Taboo subjects on the table at women's health event

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Three experts in women's health are holding an event to help provide a space for open conversations.

Donna Loose, Kate Pleace and Victoria Howell will be holding Women's Health - The Full Picture at Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club in Suffolk on 18 July.

Loose, 50, who is based in North Walsham, Norfolk, said the free event would have guest speakers on a range of different topics, including fertility and neurodiversity.

"The main thing for all three of us is we're very passionate about making sure that we cover subjects that maybe aren't necessarily talked about enough, that are a bit taboo," Loose explained.

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"[We want to] try and open up those safe conversations, trying to get those communications started, getting women thinking about what the future looks like or what they're currently dealing with."

Loose, who has been delivering women's healthcare for 25 years, explained the group had previously held similar events in Norwich that had been received well and so they wanted to venture further out.

Other topics that will be discussed include bladder health, pelvic floor health, premature ovarian insufficiency and more.

There will be a women's health 101 panel, and stallholders and attendees will have access to free resources.

Loose said she believed women's health was now being taken more seriously, but it was important that women were getting support and help from the right areas.

"We have to be very mindful that social media is very positive, but there can be quite negative things as well," she continued.

"Women can get down rabbit holes. They can come away sometimes a little bit more overwhelmed and confused.

"So our aim is to try and make sure that women are able to be really focused on where they can get the best resources to support themselves and have those ongoing conversations.

"All the women that come and listen to us become our champions because they then go away and talk to another woman... there's definitely a need for it, it's just making sure women get it from the right source."

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