Are you a Pregnant Tummy Toucher?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

You've probably heard the horror stories from pregnant women (if you've ever known any) about perfect strangers groping their bellies in the supermarket. Personally, I've only had two people other than my husband touch my baby bump so far, and I've known both of them so it was okay. :)

But... are YOU a baby bump toucher? Confess!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Noooo thank you. Freaks me out.

[Cat X]

Hell no. I dont want to go near them belly bursters.

[Natia Telcontar]

I confess. If one of my friends is pregnant, I'll see if I can feel the baby move, but only with their permission. It's a very neat feeling, and I've never had somebody touch my pregnant belly without my permission. Even Leten will make sure it's alright first.

[Ilias Nytrau]

Hells no. I won't even ASK. I won't even TOUCH someone unless I think it's ok or they say its ok. Even then, if they say it's ok and I don't feel right about it, then I won't. And this is a non-negotiable issue. :lol

[Kraehe Branwen]

Hell no! I personally wanted to kill each and every old woman who touched me when I was pregnant. My belly hurts when I'm pregnant! The stretching causes my skin to feel like the skin is one big wound and any sort of touching is like salt. HATE IT! SO of course I don't do it to others.

[Jeseth Cloak]

No... no thanks. I'm afraid of situations where I have to be gentle with people, and even more so afraid of situations where not being gentle can cause them harm... so being around a baby in any way, makes me really nervous.

[Kraehe Branwen]

You delt with Rei Rei fine. You gave him a car.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Er, I try not to. And will only if forced by the preggers woman as she takes my hand and places it on the baby bump.

[Kraehe Branwen]

I've had that happen. I was like "err... what are you doing? AHH! NO!!! Thats against my ethics or something! NUUU!"

[Jeseth Cloak]

You delt with Rei Rei fine. You gave him a car.
Yes, I did... and next time I see him, I'll give him another car. :)

[Zeke]

Yeah, under the following conditions:

1) I know the lady.
2) They say "The baby's kicking!" and then either offer the opportunity to experience the up-and-coming new life, or just put the hand on the tummy. *shrug* Either way, doesn't bother me.

[Morgan Evanar]

Only if asked.

[General Dan]

That depends on how many drinks I've had.

I kid, I kid.

Seriously though, I usually wind back like I'm going to punch them in the belly and then suddenly stop at the last moment. Then we both share a big laugh.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Ha ha.

Stay away from me, Charley. :mad

[stevenvdb]

I think a few times, when I was little and being curious, I was tempted to reach up...but being kind of shy, I always asked..and was usually allowed to. :o

I have on a couple of occassions, later in life as well, when invited by female friends who were having their first child. Usually when the foetus starting becoming more active.

Not a fetish by any means. :D

[Cat X]

I just thought of another good reason not to touch. Pregnancy can be spread. DONT TOUCH HER YOU MIGHT GET IT AND PASS IT ON!!! EWWWWW!!! EWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! I NEED TO WASH MYSELF OF PREGGERS GERMS!!!!! CONTAMINATED!!!!!!! UNCLEAN!!!!! AAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[TheHolo.Net]

Only if asked.Same here.

...and an of note worth mentioning here maybe: My wife and I made a plaster cast of her belly a month or so before my son was born. We can still touch her belly even though my son is now 10 years old. heh

[Razielle Alastor]

^ That is so awesome. :D

I had creepy people touch my belly when I was pregnant. Very scarey actually, worthy of a movie. So I understand why some women would just as soon keep their bumps to themselves.

As for me, I worked on the gyn/ob unit for a long time, babies are kind of my thing, so if I'm asked I will. And... If I know you.. it's a given, and I'm a belly talker. I will always address the belly as a new and separate person. :lol

:D Babies rule..

I wish mine were babies still. -_-

[Natia Telcontar]

I know that when I have a visible bump on my belly again, if anybody goes to touch without my permission, I will deck them, even if I'm at work. Nobody touches my body without my say so.

[Kraehe Branwen]

I just thought of another good reason not to touch. Pregnancy can be spread. DONT TOUCH HER YOU MIGHT GET IT AND PASS IT ON!!! EWWWWW!!! EWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! I NEED TO WASH MYSELF OF PREGGERS GERMS!!!!! CONTAMINATED!!!!!!! UNCLEAN!!!!! AAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

LMAO That reminds me of when I worked at Gymboree! Every new person who got hired within the past ten years got pregnant within like two months of being hired. Thats how I got my precious daughter.

