Your First Antenatal Visit: What Happens and What to Bring
The first antenatal appointment sets the pattern for the whole pregnancy. Knowing what will happen — and what information to bring — makes it far more useful.
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Women's Health
5 articles on women's health, written and reviewed by the Obstetrics & Gynaecology team at SIMS. Written for patients and families in Anantapur, in plain language.
5 articles in Women's Health
Women's Health
Women's HealthAnaemia in Pregnancy: Why Iron Tablets Are Not Optional
More than half of pregnant women in India are anaemic. It is the most treatable cause of low birth weight, premature delivery and postpartum haemorrhage — and the treatment costs almost nothing.
Read articleWomen's HealthPCOS: Understanding Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and What Helps
PCOS affects roughly one in five Indian women of reproductive age. It is not a disease of the ovaries alone — it is a metabolic condition, which is why the treatment often looks nothing like a gynaecological one.
Read articleWomen's HealthCervical Cancer Is Preventable: Screening and the HPV Vaccine
India accounts for roughly a fifth of the world's cervical cancer deaths, from a cancer that a screening test can catch a decade before it becomes cancer — and a vaccine can prevent entirely.
Read articleWomen's HealthBreastfeeding: Solving the Problems That Make Mothers Give Up
Most mothers who stop breastfeeding early do so because of a fixable problem in the first two weeks. Almost all of them are solvable with the right help at the right time.
Read articleConditions & Symptoms A–Z
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