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fat bashing.

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spookshowangellovesit · 08/09/2011 11:46

i have had 3 SDV all healthy pregnancies, currently 16 wks i to my 4th so far perfectly healthy pregnancy and am told i am being rushed for a consultation because of my high bmi i was a bit Hmm at this. not because i mind overly talking about my weight but i was bigger with my last pregnancy and i didnt have to go and have a chat with any one about the potential risk involved in the pregnancy or the labour??
is there any risk involved in the labour if you are over weight? my bmi is 32/34 i was given a leaflet that actually asked the question will i be able to give birth naturally? i was a bit shocked i have to say, is this what they tell people what they asr telling us over weight people now that being fat will mean that we may not be able to give birth naturally?
i have always known about possible gestational diabetes and high blood pressure but are they trying to scare pregnant women into not eating?
chuffed that i get to have extra scans though Grin being bigs got to give us some perks.

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Allboxedin · 09/09/2011 19:51

I wouldn't say most 10-12 's are overweight around average height, even if they are a bit short. If we are going to start saying size 10 is overweight it becomes obsessive. Have ever known a size 10 have extra flab. I have known size 8's and 10's be very unfit and frequently ill, but thats a different matter!

hairylights · 09/09/2011 20:59

Woah! I'm not saying size 10s are overweight!

I am a size 10- 12 and I'm overweight. That is a fact. I have too high a fat content to be at optimum health.

It'd be wrong to say that just because someone is size 10-12 they couldn't possibly be overweight, it simply isn't true.

squinker45 · 09/09/2011 22:50

You'd have to be very short though, to be fat at size 10-12. I'm sure you're right though, if that's how you feel anyway.

dirtydishesmakemesad · 09/09/2011 22:55

My bmi when they weighed me at 12 weeks was 32 and so I have been advised to book an appointment for the diabetes test. I dont really have a problem with that tbh I AM overweight and at higher risk.

the only time i have been a bit miffed is during my last pregnancy (I started off bmi under 30 that time) i moved areas at 37 weeks and at the booking in at the new hospital they insisted on doing a normal booking in at 39 weeks and so they weighed me and then told me that i was obese based on my weight at 39 weeks pregnant which seemed to be taking it a little far tbh since i had only put on 15 pounds at that point and even at 39 weeks my bmi was only 31.

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spookshowangellovesit · 10/09/2011 00:51

i think bmi's are a bit rubbish to be honest, my healthy bmi according to my height is just over 9 stone. i think the last time i was 9 stone i may have actually been 9.
i was a active teenager played spots and ate healthy but i had dd boobs by the time i was 14 and was a size 12 to 14 and 5 ft 7.
my pre baby weight was 13 st i was happy and a size 14 but that would prob have been high bmi was.
i think for me to be my healthy bmi weight would cause me serious problems.

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spookshowangellovesit · 10/09/2011 00:51

bmi wise

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