No photos, but some stories

I guess I'm supposed to have people coming up to me and grabbing my belly and offering unsolicited, rude advice, but I haven't experienced that at all. Instead, my interactions with strangers has been really nice. Here's some examples, most taking place on public transit (and nicely illustrating why I like taking the train and bus):

Micah and I were waiting for BART at Embarcadero station after Sunday Streets and a man about 65 approached us with a plastic bag. The bag was completely full of dates. He offered us some, stating that back in his country, they always made sure pregnant women ate dates, as they were very good for pregnant women. We each grabbed a handful, and they were delicious.

I was walking back to BART along Market Street after having brunch at the Blue Bottle Cafe and seeing the Frieda Kahlo exhibit at SFMoma with Danette, Jay, Sabrina, Jenny, Derek, Alex and one of Alex's friends. A young (20's?) Asian guy walks up next to me and says, "you're having a girl." I say no, actually, it's a boy. We begin to talk and it turns out his high school sweetheart is pregnant. We walk down to BART together and he tells me about how they found out. His girlfriend's grandmother had a dream about fishes and at the next family gathering pointed to her granddaughter and said "I had a dream. You're pregnant." Turns out she was right, and neither of them knew at the time.

I was taking the bus home from work today and three preteen girls got on. They were chatting and giggling in the back of the bus, and one of them came up to me and asked if I was pregnant. I said yes, and the others all came over and asked if it was a boy or a girl and started telling me about how their sister and their cousin were both pregnant. We all got off at the same stop and one of the girls asked if she could touch my belly, and I said yes. Another asked if we had a name yet and I said no. She asked what the baby's father's name was, and I said Micah. She said we should name him that. Then they all got on another bus to go to Telegraph Avenue.

I got on the bus last week on my way to Cafe Grattitude to meet some friends for a birthday dinner. The bus driver saw me and said, "How you two doing?"

Oh there's one more...I was early to Cafe Grattitude (a vegan, raw, organic, hippy, love-in sort of place) and the hostess seated me early. As I was waiting for my friends, our waitress came over and told me about a website where women give birth in the Black Sea among dolphins birthasweknowit.com. Then the bartender gave me a free sample of an amazing sweet almond drink.