At my six-week postpartum checkup, the nurse-midwife was huffy about needing a larger speculum to do my pelvic exam, and she lectured me about my weight while she was literally up in my vagina."I want you to be around to raise your baby," she told me, implying that my life was in immediate danger because I was fat. We then discussed birth control options, and she flat-out refused to prescribe me the birth control pills I had used comfortably in the past with very few side effects.
It is so hard to advocate for yourself when you are overweight, and I will never stop talking about my experiences until doctors believe me when I say I’m in pain.When I initially sought treatment for what I now know was an eating disorder, I went to the ER for suicidal ideation. When the doctor asked if I had experienced dietary shifts or weight fluctuation, I told him I’d lost 62 pounds in six months.
My husband has a self imune kidney disease, but only found out late because every doctor insisted that his high blood pressure was because of his weight.
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Fat Phobic isn’t a thing! Being overweight is a health risk! Doctors know this as they see it ALL THE TIME! Unless you’ve studied Medicine for 6 plus years SHUT UP!
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