I've always found it interesting that I have always been attracted to pregnant women on an aesthetic level -- as in, I like their roundness, and how that roundness is concentrated around their belly and breasts -- yet have never been attracted, as such, to heavy women. That's not to say that I've never been attracted to larger women but it's for reasons other than their weight (face, hair, etc.). I'm curious to what these fetishes correspond, especially on the "chubby chaser" side... are they necessarily attracted to pregnant women?

There is a definite difference for some. I'm much the same as you - attracted to the roundness of a pregnant belly, and I'm attracted to anyone of any weight if they have an attractive face, but I wouldn't call myself a "chubby chaser" either. Similarly, I've encountered people online who are attracted to fat girls because their whole body is fat, and pregnant women don't do anything for them because the belly size is temporary (unless they gain weight all over and retain it).

They're just completely different to me. Its not just the aesthetics of a pregnant woman that turn me on, but knowing that she's pregnant as well. In terms of physical changes, a pregnant woman's belly (and breasts) get bigger, while everything else usually stays the same. But if a woman gets chubbier, the distribution of fat usually goes throughout her entire body. One key difference is the belly. BBWs usually have a wide, flat, but blubbery looking belly. A pregnant woman's belly is round, protruding, and looks smooth. I'd say pregnant women actually have "big" bellies while bbws just have wide and flabby mid-sections.

There's not a relationship between liking pregnant women and chubby/obese women for me either. While the shape of a pregnant woman is nice, the real thing that pulls me into it is the level of intimacy behind a pregnancy, and being chubby/obese completely misses that aspect.

It seems to me that one of the things that is appealing about a pregnant belly on an aesthetic level is that it firm and soft at the same time... sort of like the head of my erect penis, now that I think about it.

I like "plush" or "curvy", but anything beyond that turns me off.

I'm a self-loathing fatty. I am really never attracted to it in others.

Here's the thing-- I dig chubby girls, and I dig fat girls. But the single biggest contingency is her face/personality. If I'm not even a little bit attracted to either one of those, "it's gonna be a no from me, dawg."

But I mean to the same degree, one of my best friends is TINY, like 4ft nothing and maybe 120 soaking wet with clothes on and if given the chance for a little rowdy romance, uh, hell yes I would. Especially more so now that she's pregnant. So I mean I like skinny girls too.

I like women that are proportional, and there's no reason a thicc woman can't be. Even a very, very thicc woman. I typically don't like obesity, though, mostly 'cause it's just simply not healthy (no matter what anyone says) -- and health is beauty in its own right. That's also why I'm also not opposed to skinny women, either, I'm just not into stick figures. So, that's a pretty wide swath of women I'd be into. Especially if they're very, very heavily pregnant, naturally. ;]

I do like the idea of a slender and short young woman transformed by pregnancy, especially if she keeps her physique other than a huge, bulging belly. But I also kind of like a big girl expanded to almost impossible, obscene proportions by pregnancy.

I don't think there's any implicit link between the two. My tastes are such that I don't find the BBW form attractive at all, whether they are pregnant or not.