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ohhh the belly touching.

sarakiefersarakiefer member
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I hate people touching my belly.  I don't even like my family or friends to touch.  The only person who I'm comfortable with is obviously DH.  I let it be known to everyone early in the pregnancy that it just makes me feel uncomfortable.  However, since my belly is rather large now, more and more people are wanting to touch regardless of how I feel about it.  Am I being ridiculous?  I went to a family picnic this passed weekend and my grandmother puts her hand on my belly and I didn't say anything to her because, well, she's my grandmother and probably one of the most excited people on the face of the planet for her first great grand child.  My dad sees she's touching me and says "Oh you better get your hand off since it makes her soOoO uncomfortable".  Of course he said it in a very mean way and she took her hand off.  People are actually getting mad at me over this.  Should I just suck it up and be uncomfortable? 
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  • EvenAngelsFallEvenAngelsFall member

    Please tell me you have seen this video!?!?

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    If not you may wantto try it out and try some tactics! LOL Good luck!

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  • rosebud218rosebud218
    I hate people touching my stomach too.
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  • heuyheuy member
    I'm with ya....I'm not a hugger--so obviously not a belly toucher. Most of my friends know this (I get shiit for not liking hugs).  It's overall an awkward situation unfortunately. Not cool that your dad is throwing jabs either.  
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  • MrsRucinski85MrsRucinski85 member
    Most of the time I dont mind the belly touch but its always from friends that I am super close with. I guess I havent had a weirdo try to touch my belly yet. But most of my friends are pretty respectful and ask first... and most of the time I'm cool with it. But most of them have recently or in the past had babies so I think thats why they ask first?

    Just tell them you got gas... that'll stop them from touching. Wink

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  • dbobdbob
    I hate it too! My family and close friends don't bother me as much and I usually just suck it up for their sake. I did have a random, drunk stranger rub my belly at a concert last weekend and I didn't even know what to do, it was so awkward! Why do people insist on doing this??
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  • haleymay18haleymay18 member
    It doesn't bother me at all. I have way bigger complaints with pregnancy than people touching me for a minute here and then. But then again, I am not uncomfortable with my stomach like some women have suggested they are in the thread below.
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  • jenine482jenine482 member

    You have every right to feel this way, I know people think what's the big deal, but some people are not very touchy feely. 

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  • catlackeycatlackey
    I agree with you completely. I'm not sure why being pregnant encourages others to want to touch you. It happened to me today, and I tried to grin and bear it. My husband later told me the look on my face was priceless. I feel my pregnancy is something really special and really private that I don't want to share with the world.. It doesn't make us weird, we just aren't comfortbale with random people, and even family memebers toucing us. Last weekend, my sister ripped my coat off so I could show everyone my belly. I wanted to kick her:) Most people think its because I am self contious with the body change, but for me I think it comes down to the fact that this pregnancy is something rather personal and intimate that I would like to share with my husband first and everyone else second! Or not at all.
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  • sarakiefersarakiefer member

    Maybe I just feel so weird about it because I'm a FTM.  I guess I'm not used to people randomly coming up to me and putting their hand on my stomach.  I don't understand why people feel like that is an ok thing to do.  Nobody touched my stomach before I was pregnant, so why would they now? 

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