alicekeely

The Heavyweight Midwife Podcast: Empowerment for Plus Size Fertility, Pregnancy and Birth

No. of episodes

24

Latest episode

2025-08-20

Where can you listen?

The podcast for plus size pregnancy empowerment! If you’re wondering ‘Can I/Should I get pregnant in a bigger body?’ ‘What are risks of being plus size in pregnancy?’ ‘Will doctors and midwives treat me differently?’ ‘Can I have a waterbirth if I’m plus size?’ ‘Will I get gestational diabetes?’ ‘Will need a c-section?’ or flip-side... ‘Can I request a caesarean birth?’ …. this is the podcast for you. Information, reassurance and myth-busting, with Dr Alice Keely, plus size specialist midwife and PhD with 20 years experience and a passion for the uniqueness of every single pregnancy journey. From planning and trying for a baby, to your positive pregnancy test day, through all of your pregnancy decisions, and of course birth planning, this is the place to be. I’ll help you to feel good, to learn, to get empowered and reassured on all things plus size fertility, preparing for pregnancy, trimesters one, two and three, and of course help you with birth preparation. Join Alice, her expert guests, and real-life plus size mamas telling their stories, always with positivity and empowerment in mind!

Follow Alice on social media @theheavyweightmidwife and do get in touch if you have a question , be a guest expert or if you have a story you’d like to share.