If you haven't noticed already, I have a pregnancy fetish. Now, keep in mind that I am NOT proud of it whatsoever. The reason being is that I believe that the rest of society shuns us, and treats us as if we were all perverts. It's like saying all Americans are gun-wielding rednecks (which most of us aren't). Sure, there are a few within the pregnancy fetish community that are, indeed, perverts (sorry, but it's true), but not all of us.

I'm so fucking sick of being labeled as one, and I'm seriously convinced that a lot of people are just taught by society to hate on those with any fetish. It's like hating on the LGBT community. I mean, yeah, you might hate them. But there is no way in fucking hell you can change them. It's just in their nature to be like that. You can't just magically turn them into the way you want them to be. Now THAT'S unnatural.

Anyways, I was born in raised into a very, VERY conservative household (which explains why I'm not proud of my fetish), and I was worried that if I ever came out as having a pregnancy fetish, I would be punished somehow. Also, one of my biggest fears is that once I get a sexual partner (mind you, I'm still a virgin), I'll have to tell them of my fetish, and possibly face ridicule. Those two things were what kept me from telling most people of this fetish until recently, when I told my closest friend of my fetish, and to my surprise, I actually wasn't judged for it. He said "It's unusual, yeah, but it's not something I'm going to ridicule you for."

Now before I end this rant, I just want to say that if you have a pregnancy fetish (which I'm sure you do) don't bottle it up like I did. Before I told my friend, I was so worried that we wouldn't be friends anymore because of it. But now, almost six months after I first told him, we're still very close friends. So please, if you have a pregnancy fetish, tell someone. As long as it's someone you know won't judge you, go for it. And in the event that they ever do judge you, then fuck them. You don't need that kind of negativity and judgement in your life.

Yours truly,

A member of the pregnancy fetish community.

Exactly, man. And trust me - I've grown up in quite a conservative country myself, yet every friend I've told this (but two, one of which is still a close friend) are perfectly ok with it. I'd say make sure that person you want to tell that to is a good friend of yours, someone you've spent some time with. It's gonna be easier. It's important to get it off your chest. And nobody thinks it's pervy in my circle of friends. Well, one girl wasn't quite ok, but, as you said very well, mate, you don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

I feel ya, honestly I'm just a belly admirer at my core, all I want to do is to worship and rub a woman's belly but this is a fetish for me I do get rock-hard. I want to take pride in what I like but being overshadowed by the stigma of being ridiculed by society for even liking pregnant women. But you know what? Although I am scared out of my wits of being ridiculed I have to do something - so I'll take the risk and talk to pregnant women and see if I could hook up with them.

Ive never felt like a pervert at all. There is a big difference between admiring a beautiful women and being a creepy pervert, pregnant or not.

Ive only ever told one person about my fetish and thats my wife. When ever we are out and she notices a pregnant women she'll often point them out to me. She knows Im completely loyal to her and I'll never approach a pregnant women and start a conversation. She has never judged me for it. She will let me indulge in private and sometimes she'll join in.

Dont ever be ashamed of who you are. We only live once so live how you want to, be nice to people (dont be creepy) and find someone who wont judge you for being you. Remember that there are a lot of other creepy and weird fetishes out there.

I think we have nothing to complain on, there are much worse deviancies people have to live with.

I guess I'll offer a dissenting opinion here.

First of all, the pregnancy fetish is perverted. It's a fetish; all fetishes are inherently perverted. Now, there are different levels of perversion, some more "acceptable" (for lack of a better word) than others. For the sake of this discussion, let's say a "pervert" is someone who sees a pregnant stranger in public and become sexually aroused by seeing her belly. One type of person will only look at her - never talk to her, never touch her. Another may try to take a photo or video of her, but will not do anything else - still no talking or touching. Another person might walk up to her and strike up a conversation with her because they find that aspect of pregnancy arousing, or because they are fishing for a belly rub opportunity. Another may do the same thing but with the intent to make advances at her. Another will walk right up to her and rub her belly. And then you have the really unhinged types who will follow that pregnant woman home and commit an act of violence because of their fetish. These are all perverts by my definition, but are they all the stereotypical "creepy pervert", as was mentioned above? No, IMO.

Now, there's no question that there's a double standard with the pregnancy fetish compared to other fetishes. Why is it weird for someone to be turned on by a pregnant belly, but normal for someone to be turned on by big boobs, big butts, or big dicks? The answer is, "It just is." The pregnancy fetish may someday become normalized just like boobs, butts, and even stuff like feet and BDSM that are still considered weird but are more mainstream than they used to be. Until then, there's no reason to get mad about it. There's also no reason to advertise that you get turned on by pregnant bellies. I have told a total of five people in my lifetime. That doesn't mean I am ashamed of it, it just means that people generally don't need to know that about me.

I don't really have any good advice for the "conservative home" stuff. I grew up in a conservative home, got busted looking at late-90s preggo porn (as well as the typical big boob stuff and further-off-the-reservation fetishes like body inflation) more than once as a teenager, got punished each time, and then pretty much went about my life. My parents didn't try to change who I was, but they did tell me not to look at that stuff until I turned 18. Not all parents will be as understanding, though.

i think some people dont get us & pregnancy is very sexy in way & love every part of women is sexy & older ones too & my wife does not mind i'm on here & hope everybody has merry christmas & happy new year

Perversion is usually anything you do not understand. For many other people without this fetish they don't understand why we'd be attracted or aroused by a woman with a big round belly.

The only people who know about this fetish I have are my brother because he moved in with my mom and I for a while right back when i started writing and he found my picture collection on the computer, and my wife who also found a few pics on the computer.

Bro kinda shrugged his shoulders and said "Whatever floats your boat man."

Wife also indulges some of my other fantasies too so I know I found my real soulmate in that one.

The sad truth is that some people simply cannot accept this fetish as innocent. I've come across many things over the internet that really do make us seem like absolute monsters and what they say are based on false-judgements and genuinely hurtful allegations that simply aren't true.

I've had this fetish dating back to a time my age could be counted in single digits and I'm sorry, but would you consider a child to be a pervert by looking at a pregnant belly?! My interest has been part of me for most of my life. It isn't something I developed much later on and have some sort of underlying meaning about. I simply like big, swollen bellies. There really is nothing more to it than that but we're all deemed to have darker interests.

I'm 31 and to this day, no one knows, other than you guys and those over on Mpreg Central, know about me having this fetish. No friends know and no family knows. I don't intend on telling anyone and I fully expect to take this fetish to my grave with me. Why? Simply because of the perception that having a pregnancy fetish is somehow deeply perverted and wrong. It never ceases to amaze me that other fetishes are accepted and even laughed about. Ours though? It's always, without fail, very heavily scorned upon by those outside of the community. I don't want people to have what I can almost guarantee to be a false perception about me - so I'll keep it to myself.

True, there are idiots out there who like to type all sorts of weird comments which lead some people to believe we’re all like that but we’re not. When it comes to online material my rule is simple - look and never, ever comment. I've always been the same. The only place I feel comfortable enough to open up and discuss it constructively and sensibly is with you guys.

Brief thought: maybe it's because this group tends to prey on a societal demographic that's widely regarded as needing protection in a hetero-ish patriarchal society? And a demo that (unfortunately) has much of their dignity stripped away during the process, which is quite frequently amplified by certain members of this group?

Seems pretty clear-cut to me. I dunno.