I will never understand the nutritionist obsession with not drinking whole milk. The difference in saturated fat between a glass of whole milk and a glass of 1%? 3 grams. Oh noes!!!111!!! Seriously, even if you drink three glasses a day, that's under 100 calories of difference. Nobody ever died from 9 grams of saturated fat. You NEED fat to live. Fat keeps you healthy and warm and sated. And the absolute last thing you should be worrying about if you're skinny and pregnant is three fucking grams of fat. Especially if it means you'll drink more milk because you like the taste better. (See: all the recent studies showing how awesome dairy is for you.) Good lord.

(And it goes the other way too -- when the football coach was trying to fatten up my toothpick little brother, he told my mom to get whole milk instead of skim. So if he drinks 53 glasses, he'll gain one pound! *headdesk* Yeah, THAT'S what'll do the trick.)

The nutritionist is right that you do need to concentrate on weight gain from extra protein rather than extra fat, because that'll help increase your lean body mass, which is good good good. But pregnancy is not the time to start obsessing about low fat, especially if you're actively trying to GAIN weight. Keep your level of dietary fat the same and then add protein on top of that, would be the way to go, I'd think.

Sorry, rant over. Maybe I should just become a nutritionist already. :P