How do morbidly obese people reproduce?

Slight hijack: According to Dr. Mehmet Oz, a man’s “apparent” penis size increases by one inch for every 35 pounds of weight lost. If that isn’t incentive, I don’t know what is.

My god… If I gained another 300, then lost it… the mind boggles!

Joe

Just to be clear, the issue was insemination, not simply having approximately juxtaposed genitalia.

Insemination is proof of reasonably proximate deposition of sperm in the right place. Of course sperm are good swimmers, so it’s not absolute proof that where he thinks he is at The Moment of Joy is where he’d be if there were less fat.

And as mentioned, there’s tubby and there’s morbidly obese. And weight is a relatively crude proxy for Fat. Some folks are huge but not all that fat. Big old floppy fat that needs two Assistant Spreaders just to get the inner thighs out of the way for the speculum.

The Proof that it can be done is when Mom 'n Dad bring in the Little Pudding I guess. There must be some basic positions that don’t work–Flying Cranes with Goddess Superior–whatever?

I have wondered on occasion if a female knee chest with a rear entry male borrowing the small of her back upon which to rest his tummy might provide good access if the only problem is a couple of generous waistlines.

I don’t know about “normal” weight - my wife and I are both underweight - but yeah, I don’t think all that many couples would be able to do something like this. Perhaps if the guy was big and strong and lean, I dunno. That’s not me. I weighed in at 110lbs at 5’7’’ last time I checked. I can’t lift my wife off the ground for anything other than the briefest time.

I really don’t know where you’re going with this. :confused: We fat people in this thread have already said that we don’t have any issues with things getting together in the proper manner. (And yes, we both have considerable amounts of stomach fat, and lots of thigh fat in my case.) In some positions, squeezing my muscles is required to make myself tight enough for him to come, so it’s not like the fat on the inside interferes at all either.

Do I have absolute proof that he’s going as deep as he would if we were both thin? Of course not - we’re not putting a ruler in there at the same time. But he looks and feels to be all of the way in, and it doesn’t require a speculum for it to happen.

Of course, when you think about it, having sex is really a completely different matter than a gynecological exam. For the latter, the vagina needs to be open a certain amount to see inside, hence the speculum. Whereas for the former, a much smaller opening suffices.

None that we’ve ever tried. We haven’t worked our way through the Kama Sutra or anything, but we’ve been together for almost fifteen years, so we’ve tried a number of different things.

Actually, that’s one of the most difficult. Remember, the woman probably has a large ass to go with the large stomach, and the stomach can stop her from leaning as far over as most other women.

Here is a SFW (no pictures, but the page title is “Fat Sex”) link with descriptions of some positions and techniques: http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/positions/fat_sex.html

Then again, according to WebMD,

The Best Sex Positions for Overweight People

I once took care of a patient who was 4’ 9" and >350 lbs. She had a pendulous abd that literally hung to her knees. She was able to ambulate to the bathroom for bowel movements but unable to reach her privates to clean them. At home she used a shower attachment, for the hospital she brought her “helper” which consisted of an approx 2 1/2 foot length of well worn wooden rod–like a broom handle.

She used the device to lift her abdominal folds so the assistant could reach underneath to clean. One day she volunteered that she also used her “helper” to have sex. She said she would lie on her back and use the rod to lift her folds so her hubby could, as she said, “get to it”. She seemed quite pleased with her ingenuity too.

That’s exactly like Bart Simpson’s “I wash muhself with rag onna stick” line.

eeewww!

My eyes! MY EYES!!! :eek:

Maybe, but this story is 100% true.

He asked how morbidly obese people reproduce. By me stating that I used to be obese, yet I have a child, I was implying that it isn’t impossible.

I’m not particularly strong, but I’ve done this with a woman who weighed around 180 lbs. (I was around 280 at the time). It’s not like you have to hold up her whole weight all the time, you have her leaned against a wall so that’s helping, and she’s holding on to you so that makes it easier too.

<<Pullet puts the chocolate pudding back on the shelf>>

Yeah, I get it. My point was that simply mentioning the existence of your child would have adequately proven your ability to procreate; as written, however, it makes the sex appear to have been in celebration of your child’s recent 9th birthday. Or something.

Carry on.

I don’t have anything to add about the mechanics involved, but obesity is apparently associated with an increased risk of infertility (that’s just the first site that turned up on Google; I’m sure there are others). My understanding is that if the obesity is related to the condition Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), the incidence of infertility is higher yet.

Disclaimer: IANAD. My wife is, however. Her area of expertise is researching/treating PCOS and infertility.

So what you are saying is that if I lose 100 lbs, I would be the next John Holmes? :smiley:

“Apparently,” anyway. In practice it may simply convert a negative one inch innie to a 2 incher.

Whether or not 3" additional would suffice to compete with Long Dong depends on your starting baseline.

::Looks for the closest Weight Watchers meeting::

Robin