Fat and Fertile with Nicola Salmon
Navigating getting pregnant in a weight-obsessed world can be really flipping hard, especially when everyone is telling you that you have to lose weight to access any kind of support.
Join Nicola Salmon – fat-positive fertility coach and author of the book “Fat and Fertile” – as she explores the complexities that fat folks face when they want to grow their family.
If you identify as fat or being in a bigger body, want to get pregnant and want to find a community of other folks navigating this, this podcast is for you.
08. What is fat positive fertility
In this episode of "Fat and Fertile," we explore the concept of fat positive fertility and discuss the importance of moving away from restrictive diets and weight loss, advocating for fertility care...
07. Finding a supportive fat fertility community
In this episode of Fat and Fertile, we explore how finding a supportive community can have a positive impact on mental and physical health, especially for folks in bigger bodies who want to get...
06. The number 1 reason fat folks find it harder to get pregnant
On this episode of Fat and Fertile, we're going to look at why being unsupported has such a huge impact on fat folks and getting pregnant. I'll share the 4 ways you might be unsupported right now...
05. Fertility treatment isn’t for fat folks
On this episode of Fat and Fertile, we explore the ideas that fertility treatment is more risky and less effective for fat folks. We dive into where these ideas come from, why they are rooted in...
04. You don’t deserve fertility care til you’ve lost weight
On this episode of Fat and Fertile, we explore the myth that you don't deserve fertility care or treatment until you've lost weight. We explore where that belief comes from, what happens when we...
03. Dieting and weight loss will fix my fertility
On this episode of Fat and Fertile, we explore the myth that weight loss and dieting will fix fertility. We look at three different assumptions that mean that the idea of dieting as a fertility fix...
02. The “ethical dilemma”
On this episode of Fat and Fertile, I describe the ethical dilemma many fat folks face when they start out on their fertility journey We explore how the belief that it's dangerous for us to get...
01. Welcome to Fat and Fertile
In our first episode of Fat and Fertile, I share how I got started with supporting fat folks navigating getting pregnant including my own diagnosis of PCOS.Mentioned in this episode: The Fat and...
