Assume, for the sake of this discussion, that we’re discussing a woman you would be attracted to were she not pregnant, and that she is healthy and ambulatory. Are you likely to find such a woman
a) hotter than usual;
b) as hot as usual;
c) less hot than usual, but still worth a gander; or
d) For the love of God, everybody, put on your goggles! It’s Ann Coulter!
In answering, please give your gender, appoximate age, and sexual orientation. That is, if you want.
Answering my own question: Definitely B. Quite frequently A. Late 30s male, 99% hetero.
Somewhere between C and D. The look does nothing for me. I’ll still do it because it’s better than no sex, but I’ve never understood the fetish for it.
Married male,
wife currently pregnant with our 3rd child.
No, that is fetish material. I would go with C or probably D. It is basically the same as asking if you think Ethiopian children are hot. They may have been hot and they will probably be hot again but there is a medical condition in the way that needs to be addressed before they are hot again.
I am male, 34, and have two daughters. My wife is truly hot but I value kids more so anything during pregnancy is not sex focused.
I wouldn’t say that it’s necessarily a fetish, at least not in my case. I don’t find women attractive solely because they’re pregnant, nor do I need to fantasize about pregnancy to become aroused. But I don’t think pregnancy diminishes a woman’s attractiveness, and if she is happy about her gravidity, it adds to it.
Definitely not hot. For whatever reason re attractiveness being pregnant puts women in a sort of “untouchable” or “not in the game” category (for me). Not that they’re not glowing, wonderful cradles of life and all that, it’s just that they’re not really “regular” women anymore, they’re transcended that category for the amount of time they’re pregnant.
Incidentally, if the pregnancy was not caused by me then it would be an active turn-off for me instead of just a work-around the way it is with my wife.
C to D. Usually D. I did think Christina Aguilera and Asia Argento were fetching when pregnant, but moreso when not. Women of my acquaintance, no matter what I thought about them beforehand, go into D untouchable territory.
Friends of mine who think pregnancy increases a woman’s appeal also tend to prefer larger women, I’ve found.
33, male, heterosexual. Above-mentioned friends are male, 22 and 33, heterosexual.
C, I guess, in a platonic way. That is, sometimes pregnant women have a fresh, rosy glow to them that is pleasing to see, but then you see the swelled belly and thoughts of anything else shut down. I think if I were married and my wife were pregnant and wanted to have sex, she would have to ask me for it. It would take an act of will to perform, but I’d probably get used to it.
On the other hand, the hormone surge and milk production right after pregnancy usually makes women go up a cup size or two for a while. That is VERY hot.
I’m glad you gave a choice of b) because I’ve never really understood this. If the woman was attractive to begin with I definitely think she’s just as atrractive, but this “hot as hell” or “glowing” thing, I don’t get.
Those descriptions might make sense if she were having your baby and you’re looking at her through eyes that take into account the life you and she have created together, etc., but othewise I don’t usually see it myself.
Definitely A. I just think it’s so, so pretty, even if the kid isn’t mine (and it couldn’t be since I’m a girl…) Of course, if it was my girlfriend who was pregnant, with a baby who would be ours, it would rocket into none-more-hot levels.
There have been a few prego women that I thought were absolutely beautiful. I didn’t necessarily want to bend them over and spank their asses red but “spooning” with them might be nice.
Of course in my head she’s not with anybody. It plays out that some asshole got her pregnant then left her high and dry.
So I think it has less to do with sexual attraction and more to do with “I’m gonna beat my chest and protect this woman from all harm” kind of thing. A sweet sentiment but still very primal.
Now women who’ve given birth in the last few weeks and have engorged breasts, well that’s another story… If only they weren’t actually burdened with an infant.