[General Dan]

I just thought of another good reason not to touch. Pregnancy can be spread. DONT TOUCH HER YOU MIGHT GET IT AND PASS IT ON!!! EWWWWW!!! EWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! I NEED TO WASH MYSELF OF PREGGERS GERMS!!!!! CONTAMINATED!!!!!!! UNCLEAN!!!!! AAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

LMAO That reminds me of when I worked at Gymboree! Every new person who got hired within the past ten years got pregnant within like two months of being hired. Thats how I got my precious daughter.

This most certainly holds true at the bank I work at. I've seen a massive number of maternity leaves in my department.

[Kraehe Branwen]

We teased the teenager that worked there about it relentlessly and she got scared and believed there was really a curse or something. lmao

[Mu Satach]

My answer isn't there. =P
I refuse to vote.

[Parsideon Denix]

I also have trouble discerning which women are actually pregnant and which ones are ravenous baby cannibals. This could be a hazardous mistake, so discretion is the better part of valor.

[Serena Laran]

My answer isn't there. =P
I refuse to vote.
Now I'm insanely curious. :D

[Cat X]

My answer isn't there. =P
I refuse to vote.


Would it happen to be along the lines of KEEP YOUR FRELLING DEMON CROTCH SPAWN AWAY FROM ME would it?

[Mu Satach]

My answer isn't there. =P
I refuse to vote.
Now I'm insanely curious. :D



Would it happen to be along the lines of KEEP YOUR FRELLING DEMON CROTCH SPAWN AWAY FROM ME would it?

It's something along the lines of, only if I know you very very well and I like you and am not freaked out by the pulsating tummy.

I've touched a couple of tummy's in the past, but they were extremely close friends/family while the little one was tumbling around. One tummy owner even reached out, grabbed my hand and put it there before I knew what she was doing. But I really don't have the urge to touch. I do however get transfixed at the pulsating abdomen and start staring at it when you can see them bouncing/pouncing around inside.

I start trying to imagine what that would feel like and then my thoughts just go down hill from there, let's just say I've seen far far too many scifi/horror flicks and am slightly scared to death by babies. They're cute and all, very adorable... (mostly.) I'm just very uncomfortable and scared of hurting them (so tiny and TINY) so I tense up and tend to start having mild panic attacks if someone shoves said child into my arms. Takes a while for me to relax around little ones. I have more fun with slightly older kids I can pick up and toss around until they vomit.

[Drin Kizael]

If it's just someone I know, and they ask, sure.
If it's someone I'm close with, then I'll ask them. I'm affectionate what can I say.

But I'm really waiting for someone to say they would even with perfect strangers. That's crossing a major weirdness line. :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yeah, I was kinda hoping we had at least one here on the boards. :D I have yet to encounter one in my every day life, thank God! Though I suppose as I get bigger and bigger they may start coming out of the woodwork! :uhoh

I bet there's at least one that posts here, they're just embarrassed to admit it now. :p Either that or geeks are just generally more polite and reluctant to invade other's personal space.

[Yog]

While I am not a tummy toucher, I have SEEN them. They exist. The truth is out there!

[stevenvdb]

I'm surprised it hasn't happened to more of you than have come forward. I can understand not wanting to mention it, though..especially if you felt assaulted.

While milling around in slow-moving crowds at events, i've had people I don't know come up to me and hug me, wrap their arms around my shoulders from behind or while walking down a busy street ask me to pose for a photo.

Some other, stranger things...

Who knows what makes people tick?

[Cat X]

I'm surprised it hasn't happened to more of you than have come forward. I can understand not wanting to mention it, though..especially if you felt assaulted.

While milling around in slow-moving crowds at events, i've had people I don't know come up to me and hug me, wrap their arms around my shoulders from behind or while walking down a busy street ask me to pose for a photo.

Some other, stranger things...

Who knows what makes people tick?

No one even makes eye contact with me so no, I dotn have that happen.

Could be the chainsaw I usually carry, but I dont see why.

[Solani Naleen]

I know starting about a month before I gave birth to my son, I had complete and utter strangers come up to me and just start talking to me, and most of them didn't seem to care that I was busy or had my arms full of bags and I just wanted to get home.

[Kraehe Branwen]

I had the same problem. Though when I was pregnant with my son and I lived in Florida where its FULL of old people, I had a heck of a lot more people just touching me. I think the population of the town I was in felt like they were the grandparents or something. o.O

[stevenvdb]

I will admit though ;) , I have absent-mindedly made small-tallk to pregnant strangers... , something stupid along the lines of l"Not long now, huh?"" to a woman who is obviously very pregnant. Not the smartest thing to say if you wish to remain living. ;)

Carrying a small dog or walking a child also seems to get people to want to talk to you who would otherwise leave you be as well. :D

Hmmm, chainsaw.

