My OB-GYN kept shaming me for my weight gain during pregnancy—and it almost cost me my life:
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But no. My weight continued to tick up, meticulously measured at my appointments every other week. My doctor was convinced that it was my fault. So she made me take time off work to sit in her office and take the test again. The results again came back clear. When my husband arrived at the end of the test with a baggie of nuts for me to eat, I was about to pass out. “Is this….okay to eat?” I quietly asked my doctor, trying not to burst into tears. She hardly made eye contact with me, focusing on the peanuts. “Sure,” she said, rushing out of the room without saying anything else.
That appointment was on a Tuesday. On Thursday, I had another appointment with another ob-gyn in the practice, the first time I’d seen anyone other than my usual doctor. I had somehow gained 7 pounds in the two days between those appointments, and he was shocked. I got all the way to 37 weeks and six days pregnant until my blood pressure did spike, according to an at-home monitor I’d purchased. I called my doctor, who sent me to the hospital and informed me over the phone that they were going to induce me to prevent any risks to me or my baby.
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