Nope, complication free pregnancy and birth. 6 pounds, 6 ounces, 19 and maybe a half inch.

She can go into more detail if she likes.

Wow -- that's so far out of my range of experience that it isn't even on my radar. I wonder what % of the population your cousin and Lady Sidhe represent? (I mean the weight/health/childbearing, not the anorexia -- and I realize Lady S. isn't saying she's anorexic.) Thanks for opening my eyes to this!

I weighed 92lbs at my first OB appointment, 150 the day I delivered (8lb 11oz baby, the smaller of my 2), and 125 2 days later.
Just another data point...

I am 5'6" 140 lbs. I feel pretty good about my weight, actually. I am down about 40 lbs from where I was a year ago, so I always remind myself that I could have not lost the weight. Then I think about those out there in the 100-110 range and wonder where I could actually lose another 40 lbs. I suppose I could stand to lose another 20 or so. I am not worried, though. I just need to tone up a bit. The funny thing is, I haven't been this weight in about 5 years...and I only had my son 3 years ago.

I wonder if it's a matter of cognitive dissonance (overlooking or subtly 'reinterpreting' info that doesn't match one's own world view) -- but at 5' 6" I begin to look positively gaunt at less than 135 lbs. I am pretty muscular, but I mean total strangers will ask if I have always been 'so thin' or even if I am ill at 130.

In my years as a personal trainer, I had contact with well over 200 women of all ages, ethnicity, shapes, sizes and condition, and can only remember two who were in the 5'6"-5'8" range at under 110 lbs, and I suspected both of them had eating disorders. Maybe I just don't encounter the healthy skinny ones, or maybe I just don't notice them?

PS. Good going, Case, and all the others on this board who have attacked a weight/health problem! My favorite technique, as I mentioned before, is weightlifting (I DETEST aerobics, but love hefting big chunks of metal around) and I really need to get back into it after nearly 4 years off. Now I'm in a whole new age class, if I decide to compete again. All of your success stories, and even the 'just trying' stories are very motivational!

I weighed 96 lbs when I got pregnant--ended up weighing 140 lbs by the time I gave birth. I hated being pregnant. I wasn't used to that much weight, and I hurt all the time.

Here's us:

http://exit3.i-55.com/~suit/us/pictures/menjohnsml.jpg

That was when I was about five months pregnant. I didn't start even showing until the seventh month.....


Sidhe

so, i'm watching gymnastics the other night, and svetlana k. from russia comes up in the rotation. OMG!!!!!!!!!!! this woman is a skeleton in a leotard. so, with this thread in mind, i looked up her stats, and americanizing them she is about 5'5'' and prob 100-105lbs. so anyone who is 5'6''+ and the same weight in my eyes is disgustingly thin. i could barely watch svetlana do her routine, i kept waiting for her arms to snap in half as she was doing the vault, :vomitblu:

Another question might be ... how'd she end up with a fat chick's name?

Where's the smiley for soda out the nose?