So I thought I'd share an unusual experience that occurred during lunch at work recently:

I was sitting down for lunch with several colleagues, two of whom are heavily pregnant (one is 7 months, the other is 9 months). I often find it difficult not to look over as we are all talking, though often they will be sitting and rubbing their bellies as they are talking, which can get quite distracting. There are usually at least two or three pregnant employees in any given year...

As it has been quite hot lately, conversation moved on to how people are dressing. At this point, the more heavily pregnant of the two jokingly said that she had to cover her shoulders because she didn't want me to get distracted and enticed. As you can imagine, I only felt awkward at this point and probably started to blush. She then stood up and started pulling back her dress to reveal the size of her belly, saying how strange she thought her body looked. Another (female) colleague commented on how she finds the shape of a pregnant body really beautiful.

Not a hugely exciting tale, but I thought I'd ask how the rest of you cope in thee situations. I find talking to pregnant women quite difficult because of the attraction, particularly if they are very visibly showing. What do all of you tend to do?

(July 19, 2017, 11:49 am)IceFire91 I find talking to pregnant women quite difficult because of the attraction, particularly if they are very visibly showing. What do all of you tend to do?

It's something that gets easier with experience. But women tend to be very observant and are good at picking up on physical tells.

Early in our marriage (before we had kids) my wife invited over one of her best friends from high school who was single and very pregnant. She wasn't wearing anything super tight or revealing, but she had a nice belly to look at. A couple of times she'd look at me while my eyes were on her belly and I'd look somewhere else. A little bit later she started rubbing her belly more, and the couple of times she got up she would arch her back and allow her shirt to ride up just a bit. At one point we were showing her wedding pictures on the dining room table. I was across from her and she leaned down enough so that her belly was rubbing against the table. When she left she gave me a hug (and not one of those leaning-forward, shoulders-only hugs women do sometimes; her belly touched mine) even though I barely knew her.

A couple days later she asked my wife if I had a "thing" for pregnant woman. My wife, also an observant woman, had seen what she was doing in response to what I was doing and said, "Wasn't it obvious the other night?" Her friend laughed and said that she was just happy to be getting attention since she didn't feel very attractive while pregnant, and that she had fun teasing me without me knowing. Of course, I was aghast when my wife told me all this.

I know a couple of former coworkers and my wife's cousin also figured me out (all of whom were either amused or flattered, believe it or not), but I wonder how many others I've looked at or talked to that had me pegged.

Thanks for the advice!!!

Reckon I might be better off staring at my feet then...

It's only awkward if you make it awkward.

When women catch me, I just tell them that I find pregnancy fascinating. Just leave it at that. Works great for me so far, women usually open up more about themselves. It's not sexual or creepy so it won't get you into trouble either.