Mother and Daughter Clinic

As the mother of two girls I know that puberty can be worrying time for a parent and I would like to add here that this is not a clinic exclusively for mothers and daughters.  I welcome fathers who accompany their daughters and, in the future, I would like to run educational sessions for boys too.

This is a new clinic I have set up for girls reaching, or in, puberty who may be

a) Having period pain or other menstrual problems

b) Experiencing hormonal problems (from acne to door-slamming!)

c) sexually active (or will soon be) and need/want to become informed regarding their fertile cycle

These sessions can be run individually (over 16 only), with parental accompaniment or in small groups (max 4 girls).   The educational/information sessions will be run by myself and/or Dee Armstrong (the Fertility Consultant with the Edinburgh Fertility Clinic) and any acupuncture treatment will be carried out by myself.
The aims of the clinic are three-fold

1) To show both mothers and daughters that periods need not be fraught and painful.  They are a natural and important part of our lives and are easy to live with once they are regular and pain free. 

2) To avoid over-use of the Oral Contraceptive Pill which has various side-effects and can lead to fertility or hormonal problems in the future.

3) To educate girls about their cycle so that they learn to avoid sexual intercourse, or use contraception (if they are not doing so already), during peak fertile times