109: When You’re Facing Weight Discrimination in the Fertility + Pregnancy World - Nicola Salmon
Weight stigma is a very real discrimination in today’s society and it’s also rampant in the medical world. So often, those in larger bodies are told to, or believe they have to, lose weight or “get healthy” before getting pregnant and aren’t given the tools or resources that would actually help them get pregnant.
Nicola Salmon, Fat Positive Fertility Coach, joins us today to talk all things fat-positive fertility. This episode will help fat folks navigate getting pregnant in a weight-obsessed world and find their own version of health without diets. Nicola shares her own story of how she became pregnant with PCOS and talks about trusting your own body and seeking out the resources and care that you deserve, no matter your body size.
(Note: When we use the descriptor “fat”, we’re not attaching any meaning to it. It’s simply a descriptor, no different than how “thin” or “funny” is used.)
Tune into episode #109:
In this episode, Nicola and I will cover:
How to advocate for change in how fat people are treated while accessing help for their fertility
Relearning how to trust your body and believe in your own ability to get pregnant
Nicola’s journey with getting diagnosed with PCOS and being told she would never get pregnant
How her medical treatment as a teen in a larger body shaped her beliefs about herself later in life
Her experience with getting pregnant and having her kids
What helped her make the decision to not obsess about her weight anymore
Advise for people in larger bodies looking to get pregnant or help with fertility
The role that mindset plays in fertility and accepting your body
How intuitive eating can play a massive role in pregnancy
Nicola’s Fat+ Fertility Network
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Episode Resources:
FYC Episode 091 // When You Feel Like You Don’t Belong In the World Around You with Lindo Bacon
Health at Every Size by Lindo Bacon
FYC Episode 061 // Lose Hate Not Weight: You Have the Right To Remain Fat with Virgie Tovar
Fat + Fertile: How to Get Pregnant in a Bigger Body by Nicola Salmon
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