Supporting Fat Birth

Another invaluable read from AJ Silver, on a subject very close to my heart; making birth better for every body. This educational and thought-provoking guide will help you understand and unpack your own bias on bigger bodies and ultimately provide better informed and safer antenatal care for people of all shapes and sizes. An essential read for all birth workers. – Siobhan Miller, Founder of The Positive Birth Company and author of Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth BetterHow do we get this book into the hands of the vast majority of healthcare professionals and medical students who have fat bias? It needs to be on reading lists, put in lockers, left by coffee machines and assigned as CPD. We need people to pay attention. Everyone who reads this book has a duty to pass its message on. AJ’s honest, challenging and important book is for parents too. They will feel heard and they will feel inspired. This is a book with some terrible stories but also, partly through humour and totally justified wonderful swearing, a positive book that leaves you feeling energised. – Emma Pickett, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and author of Supporting Breastfeeding Past the First Six Months and Beyond, and Supporting the Transition from BreastfeedingA stirring and honest must-read text for fat folks everywhere and the professionals supporting them through conception, pregnancy, birth and the perinatal period. Silver’s signature wit and matter of fact tone is authentic and authoritative (“BMI is bullshit” - hear, hear!), but my favourite thing about this book is their inclusion of diverse perspectives and service user experiences. Get this book, buy a copy for a friend and donate one to your local maternity service! – Alicia Burnett, Midwife and Founder of Black Baby Loss Awareness Week

AJ Silver is a birth and postnatal doula, trained with Badass Doulas, Abuela Doulas and Red Tent Doulas. They are also a qualified Babywearing consultant. AJ has worked in the birth and baby world for almost a decade, cementing themselves as the expert in their field in the UK.

AJ created the Queer Birth Club, the UK’s only LGBT+ Competency workshop for those working in the birth world. It has been delivered to NHS trusts, universities, doula training schools, hypnobirthing schools, lactation consultants and more.