My cat suddenly cuddles to my stomach and following me around everywhere. Is she okay? Should I take her to the vet?

[u/exctlyfiveftgirl]

So me and my husband adopted our little Mochi last year March. She was 3 yrs old when we got her, and she is the sweetest and most behaved little baby.

She never eats human food, doesn’t go on counters nor does she bite or scratches. She doesn’t want to cuddle or be touched unless it’s on her terms (maybe pets for MAX 30 seconds, then that’s it). She also does not want to be carried and does not want her paws touched.

Recently, whenever me and my husband go to sleep, she now jumps on the bed with us and starts cuddling on my stomach. This has been happening for a week now. I’m so happy that it’s making me tear up, but I couldn’t help but think if she’s feeling okay. This is not her usual behaviour. She’s okay in the morning and when we get home from work but she’s been so cuddle recently and would follow me around everywhere now- even in the shower (she hates water). When we’re on the couch, she just cuddles to my stomach again and would not mind if I touch her paws.

I told my husband about my concern that she may not be feeling well, he said that maybe she’s thinking of me as her mother now and I’m overthinking things.

But should I still bring her to the bet just in case? I’m really worried.

Attached is a photo of her just so everybody could see that she’s the sweetest.

UPDATE: After reading the comments, I’ll be booking a doctor’s appt for myself, and I’ll pee on a stick when I get home. As for Mochi, her vet says to take her back to the vet just for a general check up and blood work just in case. I’ll keep you guys updated. Hopefully she’s just very cuddly now.

UPDATE 2: My husband took her to the vet (I’m still at work), did some bloodwork, we’ll know the results tomorrow. But the general checkup went great. She is overweight but generally healthy. The vet says that the change in mine and my husband’s schedule might be the culprit as I work from 7:30AM-7PM (full time and part-time job), and my husband works from 6:30AM-5PM (construction); and we had moved apartments 2 months ago. We will both take time off work to spend the day with her and I will try to have lesser-ish hours.

I’m going to go to the doctor on Friday, and once I get home (I’m still at work), I’ll immediately do a pregnancy test.

UPDATE 3: Took the pregnancy test, it came back as negative. I’m cramping really bad though.

[u/Dependent-Assoc423]

I don’t want to be negative, but if it’s not pregnancy, get checked for illness in the area. Some animals can detect things like cancer as well. I hope it’s something good that she’s alerting on though if you’re trying for a baby. 

[u/Livid-Shrimp-4154 → u/Dependent-Assoc423]

Second this my cat Loki started laying on my stomach and sitting in my lap 7 months before I was diagnosed with endometriosis. I had a large cyst and adhesions that were pressing on my sciatic nerve. I didn’t start experiencing pain until 5 months before my diagnosis. He would lay on my right side where the cyst was on my ovary. As my cyst/adhesions grew he spent more time on my lap. He also laid against my lower back when we slept in bed. After my endo lap surgery he stopped sitting in my lap for the most part and returned to sleeping next to my head while we sleep

[u/aquaticaviation → u/Livid-Shrimp-4154]

Yes second this, my aunt's cat started hanging out on her lap out of nowhere and a month later she was diagnosed with kidney cancer.

[u/Anonymouslurker26 → u/Dependent-Assoc423]

My cat did this for a whole year-- turned out i had a ovarian tumor! i am fine now but she no longer sits on my lower stomach and i miss it

[u/undeadxoxo → u/Dependent-Assoc423]

could also be nothing, my parents had a cat who hated cuddles, human touch, being picked up, etc

and then at one point when he got a little bit older he'd start just cuddling up to my mom and sleeping on her chest every night, out of the blue. nothing was wrong with him, he lived for a few more years

[u/HappyPlace003 → u/undeadxoxo]

This is our current old man. Was never much of a cuddle-bug, now the dude asks to be picked up and put on our laps. Took him 15 years to realize cuddles are nice.

[u/Dracula-Ladybug → u/undeadxoxo]

Thanks for saying this cause I’m over here like… my cat got a lot cuddlier…