Belly Touching

How does everyone feel about it??

I'm only 14 weeks and met with a bunch of friends on Saturday for brunch and all but 1 decided they "HAD" to keep touching my belly... it makes me feel sooooo uncomfortable and I actually find it really rude! I bought it up tonight while chatting with one of the friends and she said "well I won't be able to help myself, i'm just warning you" I feel like telling her well then i'll just see you in 6 months!

How did/does everyone else deal with it??

Hahaha I had actually considered just doing it back to whoever does it to me! Ur right though, i'll just come straight out and say it. Haha I take it you get on well with your MIL? if mine did she would be at the other end of the room in a few seconds... pregnant or not haha

At least they'd know what it was like - I can understand why people might want to touch.. but I would never actually come out and do it. And that's before I was ever pregnant and knew how much I actually hated it lol

I do get on pretty well with my MIL lol, it was still annoying but I just couldn't be bothered getting into it

Another thing right up there with people touching was people looking at my bump while they spoke to me (usually while talking about the baby, which of course was ALL the time). I found that pretty unnerving.. ahhh the weird and wonderful things we go through

Funnily at that stage there is no baby where they are touching me....that is what frustrates the hell out of me!

OMG yeah I don't blame you for taking a step back, cool that she's so excited though.

Even with me now, if people tried to rub my tummy it's a fat roll baby is hiding lower than that.

I don't mind people touching my belly- especially as it's only been friends and family so far, I might think differently if a stranger started doing it! I dunno, I just don't have a problem with it, people are so excited about this baby and I think it's lovely :) To me it's kind of like getting a hug from a friend, which we always do when we see each other.
But then I never had anyone touch my belly until it well and truly looked pregnant-probably around 20 weeks.
I would rather have the interest and excitement from people than no interest at all IYKWIM?

everytime they touch your belly fondle their boobs and say "please dont touch me, I dont like it". they should soon get the hint

I never had this with my two boys. This time DH does it mostly which I don't mind. My Best Friend did it once recently which was a bit uncomfortable. Never said anything but if she makes a habit of it I definitely will.

i had the same thing happen- my closest friends i didnt mind, and if someone asked i was ok with it.. but other mere aquaintances- strangers in the shops etc even (ok yeah i was pretty huge, but did they HAVE to feel my belly up? ew!) if it bugs you that they keep doing it, every time that person rubs your belly, reach out and rub their belly, give really full on eye contact and give an awkward smile...itll weird them out right back! lol. then they will know that it actually feels really weird for random people to rub your belly! and if they say "oh but youre pregnant so its different" remind them that no, its not, its still your belly and still feels awkward and please dont do it!!

Hi Ladies, it's complicated because you know they have the best of intentions. I don't mind, although I think because my belly got enormously huge quite quickly I probably scared people off so haven't experienced much random belly touching this time around! Like any other situation in life though, it's your body and if you feel uncomfortable, it's ok to say no!