Commuting to London every day at 8 months pregnant is a stressful enough experience without the added annoyance of not being able to get a seat on the train.  However this is a situation I am faced with on a nearly-daily basis and it baffles me – after all, I’m hardly inconspicuous with my bump and waddle!

It’s amazing how interested people become in their newspapers and how fascinating their books suddenly appear…and MP3 players must be playing a constant stream of lullabies judging by amount of eyes that suddenly close when I get on a train!

Perhaps people are afraid to act on their chivalrous instincts in case they cause offence and I’ve simply eaten too many pies?  Although at 8 months pregnant, I’m going to eliminate this as a theory.

TFL offer a “baby on board” badge as a solution to this problem.  However I for one would feel like a bit of a melon donning such an item, and I have to say I don’t believe I’ve seen many other women in my situation jumping at that particular opportunity.

It therefore seems that unless you’re a chauffeur-driven celebrity like Colleen Rooney or Heidi Klum, that you’ll just have to stand!