I Am Your Fat Pregnancy Advocate!
At Big Fat Pregnancy, I empower fat pregnant folks to navigate a biased medical system with confidence, clarity, and ease. Far too often, people in larger bodies face unjust barriers—denied access to care based on BMI, restricted provider options, and harmful treatment during prenatal and birth experiences.
As your pregnancy advocate, my mission is to replace struggle, fear, and confusion with actionable tools, informed advocacy, and unwavering support. Every pregnant person deserves compassionate, respectful care—exactly as they are. Let’s transform the narrative and reclaim your pregnancy journey together.
our values
Big Fat Pregnancy practices fat positive care that is weight inclusive, trauma-informed, and intersectional. As your pregnancy advocate I focus on providing fiercely affirming care that supports the belief that fat bodies are worthy, have beauty and value of their own, and that their glorious bodies are more than capable of conception and birth.
At Big Fat Pregnancy, I welcome and serve all family structures, races, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, and abilities. I work with folks to create an environment where their unique personhood is welcomed and affirmed.
Why Choose Me?
A Compassionate, Fat-Positive Advocate for Every Step of Your Journey
At Big Fat Pregnancy, I believe quality, person-centered, and evidence-based care is a human right. Your body is capable, beautiful, and worthy of affirming care at every stage, from preconception to postpartum, when your baby joins you earthside.
I’m here to help you navigate the complexities of the healthcare system, providing personalized support rooted in compassion, respect, and fat positivity, all while advocating for your positive birth expereince.
Drawing on coaching, adult education, neuroscience principles, and lived experience in a fat pregnant body, I offer:
- Size – Inclusive Birth Mentoring
- Full-Spectrum Doula Services
- Size-Inclusive e-Courses & Resources
- Training for Birth Professionals
I’m a fierce advocate for care that celebrates body diversity, integrates trauma-awareness, and uplifts intersectional voices. My work is rooted in honoring your body—its beauty, its strength, its worth—at every stage of the journey. Whether you’re moving through early pregnancy, gearing up for birth, or finding your rhythm in postpartum, I’m here to stand with you and lift you up every step of the way.
Ready to explore ways to work with me and reclaim your birth journey? Let’s get started.
“Our experience with Christina was amazing. The human touch, the honesty, the company, the knowledge, it was everything we needed! I love that she creates an honest connection.”
-Ana Celeste
Birth Doula Client | Review on Doula Match
“I cannot say enough good things about Christina. If you ever have the chance to work with her, don’t pass it up. If I’m ever pregnant again, she is for sure our doula!”
-Elena Umeno
Birth Doula Client | Review on Doula Match
“After a traumatic birth experience, my second was a healing one. Taking time to listen, truly hearing our concerns meant when we didn’t know what we needed BFP did.”
– Leah Thompson
Birth Doula Client | Review on Doula Match
“I have chronic illnesses, and not only did Christina already know a lot about my disorder, she did additional thorough research regarding my condition during pregnancy and birth – the risks associated, alternative methods of coping, etc. Throughout my long labor, she helped keep me grounded, reminded me to find my breath, and compassionately guided my husband through partner support. Having her there made the entire process significantly less scary. She shouldered the medical advocacy that neither I nor my husband had the capacity to provide.”
-Erin S.
Birth Doula Client | Bellevue, WA
big fat pregnancy
Dedicated Advocate
Big Fat Pregnancy is unique because I intimately focus on the intersection of anti-fat bias and pregnancy.
I am your fat best friend with a supercharged toolbox, here to help you arrive at birth prepared and joyful.
I am the voice that says, “No, you’re not making it up; that was extremely fatphobic!” or “Let’s pause and examine where that belief came from.”
I help you slow down and process the inherent anti-fat attitudes that exist in our medical system and see how they are keeping you from a positive birth experience.
Big Fat Pregnancy is the place that plus-sized people turn to when wonderful things are to be celebrated and when things hit the fan—an advocate and a voice that puts all the cards on the table and supports your bodily autonomy and right to choose.
Photo Credit: Holly Stevens A Queer Photog
I see you. All of you.
At Big Fat Pregnancy, I walk beside you every step of the way—honoring your story, your body, and your voice.
I understand the challenges my clients face because I’ve lived them. While my own births were ultimately empowering, they required constant self-advocacy.
Now, I bring that same fierce dedication as your advocate, making sure your voice rises above the noise of a medical system that too often tries to speak over it.
I dream of a world where my work is no longer needed—a world where fat folks are valued, respected, and cared for with the dignity and compassion everyone deserves.
A world without stigmatizing language, harmful assumptions, or inadequate care.
Until that day comes, I am here to help as many fat folks as possible build the skills and confidence to advocate for themselves. Because you—and your baby—are not a “risk” or a “burden.” You are powerful. You are worthy. And you are absolutely something to be celebrated.
a bit more info about christina
I love being an advocate while walking alongside other fat pregnant folks!!
My path to birth work started long before I ever attended a birth. I began my career in higher education, supporting graduate students through admissions, academic advising, and program development. These roles taught me how to listen deeply, think creatively, and walk alongside people on their unique journeys.
While working at Seattle University, I earned a Master’s degree in Adult Education and Online Training—a program that strengthened my love for teaching and showed me how powerful personalized, inclusive support can be. My research focused on how marginalized groups are often excluded from educational spaces, and during my own pregnancy, I noticed those same patterns in the birth world.
I was especially struck by the lack of representation for anyone outside the narrow “norm”—white, cisgender, heterosexual, and married. My master’s research explored the exclusion of fat individuals in birth education and support, and that focus lit a fire in me to become an advocate for change.
After graduating and giving birth to my daughter, I was completely captivated by the birth world. Inspired by the incredible support of my own doula, I pursued certification through the Birth Advocacy Doula Training. By late 2022, I became a certified full-spectrum doula, and in 2024, I was proud to become one of the very first Washington State Certified Doulas.
Contact
Location
Greater Snohomish & King County
bfp@bigfatpregnancy.com
Phone
425-276-1999
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