Other people touching your belly?

Nuttyone

They talk about 'milestones'...how about this one??

I am an Occupational Therapist for an inpatient rehab program, so frequently I get visits from past patients who want to show me how well they are doing.  It is one of my favorite parts of my job.   Yesterday morning I finally told my supervisor.  I was nervous because I know it will take her a fair amount of stress and many months to arrange coverage for my leave.

Not one hour later, in a busy waiting area, a past patient and his wife walk up and she immediately puts both of her hands on my belly and asks if I am pregnant!!  I have a bump, but it is only a little bigger/rounder than the little belly I had pre-pregnancy!  Needless to say, I was happy I had already told my supervisor, I wouldn't have wanted her to find out by observing this!

 It was the strangest thing to have someone else, not quite a stranger, but close, touching my belly!!  I have been warned, but still!  Boundaries people?!? DH thought the whole thing was crazy!

 Has this happened to anyone else yet?

meghancmm84Wed21413

Oh, fun times... I hate being touched in general, so this is definitely one of my pet peeves.

So far my dad touched my belly as a joke when I first was pregnant, which was fine. Then my mom's close friend (who I've known forever and babysat her children, who are now in college) touched it. Fine, okay, I know you.

But a few weeks ago a random co-worker came up and said, "I can't wait until you start to get bigger!" And she started touching my belly. Woah. That was so incredibly uncomfortable for me. I wanted to take her hand and put it back on her belly. Ha ha!

nickelbabi

Yes, so far a random co-worker. I have a big personal bubble, so I am going to hate this when my belly is bigger and everyone starts doing it.

Erin1010Sky

IRL, I am a very awkward person who has a hard time holding eye contact with people, I don't know how I am going to deal with people thinking they can just run around touching my belly when it gets to that point. 

I don't like being touched and I don't like talking to strangers SOOO...yeah. Maybe I'm not a happy shiny pregnant lady.

kristennd

I just hope I'm able to step back rather than actually smack their hand away. Because I do react that strongly to personal space issues.

Lacey717

Im with all of you. I don't like being touched in general. I definitely am not going to do well if people just touch my belly when it is bigger. Hopefully, they are polite and ask first. At least then, I will tell them I'd rather not be touched. I have seen funny t-shirts that say thinks like "No touchie" or show a hand with an X over it and it falls just were your belly would be. I joked to my husband that I want one of those.

mlatiolais

My grandma and MIL have both touched my stomach. I try to be kind because they are both family and I don't want to be rude, but....I hate being touched period. I have always been that way. I'm just not touchy feely at all, it makes me uncomfortable. 

Now if a stranger or person other than family tries to touch my belly it could get ugly.  

everam01

I might not mind when I have a huge bump, but right now they would be touching squishy flab and that would creep me out.

croberts22

When we told my grandparents around 5 weeks my grama patted my tummy.  She and DH are the only two people I'm going to let touch me without permission.  If anyone else does it I'm going to smack their hand away and ask if they forgot the elementary school lesson about keeping their hands to themselves.  Just because I'm pregnant doesn't give anyone the right to touch me without permission.  That being said, if the baby starts kicking around my family or close friends, I will probably let people feel.

thewadesons

I don't have a bump yet at all and a co-worker touched my belly last night and my first thought was "what the heck is she doing???" lol... then I remembered I was pregnant. hahaha. oops.

samrumley

I don't let anyone touch me but my husband and Mom. And I am the first one to voice that. If someone reaches in my belly area I will divert their  hand(s) and tell them I don't like to be touch. Just because I am pregnant doesn't mean you can molest me.

 

JasonKristen

Yes! I had a drunk friend who pretty much kept her hand on my belly the entire night of a wedding dance.  It is awkward because I was not even showing!  I think that when I am showing quite a bit I wont mind as much, but when there is nothing there it really irritates me!

kristas

I hate people touching me and tend to back away from people that I feel are coming after my belly.

My sister touched my belly a few weeks ago and I told her "thanks for touching my guts, I am quite certain the baby is way closer to my pelvic bone" she pulled her hand back and kinda freaked out. She hasnt touched me since!

I have been known to growl at people too... 

 

kdelynko

kristas:

I hate people touching me and tend to back away from people that I feel are coming after my belly.

My sister touched my belly a few weeks ago and I told her "thanks for touching my guts, I am quite certain the baby is way closer to my pelvic bone" she pulled her hand back and kinda freaked out. She hasnt touched me since!

I have been known to growl at people too... 

 

 

HAHAHAH love it!

marsht

I am a teacher and the parents of one of my students did- can you cay NOT okay!!!!!