Stop touching my belly!

[Futterby]

Please tell me I'm not the only one mahoosively irritated by this. I'm only 16+2 and already people are touching my belly in the street! Why is this considered acceptable?! /rant over.

I would be really pissed off as well. I have been pregnant 4 times though and not one stranger or even family member has touched the bump!Apart from the dad obv.
Maybe I just give out 'fuck off' vibes.

I had it twice today, from people I hardly know just while I was walking along the street minding my own business. I just don't understand it! Would they go and rub someone else's belly who wasn't pregnant? Obviously not, so why is it okay to rub mine?

Ditto. So annoying. I'm going to start rubbing theirs back.

I was even thinking of getting "I'm not a petting zoo" printed on a T-shirt...

When I go to my work (I'm on sick leave till end of July then will start mat leave right away) one of colleagues asks very nicely if she can touch it. Then I'm ok with it, but if they just touch it out of the blue I get upset..

Happy pregnancy :-)

Hartmel with baby #1 (28 weeks)

Haha I've had this and my dh joked it's like a buddha! Why don't you ask them if they've made a wish afterwards, then they might feel a bit silly! x

I actually have never had a random stranger come up to me and touch my bump in the street and I'm 36 weeks ... makes me feel a bit left out

Then again ... never had a stranger move aside for me in a supermarket / hold open a door etc either. I obviously give out "fuck off" vibes too.

Just say "I'm not pregnant, just fat" and they'll probably get the gist ...

Last time round I had stangers try rubbing my bump. This time round I got myself all psyched up to return the favour, but so far only one of DD's friends (3yo) has done it, and he's far too sweet to be annoyed about. :)

Hah Futterby we have a lot in common!

I actually did have someone rub my belly pre-pregnancy!

I used to have the depo injection when I was 17, and went from a size 10 to a 20 in just 9 months so naturally friends of friend who didn't know me just assumed I was pregnant! I even got asked if I knew the father!

dopey that is pretty funny, do you give lessons on how to generate these vibes???

There are a few people at work who do it too and it annoys the hell out of me. I've been off a few weeks, but am setting the no one touched me until DH has felt the baby move as I want him to be the first and don't want someone else accidentally feeling her move before he does!

Sorry ^^ setting the rule that ...

Oh god newmum I put on a lot of weight while on the pill and had a wee boy ask if I had a baby in my tummy. When I said no, he said I should probably lose a few pounds he was autistic though, with absolutely no social filter so I forgave him

Now I'm worrying about other people feeling my lo move before my DP, shit :p

I had bump rubbing followed by "blimey, only 26 weeks?? You're huge! Are you sure there's only one??" from two women at a party on Friday. One has no children and the other has teenagers.

Another friend with no children said she expected women to be more sensitive. Other friends with children said "noooo, sadly not." I thought one of them (who witness both comments) was going to clock the second women she may have had a few.

I went home feeling awful! This is my second pregnancy in a short period of time (will be 16mos between DCs) and I know I've eaten a few more pies so I'm a bit bigger than I was last time but I'm not huge! Still fit into normal jackets, coats - wearing normal bottoms to the gym etc.

I just back away with an evil glare when most people touch the bump but Friday caught me really off guard and I was very embarrased - which takes quite a bit in my case.

Those of us in London should add a line to our Baby on Board badges saying "do not touch without permission of owner"!!

I find it very irritating.. Work collegues thinking ots okay to 'pat' my bump! Hell no.
Only granma's my sister and partner get too. And sometimes then i find it a little overwhelming?

One thing that makes me a little annoyed, out shopping and folk give you a wide birth (punchline..)
And they look at you like your an alien?!
Its mainly ederly? Just odd.
Or when friends feel the need to shout practically at my bump 'making sure he can hear me' yes but we dont want to deafen him and mum in the process.. Grrrr

I also hate it when people just touch my belly.
How can they think it's ok to do that?????

People can act really weird around pregnant woman. Not only the touching, also the silly comments.
Some can be just so rude!

Asking if it's an accident. Why didn't you remove it.
The touching....

Some have absolutely no idea how rude they're to pregnant woman.

It also happened to me that someone asked me if I was pregnant when I was not. This was a family member. So rude, if I'm and I want to share it I'll tell you!
I answered with: No, I'm just fat! Really angry!!!

You also will get the nice people. But some are so rude and almost like movie stars we need to handle it all.
Because if we react wrong to them. Then we're the bitchy pregnant lady.