don't touch the bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never happened and never heard of it happening. I guess things have changed since I had my babies.

I totally undestand how you feel. When someone touches it is an invasion of privacy. Some people just don't understand boundaries. DON'T TOUCH THE BUMP is funny though.

Wow, I did not have that problem. I also appreciate being able to use any restroom anywhere. lol It is a common courtesy to ask before invading a persons space and that wonderful belly is your wife's space. I hope that she gets that courtesy from this point further and she could do alot by mentioning that it is not cool to just grope! Good luck with the birth for the two of you.

When I was pregnant with my first, my family was over the moon! It was to be the first baby on our side of the family and they could barely contain their excitement. One time, my sister (3 yrs my junior and newly married) was over for a visit and, out of the blue, she said, "Do you think I could see your tummy? I won't even touch it, if you don't want me to, but I'd just like to see it... it's so amazing to think my niece or nephew is in there!!" It was so considerate of her and really emotional to me. Of course, being my only sister, she could have rubbed my belly and I wouldn't have minded one bit LOL Now, on the other hand, a stupid guy at the office (that I had NEVER liked) reached over and rubbed my bump one day and made some vague remark about how much weight women gain .... he thought he was being cool and macho -- I thought he was a jerk. So, I looked him straight in the eye and said, "How'd ya like it if I grabbed your a** that way?" I realized later that I ran the risk that he'd be enough of a pig to take me up on it LOL but, fortunately, my message was received loud and clear and he left me alone from that point on.

Oh My God! That drove me crazy. I am really really big on personal space and for some strange reason people think that a pregnant women has no rights. It is the only thing I can think of to describe what happens. I had one lady in the grocery stop me from pushing my cart and grab my belly and hold my back so she could feel the baby kick. What gets into people, why do they think this is OK. Its not, if you are one of those people stop, pregnant woman do not appreciate it!

Ohhhh boy do I have a story to share with you!! When I was 7 months pregnant, I went grocery shopping. I was on my own and so decided to make the most of it. I grabbed a cart, and was strolling around the store minding my own business, looking at a few things. As I stopped to pick something up off the shelf, a middle aged woman came by, stopped her cart and walked over to me, then dropped right to her damn knees in front of me and started stroking my bump, whilst saying "Oh I just LOVE pregnancy bumps, they're SO nice!" Bearing in mind I'd NEVER seen this woman before! I stood there for a moment in complete shock, and then, without even thinking, I turned round and said "I'm not pregnant." The woman just froze, then she heaved herself up off the floor, gave me one more horrified look, then turned and rushed out of the store leaving her cart where it was LOL. I felt so bad afterwards, but when I told my (now ex) partner about it, he roared with laughter. He said she deserved it for dropping to her knees like that in front of some random lady. I'm with your wife on this one lol. Friends and family have the right, Strangers better beware!

I hate that. The worst is when it is a man. When I was pregnant with my son I would get a shopping cart even if I was only picking up 1 or 2 items just to put a buffer between me and the other people. I had one old lady come out of nowhere and start groping me. I have to admit I was sick with hypertension from 3 months to the day the doctors had to induce so I was very irritable over very little things. I yelled at everyone. With this baby I have had a few people try to touch but I will say something to turn them off like "go a head then its my turn to touch you." or "Go get your own Buddha." I will admit that I don't like even family touching me. My mother-in-law and brother-in-laws wife are bad for that. I am a very personal person and don't like being touched by people that don't have the right to. My husband and my son are the only to people that I don't mind toughing me.

i never been pregnant before... but i think when i am, i also would not like it if a complete stranger just come to me and touch my bump... a friend or family is OK... but not stangers please... :-) i just feel uncomfortable when they do that...

OH MY! No, I never experienced that, and I am so glad that I didn't. I don't know if I could have kept from slapping someone if they came up and touched me ANYWHERE without my permission! How intrusive and inappropriate!

It was one of my mom's pet peeves. I asked her about when she was pregnant with my sister and then me, and she said what made her angry was strangers coming up to feel the bump. Even guys in church would do it and it was all she could do not to snap at them. Some of the ladies knew from experience other pregnant ladies didn't appreciate that. I can't say as I've ever touched a pregnant lady's "bump" unless she actually asked me to feel where the baby was kicking.

Arrgghh!! It happened to me all the time when I was pregnant. They would want to touch and then ask me if I'm having a boy or girl. And when I told them I didn't know, they would proceed to tell me if they think I'm going to have a boy or girl based on some old wife's tale, etc. Maybe because I live in a suburb where people are REALLY friendly...you know, the kind that will chat to you while waiting in line, help you open doors and such. I know they are just being nice and friendly but it's still an invasion of personal space and privacy. I try to entertain whenever I can but sometimes, it does get annoying.

Yes, I do feel violated when that happens. This is my body and if some strangers were to come up to you touch you, it's like being molested. I would definitely make a fuss about it and make my annoyance known... It's not free for all!!

now that would get to me too..some stranger feeling me when i was pregnant...bad enough going to the doctor

my wife not accept that. no one try to touch her becase she had a mean face when anyone would eye her belly. sometime if somone say something about her belly she tell them she have stomach worms so they would walk away very fast. she was very grumpy when pregnant but i think it was funny.

Well Rhino I think it is awful that Strangers even do that I mean I would never dream of touching some one else's Stomach unless I know that Person I certainly did not experience that as I would not go out much when I was Pregnant due to problems

oh my goodness this use to happen to me all the time when i was pregnant!! it made me sick. no it really made me sick because my belly button stuck out and if someone touched it i would throw up. so i had to stop people right in mid touch and tell them please don't touch me!! LOL

Wow. I didn't think it was that common of an issue. It was definatly one of my biggest pet peeves when I was pregnant. I live in a small community where everybody knows everybody else so there really isn't any such thing as a stranger here but it used to drive me up the wall when everyone would come up to me and pat my stomach. And like one of the other responders, I heard so many opinions on the gender of my child based on old wives tales. I really have no idea why people consider it okay to just walk up to a pregnant person and touch them. And I'm still giggling almost right off my chair and the poster who said "I'm not pregnant". That's a great one. I wish I had thought of using it.

Yes, This had happened to me a couple of times to. It was very irritating. I finally got to the point to where I would tell them excuse me what do you think you are doing? That would really get them and they all got the picture pretty clearly after that. I do not know why they feel that they can grope all over a pregant womens belly. I will never get it!!

I know it is rare, but I have never had my belly groped without being asked first and I have only been asked by friends and family. Through 3 pregnancies, I cannot recall one incidence of it.

I agree that people take liberties when it comes to touching pregnant women. Fortunately, I'm 39 weeks pregnant and no one has ever touched my body without permission. Maybe I am just not approachable in that way. I don't know how I would react to a stranger groping me. I'd like to be brave enough to reciprocate by grabbing them in the same manner, but most likely I'd do nothing.