Beyond The Scale
Creating Size-Inclusive Pregnancy & Birth Care
July 19th, 2026 10:00 am PDT
Professional Attendees: $200
Community Birthworkers: $100
(use code COMMUNITY at checkout)
Student Midwives/Birthworkers in Training: $50
(use code TRAINING at checkout)
If you are a provider in a clinic or other business and would like to customize a workshop for you and your employees, please email bfp@bigfatpregnancy.com.
About the Workshop
Beyond the Scale is an interactive training designed for birth workers, healthcare professionals, and anyone who supports pregnant people. Together, we'll explore how weight stigma shows up in pregnancy and birth, examine the research behind common assumptions about body size and health, and learn practical strategies for providing truly size-inclusive care.
This workshop goes beyond identifying bias. You'll leave with concrete tools you can immediately apply in your practice—from creating more welcoming environments and using inclusive language to supporting informed decision-making and advocating for respectful, person-centered care.
Whether you're a doula, midwife, nurse, physician, childbirth educator, lactation professional, or student, you'll leave with greater confidence, deeper understanding, and actionable strategies to better support fat clients and patients.
What You’ll Walk Away with!
After this workshop, you'll be able to:
Recognize how weight stigma impacts pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care.
Identify common assumptions about body size and challenge them using current evidence.
Apply the EMBODY Framework™ to create more equitable, person-centered care.
Use more respectful, inclusive language in conversations, documentation, and educational materials.
Better support informed consent and shared decision-making for fat clients and patients.
Evaluate your own practice for opportunities to improve accessibility and inclusion.
Leave with practical ideas you can implement immediately, regardless of your role or setting.
“If you work with pregnant people, you need to learn from Christina, Big Fat Pregnancy. The next client or patient you see will DEEPLY appreciate it, regardless of the body they have! .”
Sharon Muza
“Christina's class really helped me learn how to provide my clients with the care and resources they deserve. The class was well-structured and accessible, and Christina made me feel comfortable having open discussions about the topics in the class. I feel I have a better understanding of how to support my clients and the ways I can do that. I definitely recommend this class for any birth workers.”
Ashley D.
“This was a great class to highlight societal bias (and our own) and how providers unknowingly don’t support people in larger bodies. Best part was including HOW we can do better with the physical environment, physical support (as a doula), and inclusive language on our marketing, educational materials and in how we talk to our clients in order be a safe provider for ALL people. Highly recommend this to EVERYONE who works with people!”
2023 Attendee
