Russell Williams
Well-Known Member
Fat and pregnancy
Each situation is different but if a doctor should tell you that it is impossible for a fat woman to have a baby the following shows that such a statement is incorrect.
Peggy Williams probably had a slow metabolism. That would explain why she was often cold when others were not. Peggy Williams became pregnant when she was about 480 pounds. Now she was often hot when others were not and she lost 40 pounds during her pregnancy. Peggy Williams had a perfectly normal pregnancy ending with a perfectly normal cesarean. The cesarean was needed because her daughter tried to come out one foot first. The cesarean healed without any complications.
At the time Peggy was impregnated there were only three obstetricians in Hagerstown. Only one of them was taking patients. This 480 pound pregnant woman apparently frightened the local obstetrician who told Peggy to go to the Johns Hopkins Hospital high risk pregnancy clinic. The Johns Hopkins Hospital high risk pregnancy clinic examined Peggy and basically told her that when the time came to deliver that was no need to rush 75 miles to Johns Hopkins. Peggy could and should have her baby in Hagerstown. That is what happened.
Moral: if a doctor tells you that because you are fat you will never be pregnant or that, solely because you are fat, it will be impossible to deliver a healthy baby, that Dr. does not have good information.
Each situation is different but if a doctor should tell you that it is impossible for a fat woman to have a baby the following shows that such a statement is incorrect.
Peggy Williams probably had a slow metabolism. That would explain why she was often cold when others were not. Peggy Williams became pregnant when she was about 480 pounds. Now she was often hot when others were not and she lost 40 pounds during her pregnancy. Peggy Williams had a perfectly normal pregnancy ending with a perfectly normal cesarean. The cesarean was needed because her daughter tried to come out one foot first. The cesarean healed without any complications.
At the time Peggy was impregnated there were only three obstetricians in Hagerstown. Only one of them was taking patients. This 480 pound pregnant woman apparently frightened the local obstetrician who told Peggy to go to the Johns Hopkins Hospital high risk pregnancy clinic. The Johns Hopkins Hospital high risk pregnancy clinic examined Peggy and basically told her that when the time came to deliver that was no need to rush 75 miles to Johns Hopkins. Peggy could and should have her baby in Hagerstown. That is what happened.
Moral: if a doctor tells you that because you are fat you will never be pregnant or that, solely because you are fat, it will be impossible to deliver a healthy baby, that Dr. does not have good information.
