by plussizebirth | Dec 13, 2018 | Plus Size Birth Stories
C-Section: The Easy Way Out…A Birth Story Like many cesarean birth moms, Heather has heard people say, “having a c-section is an easy way out.” As you’ll read below, Heather’s birth experience was anything besides easy. It was traumatic....
by plussizebirth | Nov 7, 2018 | Plus Size Birth Stories
Finding Strength: My 38 Week Induction Story Healthy, happy pregnancy, traumatic birth, and postpartum journey, most amazing and heartwarming joy. In that order. Let me first say that I was terrified of being pregnant. I thought that because I was plus size, I...
by plussizebirth | Apr 29, 2018 | Plus Size Birth Stories
Feet In The Grass: When Birth Trauma Is Triggered Birth trauma is real, PTSD birth trauma is real, and more people are coming forward to share their birth trauma stories! A few years ago, Cristen Pascucci, founder of Birth Monopoly, and photographer Lindsay Askins...
by plussizebirth | Apr 26, 2018 | Plus Size Birth Stories
Mother Nature’s Change In Plans: My Plus Size Emergency C-Section In 2015 at the age of 30 I was diagnosed with low ovarian reserve. Basically, I was running out of eggs and was advised to start In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) if I wanted my own biological...
by plussizebirth | Sep 20, 2017 | Plus Size Birth Stories
Diana joins us to share her PCOS conception story – from struggling to find a care provider willing to look beyond her weight to becoming pregnant and giving birth. For all of those reading with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), please know that you’re NOT...
