I had my 3 children in the early 70’s. When I was pregnant with my first I told the OBGYN that I smoked and he said “no problem but watch your weight”. I weighed about 120lbs. My daughter weighed 9lb.5oz. One year later my next baby was 9lbs9oz and my next one was 9lbs9oz. I had quit halfway through that pregnancy and never went back. Back then doctors were weight nazis , not very concerned about cigarettes.
They were very concerned about husbands. Wanted to make sure the wives didn't gain too much weight.
Why did they care so much about pregnancy weight?
I had big babies, one very big. I ended up with Diabetes Type 1.