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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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IAmNotAWitch · 28/01/2019 09:23

Because it is interesting to watch people attack someone for touching her own tummy 'too much'.

How can this be a thing? It is bizarrely fascinating to me. I just don't understand.

Universalcreditwoes · 28/01/2019 09:27

Why does it matter... we all do it sometimes. It's hardly the crime of the century.

BeanTownNancy · 28/01/2019 09:44

I'm of a similar level of pregnancy. If I don't hold my bump, the swaying when I walk wakes the baby, he punches me in the bladder and I pee myself a little.

Hope that helps. 👌

TheWomanin12B · 28/01/2019 09:47

Some sections of the press are bastards towards Meghan. They really just need to fuck off and leave her alone, tbqh.

ChocolateStash · 28/01/2019 09:47

Blessingsdragon1 YABU and spiteful.
MM is a human being. She is not public property and she can protect herself and her unborn baby however she sees fit. All this MM hatred is bizarre.

LindaLa · 28/01/2019 09:58

I did the bump holding a lot too.
I looked at some pregnancy photos of me.
Wasn't cute.
Was necessary to stop the kicking every time I stood up or dared to move.

One used to flip like a dolphin and the other was a fan of sharp stabbing kicks (I swear he had a knife) but if I held the would reduce enough to cope.

She has my sympathy.

MightyMoose · 28/01/2019 09:58

It's HER body. When oh when will we stop policing what women do with their own damn bodies. She's touching her unborn child through her belly. It's bonding. Fuck off.

PortiaCastis · 28/01/2019 09:59

Before spewing vitriolic bile folk should wonder how they would like being on the receiving end of the bitching

findingmyfeet12 · 28/01/2019 10:07

It may be an odd thing to do but does it really matter?

I've been having ivf for years now and have had 4 miscarriages. If I ever get to bump stage I'll be holding it too and I really couldn't care less what people who don't know me think.

nothinglikeadame · 28/01/2019 10:15

I haven't a clue why the press/ media have taken such a dislike to MM..they are really going after her..it's as if they don't like a 'commoner' marrying in to the royal family.

Very strange.

AromaticSpices · 28/01/2019 10:16

I think a lot of 'zelebrities' these days do hold their bumps at the top and bottom to highlight the bump in photos and visually demonstrate where the bump begins and ends, to highlight the fact they're not 'fat', they're pregnant.

But I think MM does this a lot (and flaps her coat around to reveal it) to draw attention to it and make sure it gets seen and photographed at the best angles.

NotACleverName · 28/01/2019 10:17

Some of you need to get yourselves down to the nearest grip store. Imagine working yourself up into an outraged froth because a pregnant woman touches her bump.. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Slothcuddles · 28/01/2019 10:19

I used to have my hand a lot on the bottom of my bump, almost holding it up(even thoug I was tiny) with ds1 as I felt like he sat on my bladder and I always needed to wee, holding it up stopped the need.

Ds2 my hand was always on top, normally pushing his legs from under my rib cage.

Don’t care how I looked, I done what was comfortable. I also done the general rubs, and laid my hands on there, because why not? My baby was inside!

I think MM is damned if she does and damned if she don’t. Poor women, I don’t envy her one bit. But why should anyone care where she places her hands on her own body? It doesn’t affect anyone else!!!

hackmum · 28/01/2019 10:27

It's hardly the crime of the century.

Indeed. In fact, it's not a crime at all. It's not even close to being a crime. It hurts absolutely no one. It's an entirely harmless habit. It's not even an irritating habit like biting your nails. It's a woman holding her pregnant bump.

I know nothing women in the public eye do is right - they're too fat, too thin, they wear too much make up or too little, they have too many children or too few, they are over-dressed or under-dressed, too sexy or not sexy enough. But...criticising a woman because she holds her pregnant bump? I have to ask people: what on earth is going on in your heads? How can you summon up so much spite for nothing at all?

SoupDragon · 28/01/2019 10:36

I've just googled Meghan to try and find out what the mysterious "coat flapping" is. I'm none the wiser but I did come across a whole new level of batshitterry with people claiming she is faking the pregnancy.

I also found a picture of Princess Anne daring to touch her ownbump when pregnant.

EveSaidWhat · 28/01/2019 10:39

At least while she is constantly bump cupping she isn't hanging on to Harry's hand and stroking him. Maybe it's all a facade and she's really deepy insecure and self conscious and doesnt know what to with her hands in public .

PortiaCastis · 28/01/2019 10:41

Meghan baiting seems to be sport and it's really tacky, folk need to have a word with themseves about being the mean girls because they're no longer at school

findingmyfeet12 · 28/01/2019 10:47

I think a lot of it is jealousy.

Touch of racism? Cue everyone rushing to deny racism and claiming that KM was also treated like this in the early days Hmm

EveSaidWhat · 28/01/2019 10:48

Why is having a negative opinion on Meghan Markle any different to having an opinion on any of the many celebrities who are in the public eye?

EveSaidWhat · 28/01/2019 10:50

But findingmyfeet people did comment on KM in the early days Confused

findingmyfeet12 · 28/01/2019 10:56

To try to claim that the negativity towards KM was at the same level is disingenuous.

In addition, all MM does is make an appearance at charity events, etc. What exactly has she done in the public eye to warrant this level of abuse (and it is abuse)? As far as I'm aware she hadn't exactly graced the headlines in her previous career either. A failed marriage in her mid thirties is hardly shocking.

The comments about smugness are also strange - the queen never smiles and looks positively grumpy a lot of the time. How do people who don't kniw her know what a "smug" smile from her is like.

nothinglikeadame · 28/01/2019 11:07

"But I think MM does this a lot (and flaps her coat around to reveal it) to draw attention to it and make sure it gets seen and photographed at the best angles"

Absolute nonsense. I despair of people sometimes. This is pure gospel according to the Daily Mail.

OhDearHowSadNeverMind · 28/01/2019 11:14

nellieellie - Brilliant post. Couldn't agree more. Well said!

findingmyfeet12 · 28/01/2019 11:14

Exactly nothinglikeadame

Someone at the DM has the unenviable task of going through hours of footage to cobble together a story like the coat flapping one.

Diana used to look up from under her fringe a lot. A cynic might say it was a ploy to look "demure" and "innocent".

A lot of behaviours can be interpreted in so many ways depending on the type of spin you want to put on them. Some of these behaviours don't even exist and are pure coincidence.

NOTthepinkranger · 28/01/2019 11:18

Fuck me, get a life. Why are you arsed if someone touches their bump?! Does it impact anyone’s life? No.