I'm male though, so it's a different thing...just find it odd that people out of the blue will touch others without asking. Most guys I know don't really talk to each other, much less show any affection.. I do show affection willingly...maybe I'm giving off signs i'm not aware of. *shrug* . Then again i'm a bit clueless about people in general.:D

Enough of my yapping.

[Kraehe Branwen]

Not a smart thing to say period. Sometimes the woman may not even be pregnant! I had someone ask me how far along I was and I wasn't even pregnant. :( This was a month or two before I DID get pregnant with my daughter and by then I was wearing a girdle to suck it all in cuz I felt so self concious. When I found out I WAS pregnant I was like "Oh crap, now the baby is going to be born with a flat head".

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'm surprised it hasn't happened to more of you than have come forward. I can understand not wanting to mention it, though..especially if you felt assaulted.

While milling around in slow-moving crowds at events, i've had people I don't know come up to me and hug me, wrap their arms around my shoulders from behind or while walking down a busy street ask me to pose for a photo.

Some other, stranger things...

Who knows what makes people tick?
Are you secretly a celebrity? I have had people ask me to take their photos, but not to take pictures of me. :p

[Natia Telcontar]

I'm more concerned about my son bashing his head open due to the fact that he keeps falling and hitting his head. I know he's not hurting himself because he keeps getting back up and smiling.

[Kraehe Branwen]

All kids do that. My son's two, almost three, and STILL does it. Its a wonder he doesn't have a concussion by now.

[Mu Satach]

I'm surprised it hasn't happened to more of you than have come forward. I can understand not wanting to mention it, though..especially if you felt assaulted.

While milling around in slow-moving crowds at events, i've had people I don't know come up to me and hug me, wrap their arms around my shoulders from behind or while walking down a busy street ask me to pose for a photo.

Some other, stranger things...

Who knows what makes people tick?
Are you secretly a celebrity? I have had people ask me to take their photos, but not to take pictures of me. :p

Nah... he's just adorably cute. ;)

[stevenvdb]

I'm more concerned about my son bashing his head open due to the fact that he keeps falling and hitting his head. I know he's not hurting himself because he keeps getting back up and smiling.

It looks kind of cruel... and it is hard to sit back and let it happen, but there isn't much one can do.

For some reason, it reminds me of this young little girl who used to come over to my parents house from time to time. She used to wear bandages on her forehead and fingers to get sympathy. Seemed cute at the time, but it's kind of sad now that I think of it in hindsite. I know one of her relationships later in life was to an abuser. I will always remember that impish face. :(

And Mu.

Nuh-uh. Just funny lookin'...like a Japanese anime rendition of what a Westerner looks like. In a few years, probably absolutely FUUUUGGGGGLLLYYY!

You are simply projecting your inner adorableness onto others.

:::steals MuMama's Tickle Me Cookie Monster Plushie and runs off to the corner:::

I just make a good armrest, drink coaster and ashtray.

[Cat X]

TICKLE ME PLUSHIE????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2t3YdgPmbA

BYE BYE!!!!

[Darth Binky]

I think pregnant stomachs are gross, and I wouldn't touch it unless the asked me to or put my hand on it.

[Mu Satach]

:::steals MuMama's Tickle Me Cookie Monster Plushie and runs off to the corner:::

BRING ME BACK MY COOKIE!

*tackles the thief and tickles him 'til he vomits*

Oh - new development in the tummy touch arena that strikes me as odd - I have two friends at work right now and every time I see their little ripening tum tums I am having to fight the urge to thump them like a melon.

That weird enough for you Hollybelle?

[Zem-El Vymes]

Ok a confession this is deep and dark, but I am secretly turned on by pregnant tummies oh god what did I say :o

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

What???!!!

[Zem-El Vymes]

It is weird but whatever :)

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

*stuffs a balloon under her shirt*

[Cat X]

*stuffs a balloon under her shirt*

Looks like your finally in luck girl

[stevenvdb]

Ok a confession this is deep and dark, but I am secretly turned on by pregnant tummies oh god what did I say :o

Probably some latent yearning, spilling into your consciousness in interesting ways. It's the source calling you back. :o


BRING ME BACK MY COOKIE!

