October 12th - Exhibitionism
All right, I'm still with the girl I mentioned before my hiatus, things are going very well (boyfriend/girlfriend-official!), and I think I'm in the right mental state to dip my toes back into my lucid dreaming hobby (nothing more than a hobby, I need to remember). I've even disclosed my fetish to her, which she does not share but is very open to exploring with me to see where that takes us.
I decided I want my goals for dreaming to be a little more specific, so for now, I'm going to further attempt to dream of scenarios in which I am a pregnant woman. I've found the dreams I've had of this type enlightening in the past, and hope to learn more about the female experience through them now, if that's a thing that's even possible within my own brain. It'll all be very research-informed, so hopefully it's not all purely masturbatory. Though, yeah, there'll be plenty of masturbation involved, too. I'm not a completely new person or anything.
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Ok, onward to last night's dream! I was reading a lot about pregnant women's experiences in public, especially in regard to the extra attention they draw, male gaze issues, etc. The dream I ended up with last night was centered around exhibitionism. I was a woman 7 months into her pregnancy, attending what felt like a music festival, but contained no audible music. Very crowded and outdoors, whatever it was. I wore jeans and a tight pink tank top over a black bra, pre-maternity attire that showed off an inch or two of underbelly cleavage. I could feel the great many heads I was turning, and I actually really liked it. Right out in the open, I pulled my top off over my head, continuing on in just a bra and jeans.
More heads were most definitely turned. A fully-bared pregnant belly is one hell of an eye-catcher, not to mention some nearly-bared, milk-swollen breasts. I practically strutted through the crowd, attempting (and succeeding, I'm pretty sure) to exude a sort of sexual confidence and exhibitionist nonchalance. No big deal, I'm very scantily clad, and I'm carrying a baby at the moment: who cares. That sort of attitude.
Appreciating the elevated level of attention (and not being cat-called or groped or harassed in any way by the surprisingly respectful crowd) made me want to take things to the next level. I ducked into a portable toilet, removing bra, jeans, and panties, exiting wearing sandals and nothing else (convenient bonus: you can leave your clothes wherever the hell you want in a dream - no need to get them back or worry about it at all!).
People really, really seemed to enjoy my presence now. I didn't get cat-calls, but considerate compliments. Especially about my wild bush and my dark, milk-leaking nipples. A few people asked to rub my belly, and I happily obliged them. Of course, I do realize that every member of this crowd was a manifestation of my subconscious, and that my subconscious is extraordinarily pro-pregnancy. So, I wasn't getting a real life response, but one informed by research yet inevitably filtered through my own positive biases. I'm not saying it's scientific, but I do think I'm learning a thing or two. I've definitely never been stared at that much, for one thing. That experience alone is pretty eye-opening, for my money.
Eventually, I got cold from being nude outside and willed myself awake. Always a bit of a letdown when I wake up an average guy after being a pregnant lady in a dream. That's just life, though, and I'm always thankful for my lucid experiences. I certainly enjoyed this outing.
October 15th - The Ultrasound
I dream-experienced my first ultrasound last night, and it went...interestingly. The gel the doctor applied to my just-starting-to-show belly was cold, as I've always heard it would be. It was pretty fascinating watching the monitor as he searched for heartbeats. He quickly found one, letting me know I was carrying a healthy child. It felt hugely relieving, a tangible weight lifting off my chest the moment he reported the good news. He kept at it with the wand, though, and almost immediately found another heartbeat. And another. He could barely tell me about the number of babies I was carrying before he found another and had to amend his count. In fact, I woke up before he'd even finished, anxiety finally getting the best of me.