I'm 34 weeks pregnant with my first, and since around 30 weeks, people have been staring at my belly in public. I admit, it's large and rather hard to miss, but it still bothers me that people think it's okay to stare at you just because you're carrying a child. I've been halfway tempted to scratch my belly with my middle finger to give people the hint. And if one more stranger comes up to me and wants to rub my belly, or asks me details about my pregnancy like it's any of their business...it's on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-20 01:27:17 · 22 answers · asked by Mandi R 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I feel you honey!! I felt the same way!! I even rubbed another man's stomach once! I was in one of those "pregnant lady moods" when this perfectly nice older gentleman came and rested his hand on my stomach and started telling me about his grandkids... I wasn't having it AGAIN that day, so I rubbed his stomach and said "How do YOU like it??" His wife laughed and he appologized. And it actually made my day! Think of it this way... you only have a few more weeks to go!! Hang in there!! It's well worth it in the end! Congratulations! Hope your day gets better!!!
2006-10-20 02:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by rocknrobin21 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ok first of all an 18 year old mother who has a decent job, a steady guy and is going to college is a good thing. and it beats being pregnant at 15 with no job, no guy and no education so to hell with everyone else. second of all yes it does get quite annoying when people stare at your pregnant belly all the time (im on my second pregnancy). just start hoping that people don't start touching it all the time. when i was pregnant with my first daughter i went on a weekend vacation to the shore (at 8 months Pregnant) and when i waddled the board walk people looked at me like i had 3 eyes or something. i guess there is just something about pregnant woman that people can't stop looking at. the only thing i can tell you is to ignore them and if worse comes to worse confront them. but try not to let it bother you
2016-05-22 04:50:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Completely normal. It will be over soon. Somehow when you start showing your tummy becomes public property. You can either be aggravated by it or accept it as natural and be gracious. Maybe hubby will make you a DON'T TOUCH button you can wear. Then again that would elicit more tummy stares, lol. Come up with a stock answer for the questions and a light smile and go on with your day. Soon, very soon, it will be over. Then be prepared for all the baby questions!
2006-10-20 01:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by Keri R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's funny because before I was pregnant myself, I never even noticed pregnant women. Now that I am pregnant, I see them everywhere! I think the people that look at your bump are just curious. Maybe they've had a baby recently themselves, or they really want one. People started staring at my belly from 5 months on (mostly women) and it doesn't bother me most of the time. But it is weird when people no longer see you, but your bump!
2006-10-20 01:57:05 · answer #4 · answered by miss_ruby_topaz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I loved showing off my belly when I was pregnant! I loved people asking me about it but yes, I do agree I hated when complete strangers would come up and touch my belly. You don't know where they've been!! Try to enjoy your time left being pregnant, many would disagree but I found it went way too fast!
2006-10-20 01:36:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
People always like to look at pregnant women to see how big they are and how far along you are. Before having a go at them bear in mind that the starer may be trying to get pregnant or have had a miscarriage or still birth, someone going through that may not even realise she has been staring.
Why not get a t-shirt printed that says baby with an arrow pointing to your belly.
People just want to give you their congratulations, you shouldn't feel mad about that, you'd better get used to it cos once you're out pushing a pram everyone will want to look in and see the new baby it's human nature and I loved all the compliments people gave my newborn it made me feel so proud and you will too once you get your head round it
2006-10-20 01:35:54 · answer #6 · answered by madamspud 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Don't worry. You will soon get over it. Such nervousness comes over each and every woman during the first pregnancy. After all it is novel experience. You cannot help lookin at your distended belly yourself from time to time and pass you hand over it and ask the child's father to do the same.Belive me the others have more imoirtabt things to look at than your belly .However, in your tenseness eventheir casual glance at it will make you selfconscious.(May I tell you something? If nobody were to look at it also you would feel nervous) So don't feel bad. Even this bad feeling is a manifestation of your nervousness. So just don't bother. Let them look all they want at you because you are indeed a sight to look at.
2006-10-20 01:38:20 · answer #7 · answered by Prabhakar G 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That's funny! I'm not big enough for people to stare now, but with my first I remember that. I don't know if it is so much the act that bothers you are if it's just your hormones. I'm 9 weeks and this morning on my way to work there was this car behind me with blue headlights, they are really cool but it was just bothering the hell outta me! I was thinking "Why can't you just have normal headlights like everyone else!" I'm so crazy! I'll be glad when this is over;)
2006-10-20 01:44:39 · answer #8 · answered by Dolphin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mommies don't do that!
Imagine, 45 years from now, Junior will be running for president, then some one looking for dirt on him comes across an old faded picture of a his pregnant mother giving someone the finger - oh no! all hope is gone, no more white house!
Wouldn't that make you sad?
2006-10-20 01:35:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it never bothered me...it made me made when people didnt notice that i was pregnant at my job(at the time i worked at a grocery store) even with a HUGE belly they tried to hand me 30 packs of beer...and I'm one of those people who asks about a womens pregnancy..but i dont touch their stomachs. My reasoning for it is because I'm now a nurse(at that time I was a nursing student) and I was curious about others pregnancies and the way they are developing (I specialized in OB)
2006-10-20 01:49:00 · answer #10 · answered by sjeboyce 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