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3rd Trimester
Belly Touching?
I keep getting articles in my email about how offended people are when
strangers, friends, family, etc want to touch their pregnant belly. I guess I'm
strange in thinking that its only offensive if you're not pregnant. I
feel my bump is a badge of honor. you want to touch it, go ahead. am i the only one who's
proud of my belly? also- am i the only one who doesn't have strangers
walking up to me begging to touch my belly? I've walked around malls,
zoos, stores, parks, etc and not once have i ever been stopped. [Poll]
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Re: Belly Touching?
The only weird part for me is that I'm not really a super "touchy-feely" kind of person to begin with. I honestly don't mind my family and close friends touching my belly, and they don't even do it that often anyhow. I would feel awkward if a stranger or someone I barely knew did it, but that hasn't happened to me.
Yeah I don't care if someone touches my belly, I get that they're not trying to feel me up.
Funny story: One of my good guy friends who touches my belly each time I see him asked me the other day if I can still feel it when he touches my belly....haha ummm yes, the nerve endings are still all there and working buddy! People don't even clue in that they're touching someone's stomach, they only think "BABY!"
I think that's why I don't mind them touching my bump, I know they're just excited about the baby. The best are the friends who kiss the bump, haha awkward! (but still somehow okay with me).
My mom barely lets me get into the front door before she's grabbed me with her face on my belly screaming "HI OLIVIA!!! ITS NONA!!!" I know she's excited since this is her first granddaughter. my oldest is a boy, so she's ready to spoil this one. my MIL lives 8 hours away, otherwise i'm positive she'd do the same.
haha mothers are the worst/best with this! LOL so funny!
Same here! The only people that would bother me would be strangers on the street. I have never had that happen though, this pregnancy or last!
No strangers have touched my belly without asking - Thank Goodness! But my autistic student at school thinks it's funny to stick her belly out and run into mine...this I am not cool with.
I don't mind if my friends/family touch my belly. Mostly it's just my sis, SIL and grandma that do it. A few of the older ladies at church have touched my belly, but that doesn't bother me either.
I'm ok with it as long as I'm asked first. I think the most caught off guard I was was when I was working with special needs students this summer and one girl just ran up and grabbed my belly, yelling "BABY!!!!!!!" I don't mind close friends and my close relatives doing it without asking, but it really irks me when others just latch on. My MIL will stare at it (not me, just the bump) from across the room for a few seconds, like she's trying to decide if it's ok, then pounce like a cat or something. It's kind of bizarre.
Plus, I just feel awkward when someone is holding my belly and I'm just kind of there, like they have no interest in me, just my bump. But I guess that's actually the case, so I shouldn't really be surprised.
I agree that it's like a badge of honor, and I'm all about dressing up the bump to show it off. But, I like having my personal space, so I only want people in my bubble if they're invited there.
GSx1 - 05/13/2013
GSx2 for T&B - EDD 6/21/2015 - They're having a GIRL!