Let’s talk about another taboo; Weight-loss surgery.

Tiffany Abela-Wadge
  • “You’ve gained a bit of weight haven’t you?”
  • “If you want to live to grow old, you need to lose weight now while you’re still young.”
  • “You take after your [insert relative/ancestor’s name here], she was also overweight.”
  • “Why don’t you follow this diet, I’ve lost the 8kg I had gained with it.”
    “Speak to [insert nutritionist name here], I lost 10kg with her fitness-challenge.”
  • “Cut out sweets and soft-drinks and eat more veg u tara kif tonqos malajr”
  • “Skip that movie and go for a walk instead.”
  • “Jahasra if only you lose weight, you’ll be so beautiful u forsi xi darba jigbrok xi hadt”
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Tubal Ligation (or lack thereof) in Malta

Tiffany Abela-Wadge

So for those that don’t know exactly how the female body works, let’s start with a quick physiology lesson so we’re all on the same page about our reproduction organs. The ovaries are each connected to the uterus by a fallopian tube and during typical ovulation, one of the ovaries releases a mature egg that travels through its adjacent fallopian tube and may or may not become fertilised by sperm.

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