Too fat for childbirth?

[illusionofjoy]

From news.com.au: A woman on her third pregnancy was told that she was too obese to deliver in a certain hospital because they lacked the facilities "facilities to cope with the increased risks." A quick read of the article cries "fat-phobia" to me. This woman had already filled out the paperwork to give birth at said hospital. The appropriate time to tell her to hit the road should have been before she put pen to paper. Meanwhile, the fact that she's already given birth twice prior kind of bodes in her favour, unless she suddenly ballooned up to 242lbs. (which isn't even that fat, unless you're some asshole "obesity epidemic" shrill).