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19/11/2025

Over 50% of Fertility and Conception issues are related to men.

Up to 50% of failed fertilisation rates are related to s***m.

Up to 85% of miscarriage issues are related to DNA and chromosomal factors related to poor quality s***m in men.

The reason many couples are doing ICSI (Intracytoplasmic S***m Injection), where the s***m has to be helped into the egg, is because of poor quality s***m in most cases.

Yet so often we see the narrative that pregnancy and fertility related issues are a woman's cross to bear. The myth of the barren woman runs deep.

Unfortunately I have seen many a practitioner just treat the woman, or just tell women that preconception care only applies to them. I am sorry, but that is just BS. This is why it is important to see a qualified expert in reproductive medicine.

Fertility evaluation, investigation and management requires "The Couple" to participate and be fully onboard, not just the female.

The overall health of a man is passed through the DNA of his s***m to his unborn child. Everything a man eats, drinks, and even thinks, is passed on to his offspring.

Unhealthy men produce unhealthy s***m. Healthy men produce healthy s***m.

A semen analysis does not tell us the inner health of the s***m. It does not tell us the DNA quality either. Regardless, s***m quality can change by as much as 20% in a given month, so that semen analysis a man did months, or years ago is irrelevant for the here and now.

As part of my fertility program, "The Couple" are always assessed, and when it comes to heterosexual couples, the man definitely has to be part of preconception care and ongoing management. This is to assist the man in having the best quality s***m possible.

If you are having trouble having a baby, or are having failed cycle after failed cycle with IVF, then contact my clinic and find out how my fertility program can help you. Email info@drandreworr.com.au, or call 0451 408898. In-person & online consultations are available.

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19/11/2025

Here is a message to all teenage women.

If your friends tell you that period pain, or heavy menstrual bleeding etc is normal, correct them, because it is not true.

If your parents, or your family tell you that period pain, or heavy menstrual bleeding etc is normal, correct them, because it is not true.

If those around you are telling you that period pain, or heavy menstrual bleeding etc is normal, then correct them. Point them to the facts that period pain, or heavy menstrual bleeding etc, may be common, but it is definitely not normal.

Period pain is very often a sign of having endometriosis, and heavy menstrual bleeding is often a sign of its sister condition called adenomyosis. Very often endometriosis and adenomyosis overlap, and in fact, very often coexist in the same woman.

Early intervention is the key to period pain and heavy menstrual bleeding. If the cause of period pain is left too long, it can cause all your internal organs to be stuck together with web like inflammatory structures called adhesions.

Not only that, it can affect your bowels, your bladder, your sexual function, your moods, and so much more. Worse still, it can affect your future fertility and chances of having children (if you want them).

Do not put up with period pain, or heavy menstrual bleeding, or any menstrual irregularities think that they are normal, just because someone else has said that they are. They are not normal, and the sooner you get help for these issues, the better your future health will be on every level.

If you need help with period pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, or irregular periods, then contact my clinic and find out how a qualified women's health expert can help you. Contact info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451 408 898. In person and online consults available, no matter where you live.

18/11/2025

On average, women usually start their menstrual cycles around the age of 13-14 years. Many. young girls are now starting the menstrual cycle as young as 9 years old, and this can pose significant issues later in life, especially with fertility.

The problem for many young women is that they do not know what a proper menstrual cycle should be like, and that period pain is not normal.

Unfortunately many young women are told that period pain and menstrual issues are normal and that going on the contraceptive pill will fix everything. While the contraceptive pill will help many young women with menstrual issues short term, the long term effects are often masked, and found later in life when they want to start a family.

Sometimes an issue that could have been addressed from the start, can pose very significant problems to a young girls future fertility, and this does need to taken more seriously.

Young women need to be made aware of what a proper menstrual cycle should be like and if it isn't they need to seek the help of a women's health medicine expert, and not just their GP. Just remember that GP's are general practitioners, not womens health medicine or reproductive medicine experts.

A proper menstrual cycle should be 26 –32 days in it’s length. It should be 4 days flow, 5 at the most.

You shouldn’t get any pain at all (slight heaviness and knowing it is coming his OK, but pain of any kind, is not normal). You shouldn't get clotting, spotting, breast tenderness, bloating, fluid retention or changes to the moods such as teariness or irritability. These are all signs of possible major issues and need to be addressed.

