Concern over my nutritional status At work yesterday, one of the nurses brought in a loaf of pumpkin pie bread. I don't really know these nurses well, I've only worked with them once or twice before. However, they felt comfortable enough to ask questions about my diet and pregnancy when I politely refused their offer of dessert bread.  The conversation: Me: no thanks, I brought a really filling lunch. Nurse 1: rice is not filling  Me: it was butternut squash risotto, and I make it with a whole stick of butter. And I had meatloaf. Nurse 2: I didn't see you eat lunch, I saw you eat an apple. Me: that was my snack. Nurse 3 (the cook): this is a better snack Nurse 2: just making sure you're getting enough to eat, pregnancy isn't a good time to restrict calories. Me: I'm not restricting calories, in fact I've already gained 20 lbs and I'm only 5.5 months pregnant. But my goal is only 35 lbs total since that's what I gained with my first, so empty calories aren't really on my meal plan.  Nurse 3: you're pregnant!? You are so tiny! Me: (not feeling that as a complement since I know I'm only tiny, even pregnant, compared to all of THEM.) I'm actually not tiny at all.  Nurse 3: well you aren't wearing maternity clothes. Me: I didn't need them with my first baby either. My pants still fit all the way through, and since it's fall/winter I can just wear big, stretchy sweaters to work.  Nurse 3: when I was pregnant I got maternity pants and by the 8th month I split the seams.  I have to say that I have no idea how this one nurse couldn't tell. I'm normal everywhere and have this enormous stomach sticking out. The mind boggles at the body shapes that are just accepted as normal nowadays. Also, can you imagine the outrage if I said I was watching what they ate all day and that I was concerned that they weren't consuming an appropriate amount of calories!?