Bizarre… by the way, what happened to all the comments from yesterday’s discussions? Was there a warning about this new format??

Yikes. Very scary.

So do those who criticize this woman think that “regular” (non-pregnant) anorexics are stupid, selfish fools, too? And did you even bother to click thru and read the link? I mean, clearly anorexics are not acting in their best interests, but I thought that our society is trying to move away at least a little bit from blaming the victim and toward recognizing that anorexia is a disease. Sure, anorexia can be overcome in a way that cancer, for example, can’t (i.e. mental therapy and lifelong discipline), but the problem with anorexia is that there is something fundamentally flawed in a girl’s/woman’s self-perception, making it more akin to “disease” than “selfishness.” How is this woman any different? If you read her essay, you’ll see that once the baby was born, she was able to nurture her baby in a much more healthy way. While she still struggled with anorexia, she almost seemed like a different person post-partum, which seems to indicate that she struggled with demons that most of us will never know. I admire this woman for speaking out, especially since she probably knew that she’d take a lot of heat from this. I hardly think this was as simple as, “She shouldn’t have gotten pregnant.”

Seriously.

…treatment.

Babble editors, I hate this new comment system. I’m unable to edit what I write and half of what I type is invisible until I post it. What gives?

Yes, I read the article.

I think the difference between this woman and a non-pregnant anorexic is the pregnancy.

Why not just get an abortion, it’s a much easier and quicker way to kill your baby.

I can understand some of the struggles this woman had with her second pregnancy. 4yrs ago, I gained 40lbs while pregnant with my son. Last year after discovering I was expecting again, I promised myself I wouldn’t let that happen. I ate healthier and exercised almost daily. Although my dr didn’t like that my weight gain was minimal, she did agree that how I was maintaining my weight was the right way. I ate alot of fruits, vegetables, fish, and salads. I water walked and swam laps. In the end, I gained a total of 9-11lbs. My daughter was a healthy 6lbs 4ozs. I’m still in the process of losing weight, but I know I’m doing it right.