*tackles the thief and tickles him 'til he vomits*

::::releases COOKIE, nervously twitches his nose, sqwees and thumps around like a corralled bunny::::

I'm very ticklish! Ever laugh so hard that you swallow air and get hiccups? That's me in a button.

Tried watching Sesame Street recently. They made over Grover in a style more like Elmo, gone is the nappy fuzz of old, now replaced with the fibre-ey fur, and a brighter blue. Change was inevitable, I guess. Sigh. At least they realized the love that there is for the charactor and tried to give him his own segment.

The Dutch version of the show was a little different. A lot of segments showing kids randomly playing to encourage children to go do the same a bit more. And alot of the skits are absolutely nutty. Probably wouldn't fly here.






Oh - new development in the tummy touch arena that strikes me as odd - I have two friends at work right now and every time I see their little ripening tum tums I am having to fight the urge to thump them like a melon.


:D

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Lots of men are turned on by pregnant tummies. I don't think its anything to be ashamed of, Charley. :p

And Mu - I can just picture you sneaking up on those poor, unaware women and giving their tummies a tap! :lol

[Kraehe Branwen]

When I was pregnant with my son I had a LOT of spanish guys that didn't realize that I was pregnant and were hitting on me. LOL The way I was spreading out wasn't the way most pregnant women look I guess. I didn't get the classic basketball look.

[Jeseth Cloak]

Everyone has a fetish or two. Does it really have something to do with any subconscious desires? I've heard of men finding pregnant women attractive. I personally don't, and find it a little scary. I mean, how do you... do that, without damaging the baby. O_o

[Kraehe Branwen]

Oh please! LOL The baby is floating in a bunch of liquid and is well protected. And for a lot of women sex is way better when pregnant.

[Taja Loraan]

My sister pointed out the other day that sleeping with a heavily pregnant woman is kind of like having intercourse with two people at once, since you're basically ... knocking at the baby's gates, so to speak. :x

As for me, I don't like infants. If a woman were to forcefully grab my hand and make me touch her inflated womb, I would no doubt shriek and run around in circles until someone shot tranquilizers into the back of my head.

Slimy discolored umbilical cords ... -shudder-

[Jedieb]

Can't vote because none of those repsonses really apply to me. I won't touch a stranger's pregnant belly, I think that's rude. But I won't hesitate to touch a friend's or relative's if asked. I won't touch anyone's belly without asking. This can also be a cultural thing. I know my wife was stunned by how many of my relatives would come up to her and touch her belly. It was a riot when my aunt came up to her, touched her belly, and promptly told her she "knew" it was a boy. We Cubans can be a crazy lot.

Oh, and sex with a pregnant women can be hot. Especially when they're convined it can induce labor. ;)

[AmazonBabe]

I see the tummies and I want to rub them (like a buddha for good luck), but I'm always afraid I'll offend said mother, whether I know them or not. ^_^;

And what makes it even worse, is that currently, I am SURROUNDED by preggy tummies! It's like God is poking at me, giving me not-so-subtle hints. My sister-in-law, people at work, people on the boards (ok, I only know of Hollie, but she was one of my bride's maids, so I consider that close!), people from WoW (yes, I have a friend who's wife is preggers, and they live near me and they keep insisting they need a playmate for their little one, all eyes on me :x), and complete strangers (I can't go outside without noticing a pregnant woman... I mean, I'm sure they've always been there, but I'm suddenly noticing them).

And, of course, the more I see the preggy tummies, the more I want to rub them! But... it's like... off-limits... isn't it? O_o

[Kraehe Branwen]

When I was pregnant it seemed like the world was pregnant WITH me. LOL

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Its probably not your imagination - there is a mini baby boom going on here in Oregon, which is probably going on across the nation. :p

Of course, being pregnant or having it on your mind makes you hyper-aware of such things.

[Kraehe Branwen]

lol When I got pregnant with my daughter too that weird commercial for that pregnancy test came out... You know, the one where they say "the most sophisticated piece of technology you will ever pee on". It made me laugh. Too bad it came out AFTER i already took a test and knew. Otherwise I woulda bought that test just because of the commercial.

[stevenvdb]

No, I don't really subscribe to the Freudian latent subconscious yearning thingamabob, just trying to make a crude funny earlier. Not meant to be serious. :)

As an aside: We know preggeronez often get strange cravings for various foodstuffs. Did any of you have any particularily interesting dreams while pregnant?

MY gf often had dreams involving urination and whether she would get there on time. :D(Sorry dear, yes my lower lip is rather stretchy. No, I don't think it will cover my head.)