MSE Pregnancy Club V

feelinggood_2

tarajayne wrote: »

And neither would my consultant recommend it as its no.6 so I am at risk of bleeding. Don't get the fat on hips thing as I thought the fat was outside your hips? And why does being fat give you a higher risk of bleeding, mine is 'cos they say the womb may not contract in the same way so I just overdose on raspberry leaf to tone it up. Sorry, lots of questions but I'm just curious.

I was given a list of the things I'm at increased risk of because of my weight:
- Blood clots
- Needing to be induced
- Failed induction
- C-Section (planned and emergency)
- Anaesthetic problems
- Forceps or Ventouse birth
- Shoulder dystocia
- Serious tears
- Infections
- Heavy cleeding
- difficulty breastfeeding
- pressure area damage
- staying in hospital longer
- dying in childbirth
- being seriously ill after childbrith
- Large baby
- Small baby
- Early baby
- Stillbirth
- Neonatel death

No-one has explained why, and the leaflet doesn't give any more information. Its basically 'You are a bad woman for getting pregnant while being so fat and it is all going to go wrong' leaflet.

Sami_Bee

Feelie:
- Large women are more likely to suffer from diabetes and blood pressure problems in pregnancy, which might affect your decision regarding home birth. There is also an increased risk of shoulder dystocia, but it is not clear whether this persists independently if you do not have gestational diabetes. Apart from these issues, though, weight alone should not be the deciding factor. Whatever your weight, you can still make an informed decision to plan a homebirth, as did Rachel, Helen and Carolyn. A wonderful site packed with information on pregnancy for large women is Plus-Size Pregnancy, by KMom. See also this discussion from the US Midwife Archives - 'Is Weight a Contraindication for Home Birth?' and 'Do you have to be skinny for a home birth?' on the BirthLove site.
From this site someone posted earlier, was that you Tara?

tarajayne

Omg, you must have left the appointment in a right state.

tarajayne

No sami, not me. I never looked into it that much, just had bad experiences in hospital so prefer to get some proper attention at home!



:huh: Orgasmic birth!!!

astonsmummy

Feelie I dont wish to sound rude and tell me to fluk off if you wish but exactly how big are you?
I've seen your pics and seriously you dont seem that big to me?
I've not been told any of this and I'm a big girl, obviously I cant have a HB as I've had a previous section but I wouldnt want one anyway.

Sami_Bee

Feelie - Do me a favour and burn that blooming EVIL leaflet :mad:
I've seen pictures of you and you are not that big! I'm sure in the US you'd be considered just normal, average ol' feelie!

Sami_Bee

MFD: peek a boo I see you!

Sami_Bee

tarajayne wrote: »

No sami, not me. I never looked into it that much, just had bad experiences in hospital so prefer to get some proper attention at home!



:huh: Orgasmic birth!!!

I didn't see that!! where does it say it? :rotfl:

tarajayne

Sami_Bee wrote: »

I didn't see that!! where does it say it? :rotfl:

Was your link, is weight a contradiction for home birth, couldn't believe what I was seeing!

SugarSpun

tarajayne wrote: »

:huh: Orgasmic birth!!!

can I sign up for one of those?