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belly touching is a big no no.. sometimes I want to touch theirs back too.. but I think taht will be rude.. haina? :D
oh yeah I get all kinds of smiles and freebies (as in getting ahead of line) etc while pregnant otherwise I get the looks for my scarf :D
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I don't get it either. I loved being pregnant and did not hide it....heck like GTG said there's lots of perks behind the belly so why hide it.
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desi aur un k masaail !
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Same reason girls wear ( or used to wear ) dupatta to cover their boobs. Modesty is the reason.....
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I guess I'm the only one who finds draped bump kinda classy and very feminine...adds a little mystery gives off a little Grecian Goddess kind of vibe...
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you can be carrying your bump modestly or trashy.. it has nothing to do with covering with chadards or such but the clothes itself!
ps: so working women in the US should start wearing abayas to work or big black chadars hiding their bump just because thats what modesty is about!
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I guess I'm the only one who finds draped bump kinda classy and very feminine...adds a little mystery gives off a little Grecian Goddess kind of vibe...
but draped to what extent? because otherwise...a woman will just look fat and I don't think most women would want to look like that...
I know I mentioned the other extreme....but its kinda easy to find a middle ground I think.
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Women in west do not wear dupatta either. We are talking about desi culture here and every culture has it's own peramiters regarding modesty.
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@GTG... Errr my point is only valid if you are wearing shalwar kameez....I'm not saying all pregnant women should dress up in huge flowy multilayerd abayas. In case the reply was for me.
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but draped to what extent? because otherwise...a woman will just look fat and I don't think most women would want to look like that...
I know I mentioned the other extreme....but its kinda easy to find a middle ground I think.
With your usual dupatta maybe? That is the middle ground, all you are doing is letting the dupatta fall on your bump to give off a draping effect, which I find quite classy. I think you can tell a difference between a pregnant woman and a fat woman, no?
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The question came to my mind when I was thinking about no latest pics of Ashwariya Roy in news.
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Everyone has their own comfort levels, let it be. You aren’t going to associate covering the bump with oppression/narrow-mindedness, are you? 
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There are latest pictures of her visiting a temple, saw them on someone's FB.
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Women in west do not wear dupatta either. We are talking about desi culture here and every culture has it's own peramiters regarding modesty.
That's not true....GTG herself is an example, she wears hijab and I think also Ira. Sorry but we in Pakistan have weird parameters set for modesty when it comes to pregnant women.
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Yep, the narrow-mindedness, in most families if you’re not married you can’t even say the word pregnant.
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^ Lol, that reminds me of when I last visited Pakistan and for some reason mentioned the word ‘pregnant’. All of a sudden I felt a giant slap on my back and my aunt started telling me off for not having any sharam. Then my other aunt calmed her down saying it’s okay it’s okay - she’s going to be studying this sort of stuff in medical school anyway. All for saying the word ‘pregnant’. 
Similarly, in our entire khandaan we never say that a woman is pregant. We say that she’s ‘bimaar’ and not feeling well, and use such phrases whilst the other person has to figure out what’s actually being talking about. I dislike it because it makes the woman sound like there’s actualy something wrong with her, when there isn’t.
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On a tangent, this also reminds me of a recent incident at our local mosque. The shaykh (who is an Arab) took the mic and announced on the speakers to the entire mosque that any woman who is breast feeding should cover herself or go to library, due to the presence of CCTV cameras everywhere except in the library.
At the mention of the word 'breast' every desi (man and woman) melted down in sharam. They looked soooo uncomfortable, whilst all the other ethnicity people just went 'meh' and carried on with what they were doing. It was actually hilarious to observe!
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^:omg:
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LOL! He should have said milk producing body parts instead 
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Ash’s baby bump: http://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainmenttags/aishwarya-rai/making-aishwarya-rai-bachchans-latest-lux-ad