tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post5258368094295578821..comments2024-03-17T10:07:53.205-07:00Comments on The Well-Rounded Mama: Limiting Fertility Treatment Access for Fat WomenWell-Rounded Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129621631406155340noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-29394240548556170582012-05-14T23:36:56.012-07:002012-05-14T23:36:56.012-07:00More cureable, less expensive and accurate care so...More cureable, less expensive and accurate care solution is ivf rather than ICSI. Its <a href="http://www.benendenfertilitycentre.org.uk/prices.aspx" rel="nofollow">IVF cost</a> which really make it different, but not just the cost. One of my friend Malissa recently use this treatment, we usedd <a href="http://www.benendenfertilitycentre.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">Benenden Fertility Centre</a> as recomended by an other friend. The treatment was well enough as a secure process with least harms.Fetamy Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13889875461033551380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-67614479204765575652010-07-25T17:39:31.752-07:002010-07-25T17:39:31.752-07:00I just went to a gynecologist this past week to fi...I just went to a gynecologist this past week to figure out why I've been bleeding for 7 months straight (I have PCOS) and to start addressing fertility issues. I was told, quite directly, that she would not and nor would any doctor in my HMO take me on since my BMI would make the pregnancy too high risk to myself and a fetus. NO mention that I'm 35 or that PCOS leads to higher rates of miscarriage, just that I was too damn fat! Thank you for this article--I feel like I now have a leg to stand on in filing a complaint against the gynecologist since it points me to some studies that give some credence to my point of view.Nikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-62241166963806248902010-07-15T05:12:39.050-07:002010-07-15T05:12:39.050-07:00Oh, I have PCOS, making weight loss pretty impossi...Oh, I have PCOS, making weight loss pretty impossible, anyway.Orodemniadeshttp://dazzleships.net/birchandmaplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-60468712784472530502010-07-15T05:11:13.316-07:002010-07-15T05:11:13.316-07:00I was on a UK waiting list for 4 years for IVF bef...I was on a UK waiting list for 4 years for IVF before they kicked me off because the "guidelines" had changed. They told me all along that my weight was not an issue. In fact, they told me that right up to the day my doctor called me - at work - to tell me it was all over for me. <br /><br />My husband and I ended up moving to the US where I was denied by 3 clinics before finding one - in my home state! - that took me on quite happily. At the time (2007) they said that weight was of no issue. And I've got the miracle to prove it. Transfer occurred on the summer solstice, 6 days after my 39th birthday on my one and only treatment, IVF #1, on the bog standard protocol. We're hoping to try for #2 if we can scrounge up the money.Orodemniadeshttp://dazzleships.net/birchandmaplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-66311521662109148212010-07-14T16:27:00.207-07:002010-07-14T16:27:00.207-07:00I am a fat woman that is seeing a Reproductive End...I am a fat woman that is seeing a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE) and I asked her flat out if my weight was a problem with her. She told me that she had no problems with it as it did not seem to be a factor on why we weren't able to conceive. She went on to say that it might cause discomfort due to the added weight increase that comes with pregnancy, but that would be the only problem she could foresee.<br /><br />A previous RE also said my weight wasn't a problem with proceeding with any treatments. <br /><br />Both PCOS and high estrogen (among other things) can cause infertility and are caused sometimes by obesity, but if the infertility is NOT related to weight, then the docs should move forward with treatment without harping on a patient's weight.CandyGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664818861874419334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-4931627747543644702010-07-14T05:36:09.318-07:002010-07-14T05:36:09.318-07:00It's the same here in Australia. I've see...It's the same here in Australia. I've seen 3 specialists, 2 specifically fertility specialists, and one was a endocrinologist. I have been sent packing all 3 times with the words, "Lose the weight and you will get pregnant." or "Lose the weight and we'll help you get pregnant." None of these doctors have done anything in the way of finding exactly what the problem is, although it's generally agreed that I don't ovulate due to my weight. You know what the kicker is? The last one told me that technically i was still within the weight range for IVF, albeit at the top end, yet I was still sent away to "try to lose some weight and then we'll see what we can do in a few months." the result? I have dieted myself up to a slightly higher weight, and now feel there is no need to go back, as I'm sure I'm out of the range. Considering the turmoil I have gone through the past 7 