December baby bumps

Come on ladies, lets see all those cute baby bumps! Post your pictures here. :wub:

 

OK, no pic to show, but I do have a really creepy story about a belly rubber...

DH's aunt brought a friend who I never met before to thankgiving dinner. The friend DID NOT STOP rubbing my belly. She came over to sit next to me so she could rub it and each time she did, I would casually just brush her hand off but she wasn't getting the hint. Finally, she stopped for a few minutes, but then DD (15 mos) came to sit on my lap and was rubbing my belly and this woman started rubbing with her. So I start doing the casual brush off thing again, all the while trying to think of something firm and polite to say. I think maybe she finally got the message after a few removals because she finally stopped. But it gets better...a little while after that, I guess my shirt rode up a bit on the side (stupid maternity clothes are all getting too small lol) because all of a sudden I hear her literally moaning: 'Ooooh let me see that belly!' By now I was REALLY creeped out, so I gave her a nasty look and kind of wrenched my shirt down...did she really expect me to whip my shirt up in a room full of people and SHOW HER my swollen, stretch marked belly?? Umm HELL NO!!! Now I'm totally beating myself up that I didn't just say something (rude and nasty ) to her, but she said she is going to be at the family Chanuka party tpo, so I am definitely going to say something then. Hee hee can't wait!

 

I've never had a stranger touch my belly. I think I would be freaked out if they did. Sorry to hear that you have to see her again.

 

Eeeeek on the creepy belly rubber! I've also never had a stranger or even a friend touch my belly in either pregnancy. I think I've only ever had one friend who even asked and I, of course, gave her permission since she was a good friend (the only kind of person I would expect to ask to touch my belly outside of immediate family).

I will try to post a belly picture this weekend!

 

I managed to avoid the creepy belly feelers with both pregnancies!

Maybe make a shirt that says "Please do not rub the belly!" :lol:

 

I dont even WANT to touch someones belly (even super close friends/family) it's just weird! LOL!!! :hush:

 

Well I certainly can't beat this story for creepiness! I can, though, relate to strangers touching my belly. No one asks and anyone who does it would not get my permission anyway. Why would you want to touch a stranger's belly!?!

 

Amy, I don't get it either!!

I've never had a complete stranger, like in the grocery store or something, walk up and start patting me, but people I know (especially people at my synogogue) rub my belly all the time! It drives me crazy but I don't know what to say that isn't rude but tells them not to do it again.

 

I had one lady do it to me at the grocery store when I was pregnant with the twins. I rubbed her belly back, she looked at me weird. I told her, "See you don't like it either"

 

I don't have a creepy belly story to tell but today I got my first "Wow, big belly! You must be due soon!" comment from a stranger. First, I don't think it's that big. Second, we were in a public bathroom which made it just that much more uncomfortable a moment for me.

Here's the belly today. 23w2d and I'm up 29 pounds so far. Eeek!

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb394/jancreaser/IMG_2262.jpg

 

Yeah, that belly is not all that big. I look about like that right now XD. I'm only 12 weeks, but this is my fifth pregnancy.

 

OMG LMAO!!!!!!

 

You look amazing!! Thanks for posting a picture!

 

Na, I don't think you're sooo big either. But I'm HUGE for me at 30 weeks (I'm bigger than I was at 40 weeks with DD) and people don't think I look overly big either. Some people just carry smaller, no matter how many babies are in there lol.

 

Yeah, I think because I'm tall the babies are distributed decently--I think I look big from the front though as they are side-by-side and I feel all stretched out in that direction. That said, my husband told me that I must've done something funny with the angle when I took that picture because he said, "You look WAY bigger than that in real life!" :laughing:

I can't find my belly pictures with my son, but I'm pretty sure that I'm much bigger than I was at this stage with him!

 

That makes sense. I'm not tall, but I do have a very long torso, so I guess either of those factors would give a baby more room to stretch out internally instead of popping out(read:squishing as many organs as possible!!)