To ask if you stroked and talked to your bump whilst pregnant?

[Airyfairy03]

As title really.

Had a midwife appointment the other day and she asked me if I was stroking and talking to my bump each day. I was like errr, no?

I should probably say, I am not maternal in the slightest, never have been. I’m really happy to be pregnant and feel a certain feeling of affection for the baby when it kicks etc but the thought of stroking my bump and talking to it, telling it about my day etc just feels ridiculous?

Please tell me I’m not the only one. She said I need to do it so the baby will recognise my voice when it’s born but surely my voice is the one the baby hears most frequently anyway?

She also told me to play nursery rhymes to the bump on my phone as it aids brain development...again is this true? Did everyone do this?

Apart from the odd "Jesus Christ kid" when she kicked me in the ribs I didn't talk to mine. I sing a lot when I'm driving though and now have a 14 month old that dances round to Metallica and green day. We are bonded just fine despite the lack of bump stroking.

Lol no. I wasn’t that attached to her when she was internal, didn’t cry at the scans or anything like that (was more focused on how badly I needed to wee!) I liked her fine once she came out though and hasn’t harmed our bonding