Unwanted Baby Bump Touching

[Samantha223]

Has anyone else ever experienced unwanted baby bump touching, at work/out and about, and how do you get people to stop? Very worried about this, I’m trying to stop people from doing so !x

Rub their belly back, tends to work 🤣 ive got a few belly rubbers at work, its drives me bonkers. I feel like a buddha 😑 i dont mind if shes kicking and theres a few im close to i dont mind feeling but thats if i offer!

Honestly I don't know why, as I don't have the friendliest face. But I used to get stroked like a dog by strangers in various places when I was heavily pregnant.
Pregnant or not, my body is still mine.
I was in Morrisons browsing the candles and shit when this woman out of nowhere had her hand on my stomach. My stroked my full palm down her face and she looked at me in horror. I just said "oh I'm sorry did I make you uncomfortable" and she pretty much ran away.

Hahaha pp that's hilarious!!! I'm going to try that one! People think they have the right and it's so annoying but I've not had a stranger do it yet....

I love it @2littleChicks 😂

I've only had it a few times, luckily I think my general air of 'fuck of' keeps most at bay. This weekend someone I vaguely know (and can't stand at the best of times) sprinted across a car park to rub my belly... I stared her down as I walked away. At 37 weeks (with a big baby!) my tolerance is pretty low so it was that or punch her. She came at my later on and tried again, I was quick enough to move and say 'don't do that'.

The only permitted regular belly touchers are 4yo DD and the cat.

Stay firm, don't tolerate it op!

Just simply say... stop touching my belly you wouldnt do it if i wasnt pregnant!
My tolerance for bullshit has literally gone so im very blunt recently instead of beating around the bush lol.

No one has ever really just touched my bump not even family because they know they will get told to get off lol i only let my husband (i say let him he obv just does it whenever he wants) but even then when its annoying me ill tell him get off lol
And if a stranger did it id honestly have to restrain myself from putting them on their arse! 🙈😂

Oh god this is already infuriating me and I'm only 17 weeks and don't even have a proper bump so what they're feeling is basically the food baby I've acquired that day. It's quite funny how people seem to think the baby is so high up so early on 😕 the only person I'm happy to touch me is DH because she's his baby too and I love that he wants to connect with her.

I must not have a friendly face as no-one has ever tried to touch my bump in either pregnancy bar my FIL (which I don’t mind)! 😂 maybe it’s everyone knowing I have Hyperemesis and the risk of my throwing up on them .. 😉

It’s odd, I wouldn’t dream of touching someone’s bump, would literally not cross my mind! People are peculiar!

@Cheesey21 that did make me laugh!! My ‘bump’ is mainly made of super noodles and toast currently.

@flissity mmmm carbs 🤤 mine has toast in on the daily. Have you ever made a sandwich with the noodles? Next level.

Reach out and rub their stomach back.

It’s the only way to convey immediately how fucking weird and inappropriate it is to do that to someone.

You’ll get a lot of weird boundary breaking stuff re personal space during pregnancy and when you’re walking around with a cute baby, just take this as a good opportunity to practice asserting your boundaries now before the baby arrives and you have to do it on their behalf regularly.

A girl at work I didnt really like used to just reach out in an attempt to stroke me, without asking. I slapped her hand away a few times and she seemed to get the hint. Another girl (who is about 12 weeks behind me) is really excited and always asks, and I dont mind her feeling cos shes just so excited! I have some close friends who just go for it, and again I dont mind them. Dont know what I'd do with a stranger! Loving the face stroke idea though 🤣