Is this normal?

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There’s a women I know who purposely starved herself, and purposely lost 40 pounds while pregnant because she wanted her baby to be small. she would talk about how her baby was going to be 5 pounds and she wanted to be induced at 35 weeks because she didn’t want the baby to get bigger.
Is this normal? I’ve never heard of someone wanting their child to be premature and underweight. usually moms worry about that..

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No this is not normal. More like child abuse in my opinion. Even at 35 weeks the baby can be born with issues and not be healthy.

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I've lost 20pound already during this pregnancy due to HG and my baby is still measuring above the norm. The baby will take whatever it needs from her regardless. As for the induction, I doubt any reliable doctor would actually do it without good medical grounds. She clearly needs professional help

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I don’t have kids yet but to me that doesn’t sound normal and in no way can it be healthy for the baby!! Unless it was under doctors orders (which I highly doubt)

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Sounds like this mom is completely uneducated on the dangers of low birth weight and premature babies. Who in their right mind doesn’t want a full term healthy baby?

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No definitely not normal at all of course yes I always wanted smaller babies but not for any weird reason just bc my mom and grandma both have big ol babies my uncle was almost 11lbs so I prayed my babies be smaller lol

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That is definitely not normal! No sane person could knowingly starve their body and their baby. Any good mother would want their baby to be healthy and would do anything to make sure they were. I hope she's mentioned this to her doctor so that they can act accordingly.That is basically child endangerment and neglect even though it's an unborn baby.

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No, that obviously isn’t normal. 
My niece had a friend who had her daughter when she was 14. She thought the baby was too fat and “put her on a diet” by withholding formula from her. She’s now in juvie until she turns 21 for child abuse. The baby is being raised by her grandparents and has neurological delays.

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Not smart at all, i mean yeah eat into proper portions if you want to lose weight but don’t starve yourself that’s not healthy for anyone and very selfish

Is this normal?

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