Your PREGNANT and EVERYONE wants to TOUCH your BELLY, don't you HATE that??

OMG! I HATED people doing that! Total strangers would walk up to me and touch my belly!! I would NEVER just walk up to a stranger and touch them!! I don't know why people think it is okay to do this! I made a lot of people upset by pushing their hand away and asking them not to do that. But what the heck??? It's MY body!! And same goes for my son!!!! I have had several people just randomly want to pay him on the head or try and kiss him!! UGH!

I have heard that touching a pregnant mother's belly is like rubbing a bald man's head, it is supposed to bring good luck. I, on the other hand, feel uncomfortable when the mother puts my hand on her tummy to feel the baby kick, but I'm not real into touching people anyway.

I dont have any kids yet, but my best friend just had one and this was a big issue for her as well. She was complaining about it all the time and I can understand why. I was out with her, she was about 8 months pregnant and staangers just walked up and touch her - annoying!!! I do not know why they feel like they have the right to do this - or why they do it even...

I know what you mean. Its as if , all of a sudden, you become public property. When I was pregnant, many years ago, I had no qualms about slapping away a hand that moved to touch my belly. It is rude, invasive, and shouldn't be tolerated.

I had that happen a few times when I was pregnant. I really hated it, once I was at a convenience store and that cashier did it, I just kind of stood there in shock, I mean all I wanted was a slurpee! My uncle is notorious for doing this to women too, he was the other offender. I was warned about him, but he managed to "attack". Freaking weirdo!

I don't understand the fascination of this myself. Perhaps, it is because I am a guy. I think it might be quite rude for me to ask to touch the belly of another lady unless I know her really that well. :P

I think they want to see if they can feel the baby. One of my former students was pregnant and she just lifted her shirt and asked me if I wanted to feel her belly. I did feel it and it was cool. I already had two kids of my own but I still get excited about new babies!

I'm not pregnant now, but when I was 36 years ago, everyone would come up and touch my tummy too. I think it is a maternal instict of life and shows affection. Men never did it, only women. A bond with another women I think.

I was pregant 14 years ago. I was 35 years. I don't recall people wanting to touch my stomach. It could have been my age, or it could have been the fact that I was a teacher. I taught fulltime until I was 35 weeks pregnant. I was even caught in the middle of a seige at the time. But I am fairly sure there was no touching of my stomach. I don't think I would have liked it.

When I was pregnant I had total strangers coming up to me to touch my belly. It drove me insane. It was like I had a sign hanging on it that said "Rub me for good luck" or something like that. Since I'm not a confrontational person, I ended up just enduring it till I gave birth. I'm just glad that I don't have to deal with it now. I don't know why people think it's okay to rub a pregnant woman's belly without asking first. I mean, you wouldn't go up to a random person and touch them if you didn't know them.

LOL - well, I am way past that time of life but although my mind is going a bit I do remember those days. I hated it when people did that and what I could not believe was people I barely knew would ask. Or worse just reach out and pat or rub my stomach. Excuse me but I think that is very rude, I mean my Mom or my sisters, LOL ok husband - but total strangers or people I barely know no thank you, keep your hands to yourself. Weird thing is most people who do this seem to think it's their right or something just because your pregnant - I'm sure if you/I weren't pregnant they wouldn't dream of touching someone's stomach without being invited to.

Yes, I feel Ugg! But I know people want to rejoice in God's Love. So I let them!

No harsh feelings.......but em a Man ;) dont know about it that much though!

lol i remember that i hated it too....the only perks were that everyone was so nice to me especially when they saw how big i was(twins)i never had to wait in lines or anything

Yes, for some reason when women reach a certain time of roundness in the pregnancy, it becomes the Buddha Belly of good luck. For some reason, people can not resist the urge to reach out and rub it for good luck and fortune. ha ha Seriously, yes, I experienced that with my pregnancies also. Everyone just reaches out the touches the belly. Some people, I didn't mind. And other times, it irritated the crap out of me! LOL And I am sure that when it irritated me, the person was able to tell because I seemed to get an apology then. ha ha

The only people that ever just touched it were my friends. Every once in a while someone that I just knew (or even strangers) would ask, but I would politely tell them it made me feel uncomfortable. It was a little annoying when my friends did it sometimes, but they usually knew when it was bugging me and would quit. My sister and dad came up to stay with us for a few days when I was almost 7 months along. My sister kept rubbing my belly like the entire time she was here. She would sing and talk to the baby, too. It was a little bit annoying, but I didn't mind too much. We live 1000 miles apart, so I was just glad to see her.

I've heard about this all the time, but when I was pregnant, I never had anyone even ask to touch my belly, let alone come up and touch me. I was pretty surprised. I think it's quite rude when someone does that, and I've seen it happen before, just not to me. Maybe I was lucky...

Yes, I know how she feel. I am currently pregnant and some of my friends touch my belly. Never experienced with a stranger, though. I feel weird and awkward, but I think they are just happy for me.