what do you think of the idea, my mum and i do body painting (see avater) and i'm not one of these people who walk around with my bump hanging out but we thought this was a really nice idea if you want to show off your bump with out feeling self concious just looking for opinions from other pregnant mums 2 be. would you have this done we are trying to discover if there is a market for this sort of thing, please bear in mind all paints are waterbased non allegic and very good quality because i won't buy cheap paints and we are both covered by public liability insurance.

i think this is a great idea, how long would it last?

depending what paint i used it would be up to a couple of weeks using temporary tattoo paint or a few days if its body paints and powder

well i think there would be a maket for it, you just need some guinea pigs to show it off

at the moment we are using me but i'm being induced on monday but we've started doing some on willing victims with beer bellies as that has the same effect but the pretty designs look a bit wrong on a beer belly, i use my local sure start so i tend o be able to find pregnant women there.

you could do photographs of people you do. i have never heard of anything like this before, so there shouldn't be much competition

Looks really cool

Hi Anita - nice gut - I like it.

i done a few less girly ones to i've got a great one of an alien breaking out my belly but i couldn't get that one to work as an avatar. i told everyone my gut was huge now.

it might be huge - but what a lovely gut it is. I would love the alien one - that is hilarious

I think it is a lovely idea! would look great on the beach!

I love body painting, I have done facr painting in the past and have seen the belly ones before but not done any.. I love your belly anita! xx :\)

This would be a hit at any popular beach! P.S. I do Henna and that's OK during pregnancy as well - but it does stop the sun tanning you so you end up with a 'bleach mark'.

I want my belly painting now! Anita where do u live? I bet it's not near to where I live, in Scotland (after reading the 'I'M GOING TO KILL HIM' post....) oh well...i might have a go myself! x