To think someone at 5’4 and 7 stone

[User2627]

Is very underweight?

There’s a poster with a very low BMI who occasionally posts seemingly looking for reassurance that a BMI of about this level is healthy.
Yes, it’s worrying that Mumsnet seems to have become a place where people with very low bmis cone for reassurance from other people with very low bmis that they don’t in fact have medical problems when they pretty obviously do.

The poster we are thinking of rarely comes back to a thread. So I'm not sure if she ever reads the responses or follows the links. It feels more like an impulse on a Friday eve after a glass of wine.

@youvegottenminuteslynn

That said, I just breathe in if DH looks my way, and carry on eating chocolate!

Goodness me @supersplodge you shouldn't need to breathe in at any size just because your partner looks at you, let alone when you're clearly very slender! Makes me sad someone (especially someone slim) would think like that about their partner looking at them,

Thank you . It was a bit tongue in cheek but as I said - I am very squidgy around the belly. Being not very heavy doesn't necessarily mean slim, sadly. But I appreciate I'm in no way big - I am lucky.

[quote BammBamm]@Legoandloldolls your son is very underweight. I am 5'8" and was around that weight while breastfeeding a very hungry baby but quickly put it back on once I stopped. NHS BMI calculator states a BMI of 16.9. [/quote]
BMI is calculated differently for adult women than it is for teenage boys!