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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I share your experience, OP. When I rode the Metro from DC to Maryland during my pregnancies, all the way to 39 weeks, people rarely offered me a seat. 1 in 5 sounds about right. And I'm a petite, thin person... there was no confusing my big pregnant belly for excess weight, I looked like I was smuggling a beach ball. People just pretended they didn't see me. I lived, but man, some of those rides were really tough. [/quote]

Did you actually ask for a seat?  It is pretty hard for someone to pretend not to see you when you have asked.  And if you didn't, that is at least as much on you.[/quote]

A few times in the third trimester, when I was really not feeling well or the train was uncomfortably packed, I did ask. I generally got no verbal acknowledgment/response and no eye contact, but the person did move each time. I am fortunate and had easy pregnancies, so most of the time I would just suck it up and stand.

I personally have always gotten up for everyone - pregnant women, older/elderly people, kids / parents with little kids, people who appear injured. Not because I'm some great person - I am nothing special - but because I would always picture my own family members in the same situation and think about how I would hope someone would show them a little compassion and get up for them.

99% of the time, the people who did get up for me without me having to ask were other women. [/quote]

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