I hate it when women use pregnancy as a Carte Blanche to be lazy and eat whatever the hell they want. My son was born in April, and other than needing IV Dextrose for the first ~36 hours, he was healthy. He was born 8 pounds 5 oz, so it's not like he was small either. I only gained 25 pounds during the pregnancy, and had lost about 2/3rd of it within the first week, and the rest of it within the next month. By contrast, my aunt gained over 60 pounds with my cousin, had pre-eclampsia, and my cousin ended up being autistic. An acquaintance of mine gained more than 80, and her son is autistic too. Another acquaintance gained 80 pounds while she was trying to get pregnant (so before she even conceived), needed fertility treatment to actually get pregnant, and then gained another 50 or 60 during the actual pregnancy. Her son was born with only one functioning kidney - the other is a "mass of cysts" according to the doctors. Women either don't realize or don't care that everything they eat or do during pregnancy has the potential to negatively affect the baby. Like my doctor told me, you're not eating for two - you're eating twice as healthy.