Just to clarify

Tonight I was talking to a very close friend of mine while I was making popcorn for youth group. Of course we started talking about my pregnancy because that is what girls do lol. I started talking about how firm my stomach is. She very politely asked if she could feel my belly, knowing I am not a huge fan of people just touching my stomach. Can I just say how much I appreciated that simple gesture of asking to touch.

I've made it no secret on my little blog that I do NOT like people, specifically people I don't really know, coming up to me and touching my belly. I get why they do it and I appreciate that they are trying to share in my experience but, I do not like **just anyone** touching my belly.
HOWEVER--aside from it being a stranger touching me--it's not necessarily the actual touching part that I don't like, it's the fact that people just do it with zero regard for my personal space. They touch me with no warning, no permission, no idea of my feelings about being touched.

So I would just like to clarify, for those family members who I will be seeing in just over a week (YAY!) and my close friends here in PHX, that if you want to touch my belly I do not mind. Just give me some warning--if nothing else :-)

Some might say I talk about this subject way too much. The argument could be made that once you are pregnant you should just accept that random people are going to come up and touch your belly with no warning. Well, I do not agree. I will probably have 10 more posts about stories of random strangers touching my belly, and how much I hate it. I do not accept that I need to just get over it. It's my body--why should it ever be OK for someone to touch me when I am not comfortable with it?
So, with that being said I am going to bed. Good night :-)