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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here,

Called OB and I am being referred to a Perinatalogist.  So I think that will definitely help soothe some of my fears.

I have to thank all you, this is some of the best advice I have ever gotten from this site.

12:40--Really appreciate the acknowledgement of the fatness--some people can be really harsh regarding this.

And to those saying I have to deal with the anxiety- thank you as well. I just have to figure out how to do that.

Thanks again folks and best wishes.[/quote]

12:40 here.  We old, fat, pregnant chicks gotta stick together.  :)  You are who you are, and it's ok!  It's a shape, bit an indictment or a moral failing.

A couple of quick things--the Well Rounded Mama blog helps
A LOT, especially of you fall down a rabbit hole of heating bad (and often innacurate) stats about pregnancy and obesity.  Obesity is highly correlated to poverty and lack of prenatal care (to say nothing of overt size discrimination from practitioners, leading to fat people avoiding care) so sometimes it can be very misleading to read stats about obesity and stillbirth, for instance.  I'm lucky to have found an OB who helped me filter out real risk factors that I DON'T have (like diabetes, high blood pressure and lack of prenatal care) to see that I don't need to be as alarmed.  Well Rounded Mama has great research that can dispel myths like that fat women can't deliver naturally, or that fat women any really feel fetal movement.

Lastly...if you get a home Doppler to help if you're anxious and want to hear the heartbeat, one legit downside about extra belly flesh is that it may be harder to find the heartbeat.  My OB says home Dopplers sometimes CAUSE more anxiety because people can't find the heartbeat themselves and end up freaking out unnecessarily, and he was a little concerned that my belly shape would make it harder for me.  I'm glad I didn't do that to myself, as I would have freaked!

And FWIW, I can feel my little guy now a LOT.  :)

Good luck!!!!![/quote]

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