Shy before they are born?

I'm 35 weeks along and have some very frustrated friends and family b/c my son refuses to move for anyone except my husband and I. When I am by myself he seems to do somersaults and all sorts of things, and he'll sometimes move for daddy, but when I try to let somebody feel him, he refuses to move. Oh! except the one time the doc tried to move his foot out of my ribcage and he kicked her...

Here's a quick example, and then my question: So he was squirming a LOT while I was talking to one of my friends that wants a baby but won't be able to, so she is always trying to feel him move. I grabbed her hand and put it on my belly mid kick. Cameron literally froze in motion, his foot pressed against my belly (she was able to feel his foot), until she removed her hand, and then resumed his acrobatics a few minuets later.

Is that completely odd and foretelling of things to come, or is it fairly normal? I know both of his grandparents are getting frustrated but there doesn't seem to be anything I can do to help the situation. Any hints or ideas?

I think most babies are like that. I have this delusional idea that they know mommy's hands from everybody else's since we're the ones to rub them from the outside and soothe them when they're restless and they could care less about everybody else wanting a feel of the action.

Awee. I don't think you can tell anything like that becuase of thier movements though.

My son was the same way. My only guess is that they hear other people's unfamiliar voices and stop or pick up on your internal body reactions to other people.

My daughter was like that. She would kick and I would tell my husband where to put his hand to feel and he never could. It was probably the last few weeks that he actually could feel her kick. I would say it is normal and I wouldn't read to much into that other people haven't felt him kick yet.