worried about obesity

[Billy Ocean]

Fat chick here. I don't know what my BMI is but it's high. I think I weigh about 130kg at the moment but am still in my size 20 stuff, so I feel ok about that. Lucky I'm tall I guess.

Anyway, I'm going through the Mercy in Melbourne and the first time they saw me (in the normal clinic area) the dr (or whatever she was) went on about my weight and sent me to the dietician. Diet woman then proceeded to tell me that I didn't need to "eat for two" blah blah blah. They also booked me in for a glucose test thing at 20 weeks as I was considered HIGH RISK. So, I did all that.

I then transferred to the family birthing centre and they are fine with that. They thought it was disgusting that I was made to do that test early and that I didn't have to do the other one if I didn't want to. I did, but just the short one and all is fine.

2 other girls I know have GD and are SKINNY! I was sure I'd get it, after all the stuff the dr said but no, seems not!!! HMMM!

I had to laugh at the dietician telling me what to eat. I said to her, "listen, I used to weigh over 150kg, got down to 90kg and have only put on all this weight as I spent a year living with an a**hole and used to spend every day knocking off about 2 bottles of wine and a block of cheese. I'm quite aware of how to eat properly, thank you. Now back to your salad!" I have only put on about 6kg since the start of my pg (first bub).

So, yeah, discrimination, negativity. We get it outside the hospitals so I guess it's silly of us to think they'd be any different!?

My hat goes off to the midwives at the Mercy, Heidelberg with many thanks for treating me like any other patient and not the "high risk fat chick".

Hugs to anyone feeling cr*ppy or disriminated against because of this.

xo

[frazaled1971]

hi ,
wow dp you know i didnt think anyone would reply to this thread not sure why but....
thanks girls i guess i just needed to know there were others out there who feel the same, sure i know im fat and that there are some extra risks but same as most of you i have never had gd with any of the others and its not like i have no birth history even with that i know things can go wrong just because the other 5 were fairly straight forward dosnt mean this one will be easy, and as for why thay should be any differant in how thay treat us,i feel like they should because they are after all profesionals and should no that not everyone who is large is that way just from stuffing there face all day (and no im not saying this isnt all my fault).
i sort of feell the same as some of you if my body did this even after being told we would never be able to have anymore then hopfully my body will be able to do what needs to be done and i am sure it will .
we have 1 son 16'and 4 girls 14 ,13,11 and 7.
well girls thankyou