https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:17:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195792 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:44:56 +0000 Jumpingjacks 195792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyneswith: OMG no! Thank goodness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195719 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:16:15 +0000 cyneswith 195719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jumpingjacks: Please tell me your mom hasn't been trying to touch your boobs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195687 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:43:27 +0000 petuniasandpearls 195687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just over 17 weeks and have had several co-workers do this in the past week now that I'm starting to show. It's weird...I kind of jump back when I notice someone who might want to grab my belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195494 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:13:46 +0000 MrsH 195494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: Had you done so, you would be my hero. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195462 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:45:30 +0000 Jumpingjacks 195462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is creepy behaviour. I will not tolerate people touching me. My mom has already just commented on the size of my boobs a few times and I'm going to have to ask her to stop next time. I am extremely uncomfortable with people making comments and touching my body. It's private. The boundaries don't change because one is pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195453 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:33:26 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 195453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just touch her tummy back!</p> <p>Whenever people rubbed my belly (when I was noticeably pregnant) I just wanted to rub theirs and see how they felt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195393 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:47:23 +0000 heffalump 195393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummm..... what if you weren't pregnant? That would have been crazy awkward!</p> <p>I thought I'd be upset about people touching my belly, but I really wasn't. Even some strangers felt it and it didn't bother me at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195390 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:45:54 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 195390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree - this totally weirded me out, especially when family wanted to touch my belly before I was even showing. No way would I have handled it as gracefully as you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195330 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:02:23 +0000 BabyLove 195330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought this was going in an entirely different direction. About all the random people that touch your tummy. It happened a lot to me. I was annoyed toward the end when even my closest friends/family touched my stomach. I was just fat and hot and ready to be un-pregnant. I never mentioned it though. </p> <p>This lady though, your co-worker is out of control! That is too much! I would have been REALLY uncomfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195326 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:58:27 +0000 Modern Daisy 195326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow that's so annoying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195304 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:46:36 +0000 cyneswith 195304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you're not really showing, that's kind of creepy! At 16 weeks, I'm showing, but I still would just look fat to someone who didn't know me - I'd be creeped out if someone did that at this stage. </p> <p>One of my husband's co-workers kept up the ruse until she was 16 weeks. She'd look at people who asked and would say "No, I'm just fat. Thanks." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195230 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:11:39 +0000 littlebug 195230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsJYW: Yeah, see, I might have felt differently if people already knew I was pregnant, but I haven't told anyone at work except for my 2 closest friends! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195226 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:09:37 +0000 mrsjyw 195226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not as intrusive, but one of our secretaries (who I'm not very close to) touched my belly briefly the other day while asking me how I was feeling (18+ wks and everyone at work knows)...</p> <p>I wasn't sure if I was offended, because I am pretty open with friends/family touching my belly. But, it was weird to have someone I'm not close with do it out of nowhere...</p> <p>I always wonder what you're supposed to say-- but sometimes the incident is so brief you don't even get a chance to react!</p> <p>Feel your pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dont-touch-my-belly#post-195220 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:03:51 +0000 littlebug 195220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG. I am 10+ weeks pregnant, and while I"m not really showing yet, I'm insanely bloated so it sometimes looks like I have a little bit of a belly on me. Last week, one of my coworkers (an older woman, 77) asked another coworker if I was pregnant because she'd noticed a bump. My other coworker (who is a very close friend and does know that I am) told her she had no idea. Today, the 77-year-old walks up to me after a meeting and starts playing with my belly and asking me if I'm pregnant! She's rubbing all over, playing with my shirt, telling me that I've been wearing loose-fitting and empire-waisted shirts and dresses lately (which, ps, I ALWAYS do in the summer because they are much more comfortable for my near-mile walk to and from the hospital). Meanwhile, my 2 bosses and another coworker are standing there. And I've got my belly band on, so it feels like my pants are up to my belly button. I just laughed and reminded her that I always wear loose-fitting stuff in the summer. I then reminded her that she noticed a "baby bump" 3 weeks after my honeymoon, when I was decidedly NOT pregnant. </p> <p>But seriously?! Seriously. You're going to stand there and feel all over my stomach and ask me if I'm pregnant in front of 3 other people?! What is wrong with you??? I'm surprised she didn't pull my shirt up! I was so mad. </p> <p>I know we've had a lot of rants on here about this, but I was just really infuriated by this. Why do people lose all sense of courtesy and personal space when it comes to pregnancy?? Like suddenly my body is their personal play space? And the state of my uterus is acceptable fodder for conversation? C'mon! </p>