My main aim is to teach young women with knowing what a proper menstrual cycle should be like. Preventing things early could save them seeing someone like myself later on desperately trying to have a baby, and can't.

Period pain is not normal, no matter what anyone tells you.

There are so many options in treatment for period pain, and your daughter does need help in this area, contact my clinic and find out how I can help. Contact info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451408898. In person and online consults no matter where you live.

18/11/2025

As a qualified Women's Health Medicine Expert, with over 30 years clinical experience in dealing with every form of women's health conditions, I can't begin to tell you how many women tell me they have felt like this.

So many women in their mid to late 40's/early 50's say to me that they are, or have been, crying all the time for no reason. Their relationship is either unstable, or ended. They feel out of control emotionally. Their hair is falling out. Their skin is dry & itching. Their va**na feels dry & irritated. Their libido is non-existent. Their bladder is keeping them up at night.Their joints & muscles ache. They can't sleep and they feel like an emotional wreck.

Some have even had dark thoughts & suicidal ideations. Some have completely broken down and moved back in with mum and dad, just to get a break and feel some sense of comfort.

It doesn't take an expert to know that this is not normal. Yet so many of these same women have been to their healthcare provider and been completely blown off, been missed & dismissed, told that they are depressed and anxious, and take these antidepressants/antianxiety medications.

Worst still, some are just told to suck it up, and that this is just how it is at your age, and once you get into menopause it will all settle down.

All of those things above are complete BS, and should not happen. Yet they do, and women go on for years feeling like a crazy hormonal mess, and are not getting the help they need.

It is absolutely disgusting, because all these things are easily fixed when you see the right healthcare provider, and an expert in this area early on. You will start to feel so much better when you take the steps to book in with a women's health expert.

Early intervention is the key to any health related issue, and the same goes for what women experience early on in the perimenopausal/menopausal stages of life.

If you are in your 40's/early 50's and experiencing any of those things I have mentioned above and aren't getting the help you need, then contact my clinic and find out how I can help you. Contact info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451408898. In person & online consults, no matter where you live.

17/11/2025

Period pain is not normal, and neither are many of the other associated symptoms that many women, and persons, get with their period.

While period pain, and other associated symptoms of a woman's period may be common, they are definitely not normal. That is a fact!

Period pain, severe bloating, heavy menstrual bleeding, ovulation pain, pain with in*******se, irritable bowel symptoms, bladder issues, digestive issues, pelvic pain and passage of clots, can all be symptoms of major gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis and adenomyosis.

Left undiagnosed, and unmanaged, they can not only cause issues with your physical and emotional wellbeing, but can cause irreversible long-term fertility issues. Worse still, they can cause your internal organs to be damaged, or stuck together. It is a serious issue and all concerned need to take it more seriously too.

This is why it is important to see a women's health expert, who is an expert in women's health conditions. Early intervention, diagnosis and management is the key to any health issue, especially any women's health condition. Never try and manage your period pain on your own, because you can't. If you could, you wouldn't still be in pain.

If you need help with period pain, or getting the cause of your period pain diagnosed and managed properly, please contact my clinic and find out how I can help you. Contact info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451 408898. In person and online consults available.

17/11/2025

Before I start, it takes two people to make a relationship work, or cause its breakdown. This post is not about blaming women for all relationship breakdowns in menopause. It is about bringing awareness to a specific topic that does occur during the perimenopausal & menopausal stages of life.

As a qualified women's health medicine expert, who has been in practice over 30 years, I have heard & seen it all, this topic included.

I often hear stories of women feeling out of control, feeling crazy for reasons unknown to them, and being totally irrational at the same time. Not to mention the uncontrollable tears that usually follow.

Not only that, relationships start to break down, or become totally destroyed. This isn't just with partners. It can be with children, friends, family, and anyone in their circle.

In clinical practice so many women admit to me that they know that they aren't themselves, and know that they are highly emotional, yet don't know how to make it all stop.

Unfortunately not too long ago, women were institutionalised for mania and insanity, and were subjected to all sorts of barbaric treatments. The sad fact was that all they needed was some hormone replacement therapy, specific nutrients replenished, better sleep, a better diet, exercise, and a big dose of TLC.

This is what can happen when women hit the perimenopausal & menopausal stages of life, and don't seek help. Some try to seek help, and uneducated healthcare providers blow them off, or lack the training to help them too.

