*first strips herself naked and admires her own perfect, golden tan, especially her tan lines, the pale white, string- thin line around her waist, and a narrow strip of white skin in front, providing her with a delicate "framing" around her...* *ahem*
The easy answer? NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!
Sweetie, your skin is probably NOT going to tan like it usually does!
The hormones change everything! First, your skin will be much more sensitive to sun. You will burn more easily and you can suffer can some really odd effects, almost like an allergic reaction, things like rashes with intense itching and raised wheals. Second, the chloasma, (for you men, it's the brown spoltchy patches on the face that we get during pregnancy) gets much worse with sun.
Then there is the change in your heart rate, vascular volume, and ability to deal with extra heat. You can get over -heated much more easily when pregnant. Heat is very bad for developing a developing fetus.
Last, UV radiation can break down folic acid. This lack of folic acid causes serious developmental problems with the fetus, most importantly it causes what are called "neural tube defects", a serious birth defect. If you have a good OB, she (sorry, gender bias) has already started you on supplements, but they will not make up for too much sun.
To everyone.
Some of you already know I was once pregnant (for about two weeks) and did not have any of these problems. I miscarried for mysterious reasons, like half of all pregnancies. I also have known pregnant women who did just fine in the NO heat. (I grew up there). But few of the pregnant women I knew ever went into the sun. Hats are very popular with women while pregnant, straw swingers especially. I had a collection of swingers, boaters and even one straw "western" style. Every maternity shop carried them. I know you can be pregnant in a hot, humid, sunny place, get a tan while pregnant, and have no problems at all. I also know the chances are I can bed a strange guy and not catch anything. But why take foolish chances?
Wanda dresses to hide her glorious tan, and heads for the beach. Her boobs need a little more work.
WW