Ep79: Facts and Misconceptions About Plus-Size Pregnancy and Care with Jen McLellan
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.8 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Jen McLellan joins us today to talk about pregnancy for plus-sized people, how providers can provide more compassionate care, and shifts she's seeing in the medical field now. We cover common misconceptions people have about plus size pregnancies, why we must be aware of our own biases when providing care, and how to have a great pregnancy and birth experience as a plus size parent.
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| 0:00.0 | I am so excited to have Jen McClellan from Plus Mommy and Plus Size Birth on the podcast. |
| 0:11.9 | Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. |
| 0:16.1 | I'm Dr. Nicole Callaway Rankin's, a practicing board certified OBGYN, who's had the privilege of helping |
| 0:22.8 | hundreds of moms bring their babies into this world. I'm here to help you be knowledgeable, |
| 0:29.0 | prepared, confident, and empowered to have a beautiful pregnancy and birth. Quick note, this podcast |
| 0:35.6 | is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical |
| 0:39.8 | advice. Check out the full disclaimer at ncr coaching.com forward slash disclaimer. Now let's get to it. |
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| 1:13.4 | Come join me at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email. |
| 1:18.8 | Hello, welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:22.5 | This is episode number 79. |
| 1:24.9 | I'm so glad you're here spending some of your time with me today. So I am really excited |
| 1:30.3 | about today's episode. I have Jen McClellan on. Jen is a certified childbirth educator, a wife and |
| 1:36.3 | mother to a charismatic 9-year-old, almost 10-year-old. She's the host of the Plus Mommy podcast, |
| 1:43.0 | a published author, speaker, and founder of Plus |
| 1:46.0 | Sized Birth, the premier resource for all things plus size pregnancy. With over 5 million |
| 1:53.6 | page views on her blog, 26,000 followers on Instagram, and 180,000 followers on Facebook. Jen is passionate about plus-size |
| 2:06.0 | pregnancy, body love, and navigating the bumps along the road of parenthood. She has been featured |
| 2:12.6 | in People, Good Morning America, Glammer, The Bump, today, romper, pop sugar, just to name a few. |
| 2:23.3 | Now, I asked Jen to come onto the show because I did an episode of the podcast called The Truth |
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