https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:44:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1538175 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:28:37 +0000 Mrs. Cookie 1538175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not at that point yet, but after DH feels baby first, I won't care who touches my tummy to feel kicks! My family, close friends, no big deal. I draw the line at random strangers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1537779 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:37:07 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 1537779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>just dh and maybe I'd let my close family, but I think I'd feel super weird having MIL touch my stomach and linger there waiting for kicks. she's also so incredibly skiddish around me bc of the bed rest and all issues we've been having that I think she'd be too afraid to even ask.. which works out best for me lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533577 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:53:56 +0000 anandam 1533577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let everyone touch, co-workers, neighbors, friends... If they express interest in feelin a kick I'll call them over to catch one when it happens. Haven't had any strangers show interest, but if they did I think I'd still probably be okay with it (assuming they seem safe - I'm thinking grannies on the subway, not strange men in alleys).</p> <p>But it's so totally your body and your baby and nobody should assume or expect anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533424 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 02:57:55 +0000 MrsF 1533424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH used to feel her kick all the time. I think my mom and my sister felt a few, but other than that - I don't think anyone asked and I didn't offer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533345 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:36:54 +0000 HLK208 1533345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom and MIL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533313 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 22:57:02 +0000 Glitter 1533313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly can't count how many people have felt LO kick. We have a close knit church and family and I'm always getting a rub down. I love it. Our younger cousins always get excited when I call them to feel kicks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533312 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 22:56:42 +0000 AprilFool 1533312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let people I was close to but LO rarely performed on cue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533247 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:30:37 +0000 Mae 1533247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just my husband and my mom. LO is shy, even at 35 weeks. I swear she knows as soon as someone else's hand is on me and she sits still, so it usually takes a couple minutes to feel her even if she was kicking moments before for someone else to feel her. </p> <p>I would let my dad if he had asked/seemed interested but last time I was home I was laying on the couch and he could see her jumping and that seemed good enough for him. I'd also prob let my MIL if she asked, but I haven't seen her since I've been pregnant and won't until LO is here. I'd not love it if FIL or step-MIL asked because that's a bit too comfortable for me haha. </p> <p>Oh I did have one friend ask if she could feel my stomach. But not specifically to feel a kick. I said sure and she just gave it a pat haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533190 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 21:06:27 +0000 Applesandbananas 1533190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just my mom and a close friend. I had a few people grope me but I don't think they ever felt anything. I'm not one to be touched lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533135 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:41:11 +0000 dolphin 1533135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only if they ask, I wouldn't offer </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533127 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:38:27 +0000 bisous 1533127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I offered to close friends and family often! It was incredibly weird that my FIL thought I was okay to touch my belly without asking. :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1533011 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:35:17 +0000 singingbee 1533011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whoever wanted to. I wasn't squeamish about that kind of stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532996 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:26:07 +0000 creativemomma15 1532996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Other than DH, my mom and mil were the main ones. I offered to mil with my second. I could tell it meant a lot to her because she mentioned it being the first baby kicks she has felt since she was pregnant and DD was grand baby #5. One of my close friends felt he kicks some too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532970 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:13:02 +0000 junebugmama 1532970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did invite a few, MIL and SIL, but we are really close, so it would be sort of weird to not let them feel it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532963 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:09:06 +0000 BabyMats 1532963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had two older women at work that couldn't have babies and always wanted to feel a baby kick, so whenever I saw them and there was movement they had their hands on my belly. Didn't bother me since I'm close to them. My boss and other coworker friends.and family. MIL did towards the end my family..I really thought it would bug the crap out of me but it never did. No random strangers though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532952 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:05:58 +0000 californiadreams 1532952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I offered DH and my mom mostly. And a few close friends once </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532949 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:04:37 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1532949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only if the baby was REALLY kicking/punching...or if someone was super interested.<br /> I had total strangers put their hands on me though, and I'm like...uh, the baby isn't moving right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532946 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:03:45 +0000 meganmp 1532946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let people who were interested feel- my parents, his parents. There was a lady at Starbucks who leaned over the counter, grabbed my belly with both hands, looked me in the eye and said that at least one of the babies was a boy. It was weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532941 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:01:19 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1532941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH, my family &amp; my best friend felt DD kick (I think maybe my best friends husband rubbed on my belly once when he was drunk lol) but it's not really something my in laws would want to do even if I offered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532899 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:33:46 +0000 fancyfunction 1532899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only my husband. But luckily no one really asked me if they could - I didn't have a lot of random touchers ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532860 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:07:36 +0000 MrsH 1532860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just my mom and DH, not my in laws. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532859 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:07:34 +0000 wonderstruck 1532859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really hated having my bump touched. I think the only person (besides DH, obviously) that I invited to feel the baby kick was my mom, because I knew she was dying to but would never ask since she knows how I am about my personal space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532852 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:59:47 +0000 autumnlove 1532852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just people who were interested....SIL, MIL and BFF! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532831 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:53:05 +0000 lovehoneybee 1532831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did. And some of my siblings-in-law did it without asking (but it never bothered me). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532817 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:45:25 +0000 twodoghouse 1532817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only let my husband feel them kick. It hasn't been a problem except for a couple handsy people at work, but they never touch long enough to catch any kicks. I just pull away after a second. My mom asked if she could feel them and I flat out told her no. I don't know why but I just want this to be something DH and I experience. Everyone will get to experience holding the babies when they are on the outside - for now this is something just for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532812 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:41:35 +0000 Ra 1532812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never offered but usually obliged if someone asked. I taught middle school when I was pregnant and my girls couldn't/wouldn't keep their hands off my belly. It didn't bother me for some reason. The only men that felt kicks were my dad and DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532807 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:34:39 +0000 pui 1532807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I probably will if they ask. Only family though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532803 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:30:52 +0000 Dandelion 1532803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just DS and DH. I don't like people touching me. No one asked, though. MIL tried it a lot when I was pregnant with S and I kept asking her to stop. She didn't try at all with this one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-invite-others-to-feel-baby-kicks#post-1532782 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:20:16 +0000 mlm2934 1532782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>did you let/invite other people besides SO to feel baby kicks/movement? I guess I'm mostly thinking of grandparents.</p> <p>I'm right on the brink of starting to have movement that can be felt by others, and just realized I'd feel very odd having my MIL or FIL put their hands on me lol. but is it rude if I don't offer?? they aren't the type that would ever ask if I don't offer. </p>