Its not easy to ask for help when your admitted your obese and had trouble labouring.
I think that yes, I should be able to do a thread and not expect it to go down the whole ' too much interventions, doctors don't know everything' track.
I was thinking I would get more supportive posts, personal stories, suggestions etc rather than rants about validity of studies etc.

Sigh....

Anyway....


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I misunderstood your intentions with starting this thread, delphmoon - and I apologise for that. I think it does follow that comments like 'fat women dilate slower' are unhelpful and the greater impact may be restricted birth choices and unnecessary intervention.

Regardless of whether there's any statistical truth in the statement, I think you should still reasonably expect to be treated with care and respect. If it's helpful for you to take studies like M listed into an appointment as back up to ask that your care provider take a wait and watch approach then I think you should absolutely do that and I hope they respond well to your efforts to be informed. My experience: my labour was 42 hours (only 35mins of that was pushing) and I'm a size 12-14 (have a normal BMI). I was pretty tired but had a midwife who supported my wishes and didn't intervene because it wasn't necessary to.