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Originally Posted by DanaC

As soon as a woman becomes pregnant total strangers feel they have some moral right to dictate how she conducts herself during that pregnancy.

Fathers to be smoking whilst their wives are pregnant also present a possible health risk to babies but nobody would go up to a man and ask him to stop smoking next to his pregnant partner. Yet strangers do go up to pregnant women and give them a piece of their mind if they see them smoking.

You're so right about that. The worst I found when pregnant was complete strangers touching my bump...I have very strict personal space issues yet people in queues would think nothing of touching my bump without asking. ggrrrr. I probably would have been judged quite harshly for punching a pensioner though so I would smile sweetly and move back (not easy when you are roughly the size of a small elephant)