Because I'm Fat

This article made me mad.

I know, I know. It's all my fault I got preeclampsia when I was pregnant. Because I'm fat. It's all my fault the doctor couldn't properly gauge my baby's size. Because I'm fat. Basically, it's probably all my fault that Ethan has the problems he has. Because I'm fat.

If you believe this article, I shouldn't have been able to get pregnant in the first place. Because I'm fat. And fat women have infertility issues.

Well, I guess my two surprise pregancies were just luck.

I should have had all kinds of complications after my c-section. And I shouldn't have been able to have a decent spinal. Because I'm fat. And fat women have lots of problems at birth.

Except, the nurses were all shocked with how quickly I was back on my feet, both times. And I had a spinal that was quickly administered and long-lasting. Guess those were just flukes too.

This section in particular really irked me:

“I’m not going to say there have not been people who left my office in tears, no question,” says Riley, who carefully broaches obesity as a medical problem.

“They need to be retrained for their own health, but you know what? They’re going to be raising kids. You don’t want them to teach their kids those same bad eating habits,” she adds.

What the hell does that mean? I can't even put into words how that pissed me off. Call me sexist, but it surprised me that this was a female doctor.

Basically, she's saying every fat woman is fat because they have bad eating habits, and therefore, their child is doomed to a lifetime of bad eating habits too.

Why don't you just slap women everywhere across the face and tell them they're going to be horrible mothers before their children are even born?

Where are the articles discouraging smokers from getting pregnant, 'cause they'll teach their kids that bad habit?

Or that women who drink alcohol might teach their kids the bad habit of drinking?

Or that women who gamble, lie, cheat, swear, pick their nose, have acne, or bad hair might just want to think twice before reproducing? Don't want to pass on those flaws to future generations.

And? What about fat fathers? Can't they pass on bad eating habits to the children?

But that doesn't matter, I suppose. As long as the mother is skinny, life for the kid will be just peachy keen.

Basically, I've decided the heart of this article is this:

We should discourage fat people from reproducing in the first place, cause obviously, all they'll do is make more fat people.

AND NOBODY WANTS THAT.

But maybe I'm just being sensitive.

Because I'm fat.