years from infertility and being treated like garbage because I'm fat, I've now given up and have begun to plan a life without children. Such a waste because I know I'd have made a great mom.....Kristi, WA Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-20460409357523773212010-07-13T08:46:10.674-07:002010-07-13T08:46:10.674-07:00Last week my doctor told me the next few steps we ...Last week my doctor told me the next few steps we could take to find out why I am not pregnant yet. I was fine with everything she said until the last one: "I could refer you to a fertility specialist, but they won't treat you until you lose weight." I thought she would be fat positive enough to keep going to her, but to not even bother with a referral? It's not like my insurance wouldn't cover it, and I'm sure I can find another specialist who will at least see me for a diagnosis! Sheesh, I haven't even had blood work done yet and she's telling me not to even bother trying to find out what the problem might be.two bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453438795489440272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-13055792563305033112010-07-12T23:18:51.988-07:002010-07-12T23:18:51.988-07:00Thank you for sharing this! In the Seattle area a...Thank you for sharing this! In the Seattle area all but one clinic (as far as I know - I think I have contacted them all to check) has BMI limits wherein they will refuse to work with you AT ALL if you are over a certian BMI. I am horrified that they do this... it really feels like they just don't want fat people to reproduce.Jenniferhttp://www.seattleknitchick.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-59368604775963697762010-07-12T19:48:39.362-07:002010-07-12T19:48:39.362-07:00Thank you thank you thank you for posting info abo...Thank you thank you thank you for posting info about this article. I was told last summer that I would be refused infertility treatment because of my BMI by a reproductive endocrinologist at the UNC hospital in Chapel Hill. The same doctor recommended stomach stapling if I was 'serious' about getting pregnant, and told me that obese mothers were a threat to themselves and their babies, as obesity was linked to higher mortality rates for both. I was absolutely crushed by this encounter, as I'm sure other women before me have also been. To me, it seemed to boil down to "fat women don't deserve to have babies". I ended up getting pregnant naturally about 4 months later but am still bitter & angry about my experience with this doctor. I hope that other women don't have to go through this!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12663470880178211954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-44062281540035425852010-07-12T15:12:59.634-07:002010-07-12T15:12:59.634-07:00I live in the UK and have a friend who has been re...I live in the UK and have a friend who has been refuse IVF due to being overweight. My friend is in recovert from bulimia and faces putting her recovery at risk in order to diet herself eligable. It's extremely sad that she's unable to conceive naturally; it's even more sad to see her forced to choose between the prospective child she so desperately craves and the recovery she has worked so hard to achieve.CRRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780487473779502998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-441233838379710232010-07-12T14:04:33.281-07:002010-07-12T14:04:33.281-07:00I was denied help at a fertility clinic because of...I was denied help at a fertility clinic because of my weight, and it was one of the most painful, de-humanizing things that ever happened to me. Just crushing. I did eventually go to another clinic, but I had lost three years, and I'll never know if I might have been successful if I hadn't lost that time.ELizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-30830074026026370232010-07-12T13:56:34.961-07:002010-07-12T13:56:34.961-07:00Glad to see reproductive rights moving in the righ...Glad to see reproductive rights moving in the right direction. I needed some good news after hearing Polanski was freed - as a woman who was sexually assaulted as a teenager I am beyond livid...<br /><br />Anyway, with the way reproductive rights were heading for larger women I was starting to think that more "eugenic" type restrictions might be placed. It's not that far to say that certain ethnicies/demographics/etc. "should" be limited if one group is already limited for "health" reasons.Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232390735414411614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-2456403763684430392010-07-12T13:54:24.811-07:002010-07-12T13:54:24.811-07:00They don't limit access to women who are well ...They don't limit access to women who are well past middle age. They don't limit it to women who cannot afford it. They do not limit the number of embryos implanted. I say, don't limit my right to have a healthy child just because of my extra pounds. It is unethical and proves our societies disdain for overweight individuals. My rights are the same as anyone elses, regardless of my size.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551359816940747295noreply@blogger.com