[PREVIEW] [PREVIEW] "Is My Body Too Big To Be Pregnant?"

When your providers are emphasizing weight to you, I think this is something you can feel free to push back on and say, “Look, if I am at higher risk, we don’t know that the problem is really my weight—or the care you’re going to give me because of my weight.” Hello and welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia.This is the monthly subscriber-only episode where I answer your questions. So thank you to all my paid Burnt Toast subscribers. I love you. Let’s get right to it.Q: I’m 20 weeks pregnant and trying to navigate mainstream healthcare’s view that my body is too big to have a healthy pregnancy. I can’t believe how stuck my providers have been on my weight. Do you have any advice for dealing with this experience? EPISODE CREDITSCo-hosts: Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay. Producer:  Kim Baldwin. Logo design: Deanna Lowe.Theme Song: Farideh.Video Editor: Elizabeth AyikuAudio Engineer: Tommy HarronFollow us on social! Virginia is on Instagram and Threads as @v_solesmith and on Bluesky at @virginiasolesmith.  Corinne is on Instagram at @selfiefay, on Bluesky at @corinnefay and on Patreon at Big Undies.Support the Me Little Me Foundation, a virtual food pantry supporting multiply marginalized folks recovering from eating disorders.Thanks for listening and supporting anti-diet, body liberation journalism!