Very upsetting as I am just coming up 15 weeks and don't actually have a bump yet! I have told people that it upsets me, and the message seems to have got through now.

I find it so rude! People would never dream of grabbing you or commenting on your expanding girth if you weren't pregnant, so I'm not sure why it seems to be that once you're pregnant everything is fair game?!!

I got really upset a few weeks ago when I was feeling particularly fat (just one of those mornings), and had spent a long time dressing to hide it, and then someone commented that they could see a 'bump'... You mean last night's dinner????

Grrr.....