Anxiety, misogyny and stigma: the perfect storm of High BMI, with midwife Alice Keely
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This week I’m talking to Dr Alice Keely, a specialist midwife with 15 years of experience who is passionate about supporting plus size pregnant women. Between 25 and 50% of women fall into the category of having a ‘high BMI’, putting them on the back foot in a system that already focuses excessively and unnecessarily on risk, causing, she says, even more rules and restrictions, anxiety and stigma. You can find Alice via www.theheavyweightmidwife.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/theheavyweightmidwife TikTok: www.tiktok.com/theheavyweightmidwife And she is on LinkedIn as Dr Alice Keely More about Milli www.millihill.co.uk Give Birth like a Feminist is available from Amazon and all good bookshops: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Give-Birth-Like-Feminist-choices/dp/000831313X/ The Positive Birth Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Positive-Birth-Book-Bestselling-Pregnancy/dp/1780667655/ My Period (for preteen girls): https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Period-Find-period-positive/dp/1526363372/ Substack: https://millihill.substack.com/ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/millihill
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