Fatties Using the Pregnancy Excuse - Small Rant My future sister in law is currently pregnant with her first baby. Because her husband's job requires every employee to have a certain amount of travel per year, he has been cramming his quota into the past few weeks, so as to be in the office exclusively through the end of her pregnancy and after their baby is born so she's not alone. Caring husband right? Unfortunately because of this travel, he's been unable to attend her birthing classes, so being the good family members we are, her mother, my boyfriend (her brother), and myself have decided to take turns going to her birthing classes with her. Today was my first time going and I was appalled. During some idle chit chat with another, I'm tempted to say woman but it was not a woman it was a planet, during a break in class I overheard several concerning ideals and statements. "Yes I was so happy I could finally eat whatever I wanted because the baby needs food!" this said by a woman who was clearly around ~300 pounds PRIOR to the pregnancy.  "As soon as I got the test results I went out, got one of those 6 inch cake rounds, and ate it all by myself! My boyfriend was so jealous he didn't get any!" In no world, pregnant or not, is this EVER okay. Not to mention this one was 5'2 and easily over 200 pounds. "Well my doctor said based on family history I'm at risk for it [they were speaking of gestational diabetes, which is temporary diabetes pregnant woman sometimes experience as a side effect of pregnancy and hormones and all that biological stuff] but I'm not worried. I have to eat, this baby needs to grow! Sugar makes things grow faster." And my favorite: Not only is obesity extremely dangerous in general, eating crap can deprive your baby of vital nutrients it needs TO grow healthy and on track. Not to mention obesity can cause extreme complications during delivery, even more so if an emergency c-section needs to be performed. My FSIL is a former college track star, strict vegan / organic / fair trade, the whole 9 yards thing. She has gained ~16 pounds so far, at nearly 7 months. This is actually slightly higher than expected, but the only place the weight has gone is in her stomach. She is the only one in her class that has normal sized arms, legs, and normal sized face - and let me tell you, none of these people can blame is all on the pregnancy ---- they all had planet sized extremities prior to the baby.  It just frustrates me that people use such a happy thing in order to somehow convince themselves what they're doing is okay, when it's really no different. PREGNANCY IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO CONTINUE YOUR FATTIE LIFESTYLE AND ACCELERATE IT INTO OVERDRIVE. If anything it should be motivation to get healthy for the baby's safety!  Sorry everyone, but I just had to rant because it was disgusting, appalling, distressing, and frustrating being in that class with her.