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Do You Mind When People Touch Your Belly?
June 16, 2009 at 4:00 PM by Cafe MicheleZ - Comments (23)
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I had dinner with my parents the other night and they were admiring my growing belly. I took my dad's hand and placed it over my tummy so he could feel his grandchildren. My mom wanted to know if it annoyed me to have people touching my baby bump.
I hadn't thought about it much because I am just starting to show, but I don't mind if my immediate family or close friends want to touch, but I'm not sure about extended family and strangers...no way.
It's scary to think that once the children are born, I may have to deal with overly friendly strangers wanting to touch my babies.
What about you? Do you mind when people touch your pregnant belly?
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If it was people I knew closely I didn't care. People I kinda knew weirded me out a bit but I could deal with it. What I could not deal with was the amount of strangers who felt it was their right to touch me when I was out in public. It's one of the reasons I have reservations about trying for #2 because the number of these people was so overwhelming, it was absurd.
I'm a little used to strangers touching me -- I have a lot of tattoos and strangers think they can come up and touch my arm and talk about tattoos. Not cool. As my baby bump begins to show more, I am not looking forward to strangers touching my belly.
But as for my family and close friends, I encourage the belly love.
I've gotten pretty used to it but it still weirds me out when complete strangers want to touch my belly. It was even worse when i was still teaching and my students and other students i didn't know would reach out and touch my belly as i walked around. So i voted for the "depends on the situation" option. Doesn't bug me when my friends and family do it, but it does when it is complete strangers or students at the school i worked at.
I loved loved, LOVED it! I was so proud of my baby bump and admit that I was a little sad that it didn't happen more! I think that it depends on the persons attitude whether stranger or immediate family. If they are acting creepy about it Heck NO! If they just want to feel apart of the cycle of life, why not? It's so exciting to feel the little kicks and know that a new life is growing, right there!
How special is that? Of course...I appreciate if people ask first. Its a little disconcerting if people just reach out and surprise you!
Certain family members and very few friends, go for it.
ANyone else, hands OFF. I don't care if you ask, either. It's my body, and you don't need to touch it.
I absolutely hate it when people touch my belly. I might be pregnant, but am in no way a people person. And people think I'm rude for that, that I should be more bubbly or something just because I'm pregnant. What a ridiculous notion, I love my baby, but being pregnant is the most miserable thing I have ever gone through in my entire life. And I would prefer to endure it without the extra perks, like people reaching out and grabbing my protruding belly, and making disgusting baby coos.... lol
I don't let anyone, except my SO touch my belly without asking. It's my body and just because I am pregnant doesn't give anyone the right to rub my belly without making sure it's ok 1st.
I love when my immediate family and friend s touch my belly , it feels good to see them trying to bond wth the baby already...but I was at a social event a few weeks ago and a few strangers took it upon themselves to touch my belly and it was irritating. I work with young children and they tap my belly as a way of getting my attention, at fir st it was kind of cute but now I'm begining to wonder how the baby feels about it.
I hate it when strangers or people I'm not to familiar with touches my belly... even my family that I live with ask me if they are allowed because I just don't like being touched
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I kind of got used to it. I worked as a Nurse at a Nursing home 7 years before I got pregnant so they all knew me and when they found out I was pregnant they were ecstatic, so of course everyone touched my belly.. co-workers, residents and even residents families. So I had to get use to it.Although, once, at the mall I was in line at Old Navy and this lady out of nowhere touched my belly and said "WOW, when are you due.. you're HUGE!" and I looked at her, and said "Back off lady!" (I was only 7 months at the time and very moody) and she just looked at me and rolled her eyes. Haha.
sstepph Jun. 16, 2009 at 4:06 PM