Premarital counseling covers issues like Sex education, Fertility, Sexually transmitted infections, Birth control, hereditary and familial diseases, Medical and fertility issues, Blood tests, any medical diseases which either partner may have. It also covers understanding each other and mutual respect, Sharing and caring, attitudes towards social, financial and parenting responsibilities, adjusting to the new role and environment etc. Today’s woman needs to multitask from handling household chores, raising children to working overtime in offices. All this creates a huge amount of stress leading to burnout. Women with conditions such as infertility, endometriosis, fibroids and recurrent miscarriages go through significant stress, which not only may undermine her confidence and affect the quality of her life, but is also an obstacle to the treatment process. Menopause is another period of life when women are subject to overwhelming stress. Every woman has to deal with it! Our Stress management program for women teaches women to say no, to make time for family and themselves, and to eliminate negative forces from their lives. It teaches you time Management, good parenting, work life balance, organisational skills, delegation, dealing with your own expectations and others, coping with conflicts in your inner and outer world supporting lifestyle changes etc.
Antenatal counseling covers the different changes that can take place in a pregnant women, from the time of conception to 1st & 2nd trimesters i.e. upto 6 months, the symptoms they would have, signs they could expect, precautions that they should exercise, medication that is prescribed for them; significance of investigation that may be advised. Warning signs, complications are also discussed. We also explain the various stages of labour, types of deliveries, importance of breast feeding etc. during this session.
Sexuality education and Life Skills program is a preventive program for teenagers that covers providing right information about the physical and emotional changes occurring in their body. The program helps them to handle pressure from their friends so that they do not fall into bad company. We guide them about how to manage their stress and anger. We also provide them information about how various sexually transmitted diseases are transmitted and the devastating effects of pills like ‘Ipill’ which are causing pregnancy problems in future if taken excessively. Parents find that their teenager has become rebellious. We also help parent to understand their teen better so that regular fights are minimized and a congenial relationship develops.
