Pregnant Bake Off Star Laura Adlington, 36, turns to the NHS while admitting that she was being ashamed and received ‘terrible’ infertility treatment
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Laura Adlington Has hit the NHS when she admitted that she was a fat ashamed of medical professionals while trying to undergo IVF treatment.
The big British Bake Off star, 36, announced that she was pregnant last month of her ‘Wonder’ IVF Baby and shared her frustration on numerous fertility Experts in the NHS who told her that she had to ‘lose weight’ to get pregnant.
Laura opened on Wednesday with her fans in a Q&A on her Instagram and was asked if she was offered by the NHS IVF.
She described her terrible experience she started: ‘Our experience with the NHS (only with regard to infertility that I want to add) was terrible.
‘We waited 8 months to be seen by a specialist. On the day of our appointment we were weighed and soaked in the corridor before we could enter her office, and then told us that we could not even have tests done because of my BMI.
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Pregnant Bake Off-star Laura Adlington, 36, hit the NHS when she admitted that she was being ashamed and received ‘terrible’ infertility treatment when she went to Instagram on Wednesday

Laura announced that she was pregnant last month of her ‘miracle’ IVF baby and shared her frustration against fertility experts in the NHS who told her that she had to ‘lose weight’ to become pregnant
BMI is an archaic and inaccurate measure of health, but the NHS Uses it every time as an excuse. We had closed the door in our face every step of the road and it is wrong. ‘
BMI became popular for the first time in the 1970s and calculates whether an individual is a healthy weight for his height as a way to assess body fat.
A healthy BMI is usually measured between 18.5 and 24.9. Everything under 18.5 is considered underweight. BMIs between 25 and 29.9 fall in overweight territory and above 30 is considered obese.
Although BMI has been used for years, it has its mistakes. For example, it cannot distinguish between muscle and fat in weight, which means Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Is technically obese.
Laura told fans that her BMI was 45 and after he was refused IVF On the NHS, her and her husband went where Matt went The Lister Fertility Clinic in London to receive their treatment.
She said to fans: ‘As far as I know, they are the only clinic that has no upper BMI limit. Mine was 45.
‘In general, our experience was really positive. In the beginning my weight was mentioned. I had to pay to see a midwife and talk about their anesthesiologists.
‘Our case was then placed on a panel before we were approved. My weight was never brought up again. ‘

She described her terrible experience that she described her experience as ‘terrible’ and said she was in the corridor in the corridor in the corridor

Laura told fans that her BMI was 45 and after she had refused IVF on the NHS and her husband Matt went to the Lister Fertility Clinic in London to receive their treatment

In another story she assured fans that she never made herself bad about her weight while she was treated in the Lister Clinic

The star also revealed that it had cost the pair of £ 10,198.54 per cycle because she shared a copy of the invoice statement of the couple
The star also revealed that it had cost the pair of £ 10,198.54 per cycle when she shared a copy of the invoice statement of the couple.
Laura’s joyful baby news came afterwards nine years of infertility and It is told to lose 14th before she could get pregnant.
Last month Laura shared the joyful news in an Instagram post after he ‘quietly decided to try IVF’.
She shared her happy news and wrote: ‘After 9 years of infertility we are very enthusiastic (and still a bit in shock) to expect our little one IVF Wonder in October ✨
‘I know that announcements such as these can be really painful, especially if you are waiting for it or to mourn, so feel free to dampen or fly off as you have to and know that I send so much love in your way.
‘It has been so long and to be honest, lonely way to get here – something that many of you will know if you have followed me for a while or listened to the podcast.
‘We had honestly made peace with the idea that having children may not happen for us. But about a year and a half ago we quietly decided to try IVF.
‘We have kept it for ourselves and decided not to share online (or even with family), so that we no longer put pressure on ourselves.
‘We had a failed round and a canceled round and then discovered a few months ago that I was finally pregnant.
‘I will share more about our journey in the coming weeks to get here, but for now we are just very enthusiastic to share our news with you all. We really can’t believe our happiness. ‘

Laura revealed in 2022 that she should come to terms with the fact that she might never have a family after she was told by doctors that she should lose about 14 stone to get pregnant
Earlier in 2022, Laura revealed that she had to come to terms with the fact that she might never have had a family after she was told by doctors that she should lose about 14 stone to get pregnant.
Spend against Fantastic magazineShe said, “Unless you have undergone infertility and that the heartache of real people and it doesn’t happen … it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced.”
The star, which appeared on the 2020 series of the Channel 4Show, told how she always wanted to become a mother and thought, “What is the point?” If she couldn’t have a child.
She said, “I never thought:” I want to take my own life, “but I certainly had thoughts that I didn’t want to be here anymore. And I called Samaritans a few times and really benefited from it.”
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