“I’m not discriminating against you, but…”
In this paper, I use an autoethnographic approach to explore the fertility processes I underwent and the difficulties I had in accessing fertility services in an effort to get pregnant as a fat single mother by choice. Here, I outline my experiences at two different fertility clinics, one of which...
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| Language: | English |
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Mount Saint Vincent University
2024-10-01
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| Series: | Atlantis |
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| Online Access: | https://140.230.24.104/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5752 |
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| Summary: | In this paper, I use an autoethnographic approach to explore the fertility processes I underwent and the difficulties I had in accessing fertility services in an effort to get pregnant as a fat single mother by choice. Here, I outline my experiences at two different fertility clinics, one of which denied me care based on my fatness. I reflect on the difficulties of accessing fertility services as a fat woman, and indeed how fat women are viewed as risky bodies to be deterred from motherhood. I conclude this paper by situating the joyous delivery of my son against the backdrop of being “high risk.”
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| ISSN: | 0702-7818 1715-0698 |