Hi

Can anyone recommend a good OBGYN on Long Island (Nassau County) that can handle a plus size patient?? I have not been in a long time because I just feel so uncomfortable..the ill fitting gown and the size zero staff that announces your weight when on the scale!!

You could try this list: http://www.cat-and-dragon.com/stef/fat/ffp.html

Alternately, I got to my primary doctor by asking my gyn to recommend someone. Do you have a good enough relationship with your primary to be able to ask for a referral to someone they know wouldn't be a jerk about your weight?

Remember that when you walk into a doctor's office, you may be a patient, but you are also a customer. You can call ahead to see if they have larger gowns and also specifically say that you request that your weight be kept confidential. Your doctor and his/her nurses work for you and should respect all of your requests.

Thank you so much!!!

I work in this field (OBGYN), and it is NEVER acceptable for a nurse/medical assistant to announce a patient's weight. I write the info down in the chart and leave it at that. It is up to the provider to advise a patient on their weight.

About being weighed at the doctor's office: I never used to think my doctor needed to know my weight, but it is really important for a lot of reasons--medication doses, BMI, etc. Just think of it as another statistic your doc needs to know, like a blood pressure or a blood glucose level.

I was just wondering if you had any luck finding a size friendly obgyn? I just found out I'm expecting (yay) and would really like to see a dr that will worry about my overall health, not just the number on the scale. I'm also on Long Island, NY (Nassau). Any help would be much appreciated!

If you're willing to commute to Staten Island my doctor is wonderful!

Stephy♡