Recommendations for HAES-literate REs or fertility doctors/practices?

[Anonymous]

Hi all, OP here with an update: in November 2022 my husband and I were able to conceive naturally - right as I turned 40, and with my close-to-40 BMI. Our amazing and thriving daughter was born in late July 2022. We are incredibly grateful every second of every day for her existence.

Keep advocating for yourself and getting the care we each deserve: medical care that treats each patient like an actual human person, not just another data point. Know that data, probability, and statistics can all be taken to account - but that looking at and analyzing your individual information, medical history, and family history is even more powerful.

Thank you again to all who offered kind words and helpful insight.

This song helped get me through the hard days of our journey: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=RDC01nBm6vV5c&playnext=1 Don’t Lose Sight!

[Anonymous]

PP who recommended Sacks here.

Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you!! Hope you're getting some sleep!

I just had an amazing Fall weekend with my little man (the one I had with my close-to-40 BMI too)!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In your shoes, I’d be looking at the overseas fertility clinics (Barbados, Guatemala). I assume their thinking is going to be more along the lines of if your money is green then we’ll help you. The clinics in big cities are more concerned with their stats than anything and they don’t need your money, they’ve got lines out the door.

I didn’t go through fertility treatment but had two babies with a BMI of 35+. Healthy pregnancies and babies, but get ready for a metric ton of fat shaming as you navigate pregnancy.

FWIW, I’m from the Midwest and have MANY friends who were 300+ Lbs and went through fertility treatment in their 20s/early 30s. Never had a problem finding docs to help them here in the Midwest. DC is a different beast.

Uhh no one turned OP away. OP asked if her weight is affecting her ability to get pregnant and the response that is "fat shaming" was "it may be, we don't know."