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Clutching the bump ?

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Blessingsdragon1 · 28/01/2019 05:31

Ok normally I do not give a fuck about the Royals but I have just seen another picture of MM clutching the bump again and it's made me irrationally annoyed. WTF is this holding her bump ALL the time about ?

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GlacindaTheTroll · 28/01/2019 07:27

I think it's noticeable because in Britain, high profile pregnant women don't go in for this when appearing in public on duty.

It's a totally harmless quirk, though.

TwitToWoo · 28/01/2019 07:28

She looks ridiculous.

And for all those saying that you cradled your bump just as much...no you didn’t. No one ever does - that is why her doing it so incessantly is noticeable.

She even twitches her coat out of the way over and over again so that the photographers can get a better shot.

Don’t rely on photos...look at the videos. It’s bizarre & creepy.

And when she’s not doing that she’s getting her make up artist to photograph food she’s made so he can stick it on IG.

It amazes me when all of you lot start demanding that she be left alone blah blah...that is actually the very last thing she wants. I have never, ever seen a more committed attention seeker than Meghan Markle. Never. It’s almost pathalogical.

TwitToWoo · 28/01/2019 07:31

Bollocks, SoupDragon The press tried to do exactly that by going through their entire photo libraries to find examples of royal women doing the dame thing, and basically couldn’t. The best they could manage was the odd brief touch here and there.

DirtyBlonde · 28/01/2019 07:31

Isn't the phrase (in UK) usually 'elderly Primigravida'?

Not that anyone ever says that in front of pregnant women these days. And of course the age varies (used to be over 25s, back in the 1950s!)

SoupDragon · 28/01/2019 07:33

It's not bollock, you simply can't read what I actually said.

pandechocolate · 28/01/2019 07:34

I hold my bump for a variety of reasons.

Helps with my hip and back pain.
I find it comforting.
I do it subconsciously at times as when not pregnant, I suffer with really bad pain from endometriosis, so rubbing my tummy was not uncommon anyway.
And lastly...I like my bump, it's my body, why shouldn't I be able to hold it if I want to? Unless I'm going round cradling other peoples tummies, it literally doesn't effect anyone.

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Lofari · 28/01/2019 07:37

It does seem beyond excessive bump clutching. We get it.......shes preggers.

pandechocolate · 28/01/2019 07:37

I haven't seen any of the videos people mention though, just heard headlines.
I did get my bump out on purpose the other day after I parked in a p and c space just to avoid head shaking but other than that I won't undo my coat to show the world.

Stickystickystick · 28/01/2019 07:38

Due to my job, I can assure you that ‘geriatric pregnancy’ is not a term used in the UK anymore and would not be written in medical notes.

Passing4Human · 28/01/2019 07:42

Stickystickystick Mon 28-Jan-19 07:38:07
Due to my job, I can assure you that ‘geriatric pregnancy’ is not a term used in the UK anymore and would not be written in medical notes.

Glad to hear it, though now I'm feeling even OLDER lol, cause it was still being used back when my DD was born (now 13). My friend had her first at 36 and was incensed at the time I remember.

pandechocolate · 28/01/2019 07:44

I don't even know what geriatric pregnancy means....

Off to Google it

IAmNotAWitch · 28/01/2019 07:45

I am glad no one was following me with a camera when I was pregnant.

I used to lean on cold surfaces, got some odd looks in the supermarket when leaning on the freezer.

Just felt so nice. Imagine what the press could have done with that!

Doesn't matter if it is weird or creepy, it's hers, she can flick her coat, she can rub her bump, she can dance around with a sign on her head saying pregnant if she wants, it matters not.

I don't really understand why we have Royalty these days, but she doesn't appear any worse than the others, so don't I don't get the big deal?

GCAcademic · 28/01/2019 07:45

It’s bizarre & creepy.

I’ll tell you what’s bizarre and creepy - a population whipping itself into a frenzy of hatred because a pregnant woman touches her bump. I’m surprised no one has suggested chucking her into a river to see if she floats.

Cheeeeislifenow · 28/01/2019 07:46

*I agree lots of women cradle and touch their bump unconsciously so normally I wouldn't think too much of it.

However, I read an article the other day which had lots of clips showing how she deliberately flicks her coat to one side to show off her bump for maximum effect. Also choice of clothing blah blah.

Again, normally I'd just say this was a woman that wanted to show off her bump at every opportunity. Like lots of us probably did! However, I have to confess to some kind of weird dislike of MM. I can't really figure it out - I don't know why but I have an instinctive distrust of her motives and she just appears fake and manipulative. So that makes me get my judgey pants on 😅*

You probably don't like her because the media re feeding you with stupid shit, that you have unconsciously taken in.
You don't know her ffs.

IAmNotAWitch · 28/01/2019 07:47

If it wasn't for all the people who would have to die first I would LOVE to see the reaction to Harry & Meghan's kid sitting on the throne.

God, that would be hysterical. Imagine the fury. Grin

TallulahHulah · 28/01/2019 07:51

People really want to dislike MM and usually don't have a reason too.

Not trying to bash you at all but please tell me your source for her holding her bump is not coming from the Daily Fail website? As they already have it in for her on a daily basis.

Either way it just a weird thing to be bothered about - but each to their own I guess.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 28/01/2019 07:52

I do think it is a bit weird and attention seeking tbh-she was clutching round her bump when she didn’t even have one of any note back in October-no one does that.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 28/01/2019 07:53

And I don’t dislike her at all-lives her in suits and it’s not the same without her. It’s just the look at me, I’m having a baby thing I dislike

ItsMEhooray · 28/01/2019 07:54

If I had hordes of photographers shoving cameras in my face I might hold my bump too. I'm guessing is a protective thing.

pandechocolate · 28/01/2019 07:55

Also choice of clothing blah blah.

I didn't wear tight clothes frequently before but now that I'm pregnant I do. I have massive boobs so clothes tend to just hang down from there, so if clothes are tight enough to indicate my tummy bulge comes from my bump I don't feel frumpy.

Also, I love my bump! Not often I say I love my body so I'm embracing it with all my clothing choices. She might well feel the same way about her bump and wants to be able to see it.

Grimbles · 28/01/2019 07:56

There's nothing relating to geriatric/elderly pregnancy on my notes either.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 28/01/2019 07:56

loved not lives obviously

ChairmanMiaow123 · 28/01/2019 07:57

In the papers, it’s always described as ‘cradling her baby bump’.

Such lazy bloody ‘journalism’.
But (for the press) a pregnant pretty woman, in the public eye, is the gift that keeps on giving

And why the twee ‘baby bump’, anyway- now that, i’ve no time for.

Anyway, as you were...

Happyandshiney · 28/01/2019 07:58

I do think it is a bit weird and attention seeking tbh

Attention seeking? Confused. She can’t move without being followed by photographers.