Menopause - Embracing the Change with Dr Orla Conlon

At Your Cervix

The conversation around the menopause is finely gathering pace. It's a hot topic in the press and there are many great campaigns, more books and resources that can help women manage the menopause and seek the treatment they want and deserve.

The menopause can be difficult to navigate and is still shrouded in mystery. Grainne and Emma had a great conversation about the menstrual cycle with Michelle Lyons in season 2 where we touched on menopause. In today's episode we were delighted to discuss the menopause in greater depth with Dr Orla Conlon. In this episode Orla debunks myths and provides some sound advice for any woman who is peri or post menopausal. She helps highlight that the menopause can be a positive time in a woman's life, a time that can be embraced.

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Speakers Bio

Dr Orla Conlon graduated in Medicine from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1995 and has been working in Obstetrics & Gynaecology since 1996. She became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in 2000 and was appointed to what was previously known as The Erne Hospital in Enniskillen as Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in March 2007. She is also a specialist with the British Menopause Society with a special interest in vulval conditions
She holds specialist training in obstetric ultrasound, gynaecological imaging, colposcopy, advanced hysteroscopy, psychosexual medicine and Menopause with a specialist interest in vulval conditions.
She has presented papers at many national & international meetings and has several publications in peer review journals.