High BMI and being cornered into consultant lead care
21 weeks pregnant baby is 50th percentile, no high blood pressure or gestational diabetes, but was asked to have an appointment with the obstetrician. I’m all for achieving the best outcome for the baby any myself so happy for any/all appointments/scans.
Appointment was a male doctor who said raised BMI means you can’t use midwifery led care, we are open to you booking a c-section if you’d like one ….
I asked if that meant I had been termed as high risk and he said no just that the BMI was a risk factor. The cut off for the trust I am under is 35 and my bmi is 36. I’ve gained 1kg in 12 weeks since I was last weighed so it’s not as though the number is rapidly increasing… I’m a farmer and so my step count is 20k a day 🙈
I’ll talk to my midwife and plan to advocate for myself quite strongly as I really hate the idea of a super clinical delivery suite environment and had hoped to be midwife led two floors above this.
If any one has any similar situations I’d love to hear how it went for you!