Hating bump being touched

Does anyone else hate their bump being touched ?? I am not talking about professionals but friends and family and even virtual strangers coming up to you and touch and even rubbing your bump like a Buddha

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Oh yes of course, no one should touch your bump without your permission! I didn't let friends / family or anyone non-medical touch my bump (I'd refuse outright)

I’ve not got much of a bump but the only people that are allowed to touch it outside of professionals are my partner and my mum — I see my mum once a week so it’s just more that she can’t believe how big I’m getting (I was born at 24wks&my sister was born at 26wks so mum never got much of a bump with us so I think it’s just her way of actually being able to feel where baby is etc. she’s so looking forward to her grandson and getting up to mischief 🥺

Omg a friend did it once and it felt sooo awkward and annoying! Luckily I am rarely out unless its a medical app so I don’t get this, but now that you say it- I guess I be consciously with a coat around ppl I dont want touching!

Its the most annoying! It makes me feel like someone's pet pregnant person!

Gosh yes! Thankfully my last pregnancy I wasn’t too big till the end and that time I hardly went out so nobody could touch me much 🙈😩

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