Hi everyone
As a normally rather bad tempered/ whingy/ misery guts pregnant type (sickness throughout, PGP, terrible swelling, heartburn, overheating etc. etc.) I just thought I'd share my experience of a rather lovely side of being visibly (36 weeks) pregnant.
Today I had to take a train from Yorkshire to Devon and have been dreading it thinking about being cramped in close quarters with other people on a warm day feeling very tired and sweaty and horrid. The train was packed and my reserved seat wasn't actually reserved so I thought I'd go see about paying the extra £20 for a weekend upgrade to first class. Unfortunately I had the wrong kind of ticket so it wasn't possible. However, the lovely guard told me to just sit in first class anyway and went and got my suitcase from the other carriage. He also spoke to the next guard coming on in Birmingham to make sure I could stay there. They then brought me drinks and snacks, all for free and arranged to be in the right place to help me with my bag when I got to my stop. It was the most lovely, relaxing journey I've ever had and all down to some unnecessarily kind people and my rather large belly.
Hurray for people being nice! I was just wondering if other people have had similarly lovely experiences as it's definitely made me feel much more positive about a grotty pregnancy than I was before! (Just to clarify, I've always felt positive about having a baby, just not so much the getting to that point!)
Either way people, get on the train, it's great!