075 - Premature Menopause & Fertility - Dr Rebecca Gibbs & Dr Louise Newson
The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Dr Louise Newson
4.7 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Dr Rebecca Gibbs, an Obstetrics and Gynaecological Consultant at The Royal Free Hospital in London. Dr Gibbs is also an ambassador for The Daisy Network, a charity dedicated to providing information and support to women diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency.
In this podcast, Dr Gibbs and Dr Newson have an in-depth conversation about the challenges of being diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (premature menopause) whilst going through fertility treatment. They also discuss the reality of menopause education for gynaecologists in the U.K. and why it’s so important that women take their HRT when diagnosed with the menopause younger than expected.
Dr Rebecca Gibbs' Three Take Home Tips for women dealing with POI:
- Take your HRT. You may well feel much better.
- Take your HRT. It’ll prevent long term health problems.
- Don’t be afraid to push for the help that you need when dealing with healthcare professionals.
Find out more about The Daisy Network: www.daisynetwork.org
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Neuson Health Menopause podcast. I'm Dr. Louise Newson, a GP and menopause |
| 0:15.8 | specialist and I'm also the founder of the Menopause charity. In addition, I run the Newston Health Menopause and Well-Being Clinic here in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 0:31.2 | So today I have with me, Dr Rebecca Gibbs, who is an obstetrics and gynecological consultant at the Royal Free Hospital in London. |
| 0:39.7 | And she's also an ambassador for the most amazing charity called the Daisy Network. |
| 0:44.7 | So welcome Rebecca to the podcast. |
| 0:46.6 | Thank you. |
| 0:47.1 | It's a pleasure to be here. |
| 0:48.7 | So we connected not that long ago a few months ago by a mutual friend, actually, and it's |
| 0:53.9 | really interesting to hear not only about your work, but your journey and also the charity as well. |
| 0:59.5 | So in half an hour, I want to try and get as much as possible from you about each of those three areas as that's possible. |
| 1:07.1 | So let's just start off, obs and guine. |
| 1:09.6 | Why did you choose it and what led you down this career? |
| 1:13.6 | Goodness. So women are fascinating. I think you have to start with that. And as a medical |
| 1:20.1 | student, I found myself sitting in on obstetrics and gynaecology clinics where women would talk |
| 1:25.7 | about everything. They come in and tell you that |
| 1:28.3 | their periods were heavy, for example, but then you end up in a really long conversation with |
| 1:33.0 | them about what that means for their life, for their sex life, what they do at work. All sorts |
| 1:38.8 | of interesting things that come out of those conversations. You have a really privileged access to women's lives. |
| 1:46.3 | And it's so nice to be able to make a difference by quite often doing relatively |
| 1:51.3 | straightforward things. |
| 1:53.2 | You get to fix stuff. |
| 1:55.0 | So whether that's prescribing some medication that suddenly means that, you know, your periods |
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