Body-Positive / Plus-Size Pregnancy

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• Sarah Lewin - mental health therapist specializing in perinatal/reproductive mental health and eating and body image issues; offering virtual support. Sarah previously worked as a labor and postpartum doula

• Aynsley Kirshenbaum - a nutritionist and personal trainer who is body positive

• Plus Size Birth

• Association for Size Diversity and Health

• Ellyn Satter Institute

• The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute

• Center for Body Trust

• The Body Positive

• Overeater's anonymous

• ED referral - eating disorder referral & information center

• The Honest Body Project

  
  Recommended Reading:

• Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight ­- Linda Bacon*

• Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body - Connie Sobczak*

• The Body Is Not An Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor*

• Body Respect - Linda Bacon & Lucy Aphramor*

• Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach*

• When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession - Hirschmann & Munter*

• "Eating for Two: The Fear and Threat of Fatness in Pregnancy" by Megan Davidson & Sarah Lewin in Heavy Burdens: Stories of Motherhood and Fatness*

• Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth*

  *Disclosure: The product recommendations link above is an affiliate link, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, I’ll earn a commission at no additional cost to you.