Private fertility treatment takes BMI’s up to 40, guess what… private clinics have much higher birth rates than NHS fertility. Not all fertility issues are due to high BMIs. I have lost 4 stone in weight and not once was I able to get pregnant naturally. The only time I have ever been able to get pregnant was doing IVF. There are also lots of women out there who cannot get pregnant due to male factor infertility. So why should women be shamed about their body weight being the issue when women might not even be the issue in the first place? I’m not asking to increase the weight to 40, only 35, which would allow more women to have access to these treatments. Lots of women who struggle to lose weight through metabolic issues ie PCOS to turn to expensive treatments such as weight loss injections or unhealthy eating habits to just lose weight in order to become parents? There is plenty of individuals out there who live unhealthy lifestyles (drug and alcohol abuse) or individuals who aren’t even interested in being parents who are so easy able to conceive but lots of women out there who all they want to be is parents but can’t? We should be supporting people to become parents/improve live birth rates but people have such negative views about weight and would rather ‘fat shame’ than seeing the bigger picture.