More respectful care for women
My experiences relate to my pregnancy after which my overwhelming feeling was that we need more respectful care for women. I was a ‘geriatric’ mother i.e. over the age of…
Perimenopausal and pregnant!
I am 48, perimenopausal and pregnant. I had been on birth control most of my reproductive life apart from when I wanted to get pregnant (willingly). Four months ago my…
A doctor who listens is so rare
I’m in my early 40s and because of a myriad of symptoms that were affecting my quality of life lately I realised that I was hitting perimenopause. I had seen…
Are annual Gynecologist appointments necessary?
I’m really trying to figure this out, and I hope someone can help me understand if annual gynecologist appointments necessary? To be honest, gyno appointments make me incredible uncomfortable and…
Where are the technological advances for women’s health?
In the UK, and honestly everywhere, it feels like our women’s health tech is shockingly outdated. I don’t understand – where are the technological advances for women’s health? I was…
The pain bar is too high for women
I’m in my mid-thirties when I got an IUD insertion. I never anticipated the profound gap I’d discover within the healthcare system in that one act. Beforehand I was a…