Early intervention is the key to any health condition, or any issues we face in life. The longer we leave something, the worse it can get, and this goes for perimenopausal & menopausal symptoms.

Don't let things get out hand, or demise before doing something about it. If you are over 45 years old, and experiencing what I have mentioned above, then go and get some help before it is too late. This is all easily treated.

If you need help with perimenopausal or menopausal symptoms, then contact my clinic and find out how I can help you. In person and online consults, no matter where you live. Contact info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451 408 898.

16/11/2025

No matter what anyone says, or has you believing for years, period pain is not normal. Period pain may be common, but it is definitely not normal.

The truth is that period pain can be effectively managed with the right management from an appropriately qualified women's health expert, who has done post graduate training in women's health medicine.

The problem for many is that they wait too long to seek treatment, or they have been missed and dismissed by all for many years, and most of this is because they have not seen an expert in women's health medicine.

Early intervention is the key to any health issue, and period pain is exactly the same.

The sad fact is that if the cause of period pain is often not diagnosed early enough, it can lead to a life of physical and emotional turmoil.

Worse still this same cause can not only cause issues with fertility, but it can also stick all your organs together and make a real mess of your internal organs, and how they function. That is a fact.

The wait and see approach is a terrible idea, and part of the reason people end up with an obliterated pelvis, and other organs destroyed, and living a life of terrible pain and suffering.

If you do have period pain, always go and see a proper women's health expert, not just someone who says they are, or just dabbles and has a special interest in it.

If you need help with period pain, and having the cause of your period pain diagnosed, please contact my friendly staff and find out how I can help you. Please email info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451 408898

16/11/2025

I am always astounded at how many people have been led to believe that period pain, and/or heavy menstrual bleeding, is normal and that you just have to put up with it.

It is even worse to hear medical practitioners tell women, and persons, that you just have to put up with it too. I can honestly say that many of you have been lied to and these healthcare providers need to be held accountable and be reeducated.

People are always asking about the causes of period pain & heavy menstrual bleeding, so I thought I'd put up a brief post explaining the common causes and explain things to help people get the proper treatments and investigations needed.

So what are the causes of period pain, and/or heavy menstrual bleeding?
1. Endometriosis
2. Adenomyosis
3. Adhesions
4. Uterine Fibroids
5. Cysts ( Ovarian & uterine)
6. Polyps
7. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
8. Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
9. Cancer

One of the most common causes of period pain is endometriosis. It usually presents as the following:
● period pain
● pain with in*******se
● chronic pelvic pain
● ovulation pain
● bowel or bladder issues
● infertility
● chronic fatigue
● pain with bowel movement
There are also other symptoms as well.

"Endometriosis "CANNOT" be definitively diagnosed by scans, blood tests etc. It can "ONLY" be diagnosed and removed by surgical intervention (usually key-hole surgery). So if anyone tells you any different, they are lying to you.

One of the most common, and overlooked causes of heavy menstrual bleeding is Adenomyosis. Many of the symptoms of Adenomyosis & Endometriosis overlap, except that Adenomyosis usually causes more heavy bleeding symptoms. These two conditions often co-exist in the same woman, or person.

As you can see there are many issues that can cause period pain & heavy menstrual bleeding, and all of them should be ruled out and investigated thoroughly.

If you need help with finding the cause of your period pain, or heavy menstrual bleeding, then contact my clinic at info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451408898. In person & online consults available, no matter where you live.

15/11/2025

The one thing that I have never understood is how family, partners, or even friends, can stand by and let people that they love and care about, suffer with pain.

As a parent I also can't understand how someone can stand by and watch their child suffer in pain, for months, or years on end, and not do something about it.

And yes, I get that some healthcare providers have dismissed you as well. But even so, complain loudly, and then find someone who won't dismiss you.

Pain is a signal that there is something wrong going on in the body, and it needs to be investigated and managed.

Period pain is no different. Period pain is not normal, and despite being common, it is definitely not a woman's lot in life to endure, until she ceases having a period.

There are effective treatments and management available, when you see a women's health medicine expert.

Like any other pain, period pain needs to be investigated & managed, because there are serious underlying gynaecological issues that cause period pain, some of which can destroy a woman's life (physically and emotionally), and also destroy her ability to have children. Left unmanaged, some of these conditions will affect her long into menopause as well.

Early intervention is the key to any health condition, and the same goes for underlying gynaecological conditions, which are a common cause of period pain.

