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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have food/weight issues but my husband's entire family of women do.

I was reminded of this just yesterday.  I casually mentioned having gained 8 pounds in my 23 weeks of pregnancy and my MIL told me to watch it. (BTW 9-12 is normal for this phase)  That got me thinking. I am expecting a girl. She and her sisters are under weight.  They don't eat. At family gatherings they drink a little but don't eat. When we go out to eat she always frets about cleanliness of restaurants and how cooked something is if the place was her choice,,,eating next to nothing.

At our  house she's always "just ate" even thought she'll have been with us for hours and thus not eat much at dinner.  This is true of her sisters as well.  They are all over 50 and alive so I doubt they are anorexic or bulimic or anything like that. My family tends toward obesity and now I"m worried that she's going to try to pass on some pathologies to my daughter.

Any ideas on how to keep this from happening. Books? I like my MIL and my DH doesn't really want to keep his kids from his family.  Thoughts?

Next time she mentions my weight,  I'll try to start a conversation about what's normal and boundires.  [/quote]

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