I think that every woman feels the emotional stress of pregnancy weight gain, be it self or peer/media induced, but unless a person already has an eating disorder I don't think 'pregorexia' (does anyone else find that kind of offensive?)... I dont thin a pregnancy related eating disorder would develop. In the majority, of course I'm sure there are exceptions. But most would FEEL the stress, and keep eating (LOL that what I did!). Thats just my own opinion, of course, and based on no medical fact.

I also made my history known at my first appointment. 2 and a bit years into weight-restored recovery from a 6-ish year battle with anorexia I felt very strong but didn't know how I would handle pregnancy. Like CQ, I was lucky in that I didn't have an issue while pregnant. Well I FELT it, but Jazz was always first in my mind, in a way it was easier to justify eating and putting on weight when its for someone else, I found pregnancy quite relieving... Anyway, what about the people who don't feel comfortable saying out loud that they have an eating disorder? Or answering a direct question like CQ said? Maybe information could be passed on to ALL woman... in the Bount bag...? A non-judgemental way to pass on what could be life-saving information for mother and baby. Maybe if woman get this information, it can be a way of letting them know that its ok to say something, its not something to be ashamed of, and help is available.

And I believe 100% that eating disorders would still be around if there was no media. The media might exacerbate an already developed eating disorder, or someone predisposed to having an eating disorder, but take away the media and I believe it would happen anyway. Oh I had a 'thinspiration' book (thanks to the pro-anorexia websites who gave me the idea), but I hated myself before I ever stared at an emaciated model.
And to be honest, I personally feel it's pretty demeaning, and detracts from the heartbreaking and exhausting battle going on INSIDE a person, to say that eating disorders can be CAUSED by skinny models and weight loss ads in the media.

JMO.