Pregnancy Tips

Everyone wants to touch the baby, especially during the pregnancy but no one every asks. If you haven’t noticed yet, the minute you start to show a tummy everyone else will gladly show you. The pot-belly becomes this magnet for hands and everyone wants to handle it. It doesn’t matter if you are walking around in a store, sitting down in a restaurant or walking on your own street, someone is bound to start rubbing all over it.

You aren’t the only one that is being driven nutty by this either, take a look at your spouse. Sure he seems akin a trooper but deep inside he’s probably primed to put someone’s lights out. Talk with your spouse and see how he feels. Even if you don’t care, he might not like other men’s hands on you.

He may not care if it is a female touching your body but he can mind about a man. Think about how you would feel if you saw some woman rubbing her hands all over your partner’s chest. Maybe the two of you can come to an agreement, after all do you have to let every Tom, Dick and Harry touch the baby?

Your belly, clothed or not is a private space, sure there is someone intruding inside you but that person in welcome. But to actually touch someone else’s belly one should ask before they do it and respect your answer. If you don’t want them to handle it, inform them. Whilst some women don’t mind all the attention, there are other women that don’t want their stomach’s touched, let alone them to be displayed for the entire world to see. Maybe they’ve gained 10 pounds and feel conscious enough about it, or they could be a exceptionally private person.

Children may also want to touch the belly, typically it is because they know someone that has had a toddler and they were able to do it. If you don’t like it, let them know. If you don’t mind, you may want to place their hand on your belly. Children tend to get excited and actually smack the stomach when they are trying to reach for it.

Forget about the rubbing the belly for a moment, be cautious that you don’t get the person that likes to poke at it. That hurts more than anything and half the time they don’t get it. Try explaining to them as decently as you can that it hurts. They may only be doing it because they want to see the baby move and when you jump they just believe it is part of the pregnancy reaction. They may think twice before doing it again to you or anyone else.

If nothing else seems to work and you’ve been polite in letting people know that your belly is off limits, feel free to sick your husband on them or embark on swatting. You’ve previously given fair warning. Don’t feel bad if you smack a person that lifts up your shirt in broad daylight either. This is a normal reaction and people should really think twice before doing it. They wouldn’t do it if you weren’t pregnant.