Can I tell my gynae she's being rude?

I am 26 years old, overweight and pregnant currently in my 2nd trimester. During my visits to my private gynae at kkh, she often asks me to "lift up" my tummy so she can scan the baby. However, this request was uncommon with routine scans at the AMC. (Which I gather should mean that the machines can scan the baby irregardless of how much tummy fat one has.) She will also pass the same remarks like "your bmi very high" for every single visit (like I need a reminder) and repeatedly told me that I am only allowed to put on 5-9kg throughout the entire pregnancy. This caused me alot of stress and so far during the first trimester I managed to maintain the same weight by not eating so much. Whenever she makes these remarks it makes me feel very humiliated as she will have several nurses in the room at a time. Is it possible to tell her off that it's rude or should i just keep brushing it off as a need for every check up? Does anyone else face something similar? My friend who's also overweight during pregnancy told me her gynae passed off several hurtful remarks about her being overweight too, so I guess it's normal amongst doctors to bash fat pregnant people. #pleasehelp

Can I tell my gynae she's being rude?GIF
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Both my subsidised route didn’t pass off any rude remarks about my weight. I was 100kg and standing at 160cm at 22 weeks pregnant. I’m now going 24 weeks and I’m sure I’ve put on a bit of weight. I think your gynae wants you to be careful of your weight as being obese is dangerous to your pregnancy and yourself. You can develop serious complications and might even lose the baby so before that happens, maybe she’s trying to give you some tough love and approach you harshly. All gynaes want their patients to have a healthy pregnancy irregardless of whether they know the person or not. I developed pre-eclampsia post-delivery and one of the causes is because of high BMI. I’ve been quite careful with what I eat as I’m afraid I would die while giving birth or worst, giving birth to a stillborn. If I were you, I will write a feedback to management and change gynae right away if I’m still going for private. It will be awkward for me to tell her off cause I’m not that kind of person. Also, I’m afraid she might have a come back and insult me further and crush my ego. That will be even more stressful for me and my baby.

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4y ago

ya omg same! if i go gp my bp normal but every appointment will be borderline! thank you so much dear.