Teenagers are definitely not too young to have some of these gynaecological issues, and the longer they are dismissed, the worse their future health & fertility can get.

If you, your daughter, your partner, family member etc suffers period pain, please help them (or yourself) get the care and help that they/you need. If someone you love needs help with period pain, then please contact my clinic and find out how I can help you.

Contact info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451 408 898. In person and online consults available. No matter where you live.

15/11/2025

Many women suffer from recurrent UTI's (urinary tract infections), or UTI like symptoms (meaning no bacteria/infection present) and do not realise that these maybe come from an underlying gynaecological condition, such as endometriosis.

UTI's and UTI like symptoms, are a common symptom of endometriosis, and they can also be caused by a bladder condition called Interstitial Cystitis. Many women with endometriosis may in fact have Interstitial Cystitis as well, and may have never had this properly diagnosed, or it has been missed and dismissed.

If you are suffering from recurrent UTI's, or UTI like symptoms, and also have painful periods, pelvic pain, pelvic and re**al pressure sensation, ovulation pain, bowel and digestive issues, severe bloating, pain with in*******se, and fatigue, then there is a more that increased chance that you could have endometriosis.

Just remember that recurrent UTI's and UTI like symptoms are not normal, and period pain is not normal either.

If you need help with recurrent UTI's, or UTI like symptoms, and are not getting any answers as to why, then contact my clinic and find out how I can help you. Contact info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451 408898. In person and online consults available, no matter where you live.

14/11/2025

The latest research shows that 1 in 7 females are diagnosed with endometriosis. I have always maintained that the figures should be at least 5 in 10 females, or more.
That's not to undervalue the research either. We need those statistics to help with awareness, funding, and education into endometriosis.

But, I will always maintain my stance, and slowly but surely the stats are getting closer to what I have always said. It has gone from 1 in 10, to 1 in 9, and now to 1 in 7.

Why I believe the stats are wrong is in the key word I have underlined.. "Diagnosed"

The stats only account for those diagnosed, and we know many are missed and dismissed for over 10 years, or more. I even believe the time to diagnosis is wrong based on what I have just said too. Let's face it, some will never be diagnosed.

We also know that 50% of women investigated for fertility issues, via surgical intervention will have endometriosis. Yes..50%

It is something I am very passionate about, because it needs to be said. By ignoring it, we enable it.

Regardless, we can't just blame uneducated healthcare providers either. Parents are also responsible when they hold back their daughters from seeking treatment, and the dangerous "wait and see approach". We also have individuals who aren't seeking treatment, through believing that their symptoms are normal.

At the end of the day, what matters most is that we continue the awareness, but also offer women education of who to see for help, and some of the management and treatment options too.

Lastly, no matter what anyone tells you... Period pain is not normal. Heavy menstrual bleeding is not normal. All these symptoms are signs of endometriosis, and they are not normal. They need to be investigated & managed properly.

If you need help with having the cause of your period pain, or other symptoms diagnosed, or need help with endometriosis and associated symptoms, contact my clinic and find out how I can help you. Contact info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451 408898. In person and online consult available, no matter where you live.

14/11/2025

Period pain is common, but it is definitely not normal, and saying those saying it is normal are putting people in danger.

Yes, I say danger. Left untreated, an undiagnosed, the causes of period pain can cause a woman a life of suffering, physically and emotionally. Not only that, it can cause other organs to be diseased, and stuck together.

It can also lead to a woman being infertile and never being able to conceive a child.

That is how bad it can get, and I see it all the time. So this is why that I say that anyone saying that period pain is normal is dangerous, because they are.

Not only can it lead to a life of pain and suffering, this same suffering could end in someone taking their own life. It does happen, and it happens often.

As a master of women's health medicine and reproductive medicine, along with multiple other health degrees, I will say it one more time. Period pain is not normal, and anyone who says it is, is dangerous.

I have also done a live on both Facebook and Instagram about why it is dangerous, so go and check it out.

In the meantime, if you do have period pain, and are suffering month after month, year after year, please know that there is help out there, and that period pain is not normal. You need to go and seek help. You can be symptom free with the right help.

If you do need help with period pain, and want to see someone who will listen, will help you, and support you on every level, then contact my clinic and find out how I can help you. Contact info@drandreworr.com.au or call +61 0451 408 898. In person and online consults available.

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