Knowledge Centre
Real answers, from the people who provide your care.
Plain-English guides to the questions women bring to us most, organised by topic, written by our clinical team, and free to share.
Every guide is written by the people who run the clinics and reviewed before it goes live. No jargon, no fear tactics, no prices. Read them here, or share them with someone who needs them.
Pregnancy and birth
Our flagship programme, from booking to six weeks after birth.
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Your pregnancy companion
Work out your due date and see your care visit by visit, a free tool that lives on your phone.
Your maternity journey
The five stages of care, the team behind them, and one agreed price.
Your Antenatal Visits, Explained
What happens at each visit from booking to birth, and why small checks, done often, keep you and your baby safe.
Warning Signs in Pregnancy: When to Call
The six signs that should never wait for your next visit, and why your instinct counts.
Preparing for Labour and Birth
How to know labour has started, when to come in, what to pack, and what your team already knows before you arrive.
The First Six Weeks After Birth
Care does not stop at birth: the first-week check, the six-week review, and the after-birth warning signs that should never wait.
Coming soonNewborn care basics
Take your journey with you.
The pregnancy companion lives on your phone: your due date, your visit-by-visit schedule with real dates, and a place for the questions you want to ask. Free, private, and nothing you type leaves your phone.
High-risk pregnancy
What the classification means, and how care changes when it applies to you.
Coming soonMultiple pregnancy, explained · Gestational diabetes, explained
Gynaecology
Straight answers on the conditions women ask us about most.
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The PMOS Decoder (previously PCOS)
A practical guide to PMOS symptoms, diagnosis, first tests, and your next step.
The Heavy Periods Decoder
A practical guide to heavy menstrual bleeding: what it means, when to act, and what to expect from assessment.
If something feels wrong right now
Do not browse, talk to someone. WhatsApp 071 224 2788, day or night. If you are pregnant, these are the signs that should never wait. In an emergency, go straight to your nearest emergency unit.
Fibroids
What fibroids are, and the full range of options from watching to surgery.
Coming soonEndometriosis, explained
Menopause
The transition, the symptoms worth naming, and care built around you.
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Menopause symptom record
All four areas a clinician asks about, not just the hot flushes, with a summary to read out at your appointment. Free, and nothing you enter leaves your phone.
Menopause, Properly Explained
What is actually happening in perimenopause and menopause, the symptoms worth naming, and how care is tailored to you.
Menopause Brain Fog: What to Discuss With Your Doctor
Losing words or struggling to concentrate? Understand brain fog around menopause, what to record, and when to seek medical assessment.
Fertility, first steps
When to ask for help, and what a first assessment actually involves.
Coming soonIVF, what to expect
Sexual wellness
Common, private, and treatable concerns, talked about plainly.
Coming soonVaginismus and pelvic pain
Breast health
Knowing what is normal for you, and when to get something checked.
Coming soonBreast screening ages and intervals
Cervical screening (ColpoCare)
Screening, HPV, and what happens after an abnormal result.
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South Africa's New Plan to End Cervical Cancer: What It Means for You
A plain-English guide to South Africa's cervical cancer elimination plan and three things every woman can do this year.
Colposcopy, Explained
What a colposcopy actually is, what happens on the day, and what your results mean. One visit, start to finish.
Coming soonUnderstanding your Pap smear result
What has changed lately.
The guides above are signed off and meant to last. Notes are short and dated: a centre that has opened, a number that has moved, a public health message that matters for women.
For professionals
Clinical and governance detail lives on its own pages.
This Knowledge Centre is patient education. If you are a referring clinician, a hospital partner, or a funder, the detail you need is here:
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