What really makes me feel bad is that Melissa has said she reads these comments. Therefore, it’s very possible that she read your comment about her being fat.

Melissa, you were definently not fat! You had just recently given birth, and people really should have given you a break!

Another percentage of the baby weight is breast tissue (we all know that breasts increase in size during pregnancy!). Yet another percentage comes from the fact that some tissues and organs need to temporarily enlarge to cope with the added demand of a baby (the liver, for example, more than likely becomes enlarged during pregnancy due to the fact that it is filtering both the mother’s and the baby’s blood).

The percentage that’s left over is fat.

They officially created new guidelines for overweight pregnant women since the number of them is at a record high. Overweight women are told not to gain more than 25 pounds during pregnancy, as gaining 25 pounds or less has still been yielding perfectly healthy babies. Avergae sized women are told to gain between 25 and 35, so Melissa gained 20 pounds over what she was “supposed to” (and I can’t remember whether one needs to be 20 pounds overweight or 30 to be considered obsese, but in any case, she definitely did not need to gain that much to have a healthy baby). But that’s in the past, she worked through it over time, and should be proud of her work. And without sounding like a broken record, ITA with everyone who says people love to pin their own personal issues and insecurities on celebrities purely for convenience. If the people complaining about how bad Melissa is making them feel really cared about getting in shape, they’d go for a walk around the block with their own kids instead of posting on Celebrity Baby Blog while their kids are God knows where (because after all, someone has to watch them while the parents are on here, right?…)