Size Friendly Care Providers

From questions to ask to recommended tests, you’ll truly feel prepared for what to expect during your first prenatal visit.

If you need to prepare for doctor appointments alone but are fearful of being fat-shamed, this article will help you to feel empowered!

At about 38 weeks, my blood pressure spiked just enough to nudge us towards the decision to induce. I trusted my doc completely.

From struggling to reach to wipe to tips for comfort with an apron belly – here are the top embarrassing plus size pregnancy questions (and answers)!

It’s critically important people of size connect with a care provider who practices evidence-based compassionate care like a size-friendly midwife.

When we talk about things society has labeled taboo, we can transform the conversation. Here are four ways to normalize plus size pregnancy.

The birth story of Georgia Lin truly demonstrates the difference in care plus size people receive when they connect with size-friendly care providers.

After years of not conceiving I thought it wasn’t possible. I was shocked to see that perfect little plus sign. I immediately worried, would I have a healthy plus size pregnancy and baby? Would l look pregnant or just fat? I had so many plus size pregnancy fears!

“If you really look at it, BMI is just that—a crude measure.” An Interview with Kimmelin Hull to talk about her article, Maternal Obesity from All Sides.

Thanks to eating right, staying active, and finding a loving and caring birth team, I had a very healthy plus size pregnancy!