Do you get stared at??

[mildred37]

This week (16w) my bump has really "popped" out - maternity clothes actually fit and I'm feeling very proud of it. However, it has seemed to bring out the weirdos! for 3 days in a row now I've noticed people staring at me as if I've grown another head. It's making me feel very uncomfortable, to the extent of checking if I've got my dress tucked in my tights or a bogey! Has anyone else experienced this??

Aah yes will also get a demented sort of smile too, like a really wide closed mouth grin. That used to really freak me out too.

Get used to it! Will continue thought pregnancy and til baby is about 6 months. Public property! A few more weeks and random strangers will start giving you all sorts of advice.
All much better than the looks of disdain when your 2 year old is lying on the floor in the supermarket kicking and screaming as if someone's trying to murder him!!!

I must live in a really nice considerate part of the country as no one has stared at me, touched my bump, made any comment or given me random bits of advice. I have a huge bump as well. I wonder if I should be offended that no one cares

Its like when men talk to your boobs. They wander past me at work saying hi but looking directly at the bump not my face :-D

I think it's lovely. Especially the smile. I live in a part of the country where the birth rate is sky high. Consequently a pregnancy barely gets noticed and you never get to feel a little bit special. I used to feel really envious when I visited friends in other parts of the and strangers showed an interest in their pregnancies.

I definitely get the odd double-take (as in, is she fat or pregnant look) at 22 weeks, but haven't really noticed people staring as such.

I guess if it bothers you, it's relatively easy to disguise the bump. Flowing tops, drapey cardigans, etc etc. At least, for a while.

I'm hoping my bump is more obviously a bump soon rather than the current look which I think is 'has she been eating too many pies'!
Because I have been thinking about getting pregnant for the last year - I am fascinated by women that are or may be pregnant. I try not to stare - but just look and smile but I do wonder if its been noticed.

I've only noticed stares in the last couple of weeks (I'm 26 wks) and I like it, I've deliberately bought a few long jumpers that show it off, I hated the 'is she pregnant or fat' stage and so like to show that yes it is a baby bump.

I've also been staring at other peoples bumps too though since I got my bfp.

I think the human race is just inexeroably drawn to babies and pregnant ladies - it makes sense if you think about it. It can feel uncomofortable but the vast majority probably don't realise they're doing it or just wish you the best. Try to go with the flow. I'm dreading post-pg when I'll just be back to me except with a worse body than when I started

When I was out today I noticed for the first time people staring at it, to the point where I thought I must have something very wrong with me! but then I realised they were just looking at the bump (which tbh is mostly fat, I'm only 21 weeks & refuse to believe I'm really gestating an elephant).

I tend to look at pregnant womens bumps though so I can't complain. Not sure what it is, I'm not sentimental/broody or anything its more just pure disbelief that there is an actual human being living in there.

Wait until you're 38 wks, your bump drops and you get questioning looks as to wether you should be out alone. irrationally pissed off, I'm not a child!!!

People can't help looking, they're just naturally drawn to it I think. It does make me feel a bit self conscious though. What I don't like are the "appreciative" looks I get from some men, as though they're checking me out. It's the same sort of look as I get when I wear a short skirt - obviously sexual. I don't think it's appropriate to look at a pregnant woman that way!! Or am I just a prude?