As a doctor with pregnancy associated osteoporosis, I know that the NHS can do better for women with this condition

Pregnancy associated osteoporosis (PAO) is rare and comes with various challenges around diagnosis and management. Quantifying its true incidence is difficult, with missed diagnoses and the use of private healthcare likely leading to an underestimation of affected pregnancies. I have pregnancy associated osteoporosis and am also a doctor, but despite my profession and previous knowledge, I experienced the same traumatic diagnostic journey as many women with the condition. Testimonies from these women show that little has changed in 30 years, and they highlight the systemic failures that continue to lead to delays in diagnosis, misdiagnosis, variable management, and add to the psychological trauma already associated with this condition.This article comes as we hear harrowing testimonies from the UK’s Birth Trauma inquiry. This long overdue inquiry calls for an overhaul of the UK’s maternity and postnatal care after finding poor care is “all too frequently tolerated as normal.” An overriding complaint…
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