I agree it seems to be a stress behavior - that was what I meant by the sentence:
"When I began breeding, I didn't provide females with suitable conditions for laying and it was evident in that some females - (less than 30%) - would pace before laying."

Now I use "full cage nesting" and some still pace, it just manifests itself as cruising through the soil, which looks less stressful, but I think you might be anthropomorphizing or misinterpreting it as less stressful. While I'm inclined to think you're right, we can't know till we measure their vital stats.
Labor is stressful for many animals and pacing in advance is not uncommon in other animals - it's just part of the process that nature gives the animal the strength to deal with.

I think you got a little carried away with taking my "stoned" description literally.
My point was they stay in one place, not that their eyes start crossing maybe yours are taking meals because they get the munchies )

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