Doctor Pertingle

For God and Country.
Every life matters.
Every person deserves love, dignity, and compassionate care.

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My heartfelt appreciation to the Hospital Director, the Head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Dr. Lawrence Buadi, my consultant, Dr. S. Gumanga, my colleagues, Dr. Risch Appiah-Nkrumah and Dr. Emmanuel Addipa-Adapoe, and the entire team at Greater Accra Regional Hospital.

Your compassion, teamwork, and unwavering dedication made it possible for a vulnerable mother living with a serious mental health condition and her babies to receive the specialized care they deserved. Thank you for proving that when healthcare professionals unite with a shared purpose, lives are transformed.

I am truly grateful to have worked alongside such an exceptional team.

Three weeks ago, I received a call from my good friend, Rita Anyang-kusi , after My journey with Autism sought help for a pregnant woman living with mental health condition who had been found in distress on the streets.

As an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist with a passion for maternal mental & reproductive health, I coordinated the right team to ensure she received the specialized care she needed.

Today, I am grateful to celebrate a beautiful outcome: a healthy mother and healthy babies.
I am deeply grateful to everyone who played a role in making this outcome possible. It takes a community to save lives.

This experience also reinforces an important lesson: women living with mental health conditions deserve the same quality of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care as every other woman.
Their pregnancies are often more complex and require coordinated, multidisciplinary, and compassionate care.
Specialized maternal healthcare for women with serious mental illness should not be viewed as a luxury, it is an essential component of an equitable healthcare system.

I remain committed to advocating for respectful maternity care, advancing maternal mental health, and ensuring that no woman is left behind because of her mental health condition, social circumstances, or vulnerability.

We do this for God. We do this for our country. Because every mother deserves a safe pregnancy, a safe delivery, and dignity in care.

Could my heavy periods/ me**es with clots mean I have fibroids?
YES,, they could.

Heavy menstrual bleeding is one of the most common signs of fibroids, especially if the fibroids grow inside the womb (submucosa)or within the muscle of the womb (intramural).
But fibroids are not the only possible cause, so it's important to get checked rather than assume.
Think of your womb like a room with smooth walls. Every month, the womb builds up a soft lining in preparation for pregnancy. If pregnancy doesn't happen, that lining is shed as your period.
Now imagine someone has placed one or more balls (fibroids) inside the wall of that room.
These balls can:
Stretch the lining of the womb, so there's more lining to shed every month.
Prevent the womb from squeezing (contracting) properly during your me**es. Normally, the womb contracts to help stop bleeding.
Fibroids can interfere with this, so the bleeding lasts longer days or becomes heavier.
Sometimes affect the blood vessels supplying the womb, making bleeding even heavier.
Many women become frightened when they see clots, but small clots can happen even in normal periods.
However, if you're passing large clots (about the size of a coin or bigger) along with very heavy bleeding, fibroids are one possible reason.

DOES HEAVY BLEEDING ALWAYS MEAN FIBROIDS?
No. Heavy periods can also be caused by:
Hormonal changes.
Adenomyosis (when the lining of the womb grows into the muscle).
Polyps in the womb.
Bleeding disorders.
Thyroid problems.
Certain contraceptives.
In rare cases, changes in the lining of the womb that need further assessment.
That's why it's important not to diagnose yourself.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
If your periods are unusually heavy:
See a healthcare provider or gynaecologist.
A pelvic ultrasound scan can check whether fibroids are present.
A blood test may be done to check if you've become anaemic.
Your doctor will then discuss the most appropriate treatment based on your age, symptoms, the size and location of any fibroids, and whether you hope to have children in the future.
Heavy periods with clots could be a sign of fibroids, but they don't automatically mean you have fibroids.
~ Doctor Pertingle