The STUPIDITY of Canadian Medical Experts

klm195

https://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/1057248--should-obese-women-be-denied-fertility-treatments?bn=1

Sorry, I had to post this.  I'm not saying I'm obese, but I'm certainly not 'super model' standards either.  What gives these people the right to determine if an overweight woman should be able to get help to get pregnant?  Are they saying that overweight women won't make good mothers?  They state that being overweight puts you at risk for a miscarriage.  Yeah -  well, my (at the time) 20 year old extremely healthy and by no means overweight sister-in-law had a miscarriage - wonder what they'd say to that?

So, now not only am I 40, which puts me at risk for having a baby (when I get pregnant) with birth defects or having a miscarriage, now they I have to worry about being overweight!  UGH!!!

/vent over,  Sorry, just another frustrating day. 

 

ReeceFamily

I have had friends of all shapes and sizes have successful pregnancies, from obese to way too skinny.  Shameful that they are discriminating based on size and not something like whether you abused previous children or are addicted to crack.  It's just wrong.

ELF4321

Are they also going to start screening for genetics too?  Maybe people who have a family history of genetic diseases shouldn't be allowed to procreate either because they would be at higher risk of having an unhealthy child?  This is pretty ridiculous, if you ask me. 

Of course, I also think it's ridiculous that I fall into the obese category according to my BMI.  I'm a size 14.  Overweight, yeah, definitely.  But obese?  I walk 30-40 minutes a day with the dog, plus do yoga a couple of times a week, and walk on the treadmill a couple of times a week.  Being overweight doesn't necessarily mean unhealthy, just like being thin doesn't necessarily mean healthy. 

klm195

I agree with what has been said 100%  Just because you are overweight doesn't mean you aren't healthy.  I admit, I could stand to lose weight - I'm not denying that.  But I have a puppy who has a lot of energy.  We are out for a good 20 minutes in the morning before I go to work and a long 45 minute to an hour's walk at night after dinner.  But according to the doctor's standards, I'm over weight.  Healthy fitness buffs also have miscarriages and fertility problems.  But according to the article - they would be ok to have help getting pregnant.

I'm just a little bit sad to be Canadian today.  Or at least a 40 yr old woman with problems getting pregnant who needs to lose some weight.

ForTheLoveOf Pink

Yup, I went out to grab the free subscription lying on the sidwalk the other morning and open it up and the front page FAT and fertility.....not what I needed to see. I myself am clinically obese and would be excluded from recieving ART. It may make things not an optimal situation for TTC but does obesity always mean unhealthy? I think not. As an "obese" person, don't you think I know the fat is not helping.....I think it totally adds to the depression and feelings of inadequacy, which truly does not help in TTC.

I totally think it is all about the all mighty dollar and the statistics that each clinic has. I think IVF should not be so costly and then maybe this quest for the perfect results and stats would not sway these RE's to look for the perfect Patients.(climbing down from my soap box)

Mrs.McIrish

Are they not going to help the next cardiac patient needing bypass because they ate too many bigmacs?  Are they giving abortions to crack-whores who show up pregnant and are going to deliver the really sick babies?   Wow...

stever

klm195:

I agree with what has been said 100%  Just because you are overweight doesn't mean you aren't healthy.  I admit, I could stand to lose weight - I'm not denying that.  But I have a puppy who has a lot of energy.  We are out for a good 20 minutes in the morning before I go to work and a long 45 minute to an hour's walk at night after dinner.  But according to the doctor's standards, I'm over weight.  Healthy fitness buffs also have miscarriages and fertility problems.  But according to the article - they would be ok to have help getting pregnant.

I'm just a little bit sad to be Canadian today.  Or at least a 40 yr old woman with problems getting pregnant who needs to lose some weight.

sheilatakesabow

Do they also turn away people who are underweight, which also increases risks?  I suspect not.