Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing

Big Fat Pregnancy operates from an inclusive, evidence-based, trauma informed, Health at Every Size® lens of care. We believe every person should have access to prenatal and birth care that is unbiased and respectful of the individual. We believe health has no size, no number, no specific look or guidelines. We provide fat-positive care based off of a model we’ve created in working with clients in the prenatal space. Our work is currently 1:1 conversation, discussion and consultation in addition to day of birth support and in-home prenatal and postpartum visits. We value and work to provide resources, referrals, and support where possible to each individual client's physical, economic, social, spiritual, emotional needs. We do not discuss weight at any time during the process, unless it is in reference to a provider comment around gestational weight gain/losses and will refer to anti-diet nutritionists or dietitians when a client would like to discuss nourishment or changes to nutritional needs. As mid-fat and straight-sized doulas, who are also white cis-women, we recognize that the anti-fat bias our clients face do not exist alone. They are part of a complex system of biases and oppression rooted in anti-Blackness and white supremacy. Our clients also usually have additional identities that intersect with their fatness, which further compounds the bias and potential harm. It is important to educate ourselves, align with folks already doing the work and support them.