https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:44:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2058262 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 21:35:59 +0000 MrsMccarthy 2058262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My toddler is constantly kicking and headbutting baby and my OB says no worries. It would take a very hard blow to hurt the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2058194 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:03:36 +0000 Astro Bee 2058194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do this all the time!!! I'm obsessed with trying to figure out what body part is where. I really wish bellies came with windows so I wouldn't be guessing, and I would I just know. Then he moves and I'm guessing all over again. DH is even into the game. My doc confirms via pressing and poking that he's still head down at every appt so it can't be bad at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2058168 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 19:40:48 +0000 snowjewelz 2058168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah! I loved seeing if she will respond! Or just to let her know that I know she is there haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2058113 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:49:41 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 2058113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally fine. My pregnancy app even said how it is a fun game for mom and baby to play. There is so much cushion there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2058016 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:19:51 +0000 Maysprout 2058016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved feeling how they kick back. My first would kick me twice when I poked her then press her foot against my belly and I'd rub her little foot. She had the same little kick pattern when she was born too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057951 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:19:36 +0000 cascademom 2057951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@namaste: I remember when I was pregnant with LO. A few times when I was 30 weeks plus, two ob's felt around my belly to the point where they could feel how much LO weighed by doing that or locate his heartbeat. It looked funny, but was effective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057949 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:16:58 +0000 namaste 2057949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: lol my ultrasound tech was also super rough with the poking. </p> <p>Poke away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057816 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:00:13 +0000 loki 2057816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: she's doing a lot of splits i guess! haha. </p> <p>my babe has been SO ACTIVE all day and i have been endlessly poking her and feeling her... so thanks everyone, i feel better haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057749 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:28:24 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2057749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh gosh I have wondered this too...baby girl has her head up so high that sometimes it feels like she is bruising my ribs. I have to push her down a bit just so I can breathe sometimes! Poor girl. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057748 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:28:18 +0000 cascademom 2057748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With this pregnancy and LO's, I always did especially if they're moving in a funny position. When LO was almost due, I would poke his butt because it was always up on my left side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057740 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:25:58 +0000 daniellemybelle 2057740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope it's not bad, because when we had our elective 3D ultrasound, the tech poked my belly SO hard trying to get LO to wake up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057732 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:23:27 +0000 PawPrints 2057732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread made me laugh. Just this morning I was saying to DH that, after reading about exactly what goes on when they do an ECV, I officially no longer feel bad about the poking I'm doing to the baby. If baby can handle being forcibly yanked around, I am sure my poking her to feel which body part is where is fine. </p> <p>And I'm also feeling a lot of jabbing on both sides of my stomach at once, making me feel like she's stretching out. My midwife said she's already head-down so I'm not sure how she's accomplishing that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057665 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:56:25 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2057665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always did with my LO .. probably will with this one..<br /> one time my husband was laying next to my big belly and the baby must not have liked it because he kicked him hard in the head haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057397 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:54:33 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2057397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poke away, my friend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057390 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:46:16 +0000 Anya 2057390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope I do it all the time! Usually I can feel a foot or a butt </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057385 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:43:27 +0000 loki 2057385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: haha they really are! the advice i get and the things people say to me are actually insane!!!</p> <p>thanks guys, i feel better! i really just wanna know what body parts i'm feeling. i often feel her on complete opposite sides of my belly and i feel like she's stretching out and it's her feet/hands. and right now i feel like her bum/back are up high but i can't be sure. and i love when i push her and she pushes back haha. so glad i'm not the only one. and ya the ultrasound techs get pretty rough, especially at the anatomy scan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057353 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:23:13 +0000 MrsBrewer 2057353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: Awww!!!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057349 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:20:28 +0000 dc yoga bee 2057349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: DH felt them for the first time on Wednesday after I finished eating coldstone! She likes ice cream :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057346 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:19:53 +0000 dc yoga bee 2057346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaughLines: oh man!!!! That is incredible!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057345 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:19:47 +0000 MrsBrewer 2057345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: Yay you're feeling kicks now???? :-)</p> <p>I poke my belly all the time! Especially if I'm just sitting down and I can feel the baby moving! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057332 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:10:51 +0000 LaughLines 2057332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: i'm kind of obsessed with it! I already think she's adorable and i haven't even seen her! This morning she was sleeping until i ate breakfast and as soon as i ate she stretched way out and i rubbed her feet - it was like she was groggy and waking up and stretching while saying good morning. It's amazing to kind of know what she's up to before she's even born! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057327 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:06:00 +0000 pui 2057327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No it's not bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057324 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:04:49 +0000 dc yoga bee 2057324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaughLines: that is the cutest thing I've ever heard!!!</p> <p>I haven't started poking yet, but Im just now feeling the kicks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057321 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:03:18 +0000 ineebee 2057321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I smiled when I saw this thread because I was wondering the same thing!! I do it all the time, and DH does it too -- so so so cute to see him interacting with the little guy. True, the ultrasound techs do it all the time to get the baby to move, so yeah, I can't imagine it's that bad for the baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057317 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:59:19 +0000 LAZB 2057317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hope it's not bad, I do it constantly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057308 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:54:45 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2057308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really feel like these people at your job are ridiculous. I did/do it all the time. If I want her to move for DH I push on her all the time lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057303 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:51:20 +0000 Pumuckl 2057303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always did and both kids are fine.<br /> I'd say: Happy poking! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057283 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:42:11 +0000 psw27 2057283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always did and when I could really feel him kicking me super hard I would shove him away from my ribs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057278 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:41:06 +0000 LaughLines 2057278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do it all the time, too. DH thinks i shouldnt ("don't poke baby!") but the ultrasound tech did it at all my ultrasounds, too, so i figure it can't be bad!</p> <p>And I can tell when she sticks her butt out because it's in a certain spot (confirmed by ultrasounds) and when she stretches her legs her feet go waaaaaay over to my side (almost around my back) and i always rub her little feet and she moves them around while i'm rubbing them. It's cute </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-if-i-poke-my-baby-all-the-time#post-2057273 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:38:45 +0000 meganmp 2057273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my daughter would do what felt like tap on my belly, I always tapped back. She would often respond! </p>