Clinic · Women's health
Women's health, across every stage of it.
A great deal of what women are told is normal is not normal. Periods that stop you working. Pain during sex. Bleeding between periods. Fourteen years of "it is just stress". This clinic exists to take those things seriously and find out what is actually going on.
What the clinic covers
- Well-woman care: the annual examination, cervical screening, breast examination and the conversation nobody else has time for.
- Contraception: every method, including the long-acting ones, with an honest account of side effects and how quickly fertility returns.
- Periods: heavy, painful, irregular, absent, or bleeding between them. Flooding through protection in an hour is not something to endure.
- Fibroids: extremely common in Nigerian women, and the options run from doing nothing through medication to surgery. Not every fibroid needs removing.
- Polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis.
- Fertility: assessment, treatment, IVF and intrauterine insemination, with continuity straight into antenatal care if it works.
- Menopause: hot flushes, sleep, mood, bone health, vaginal dryness and whether hormone treatment is right for you.
- Breast: lumps, pain, nipple discharge and screening.
- Infections: thrush, bacterial vaginosis, urinary infections and recurrent ones that keep coming back.
- Pelvic floor: leaking urine, prolapse, and pain.
- Gynaecological surgery, including emergency surgery.
Book if any of this is going on
- You bleed between periods, or after sex.
- You have any bleeding at all after the menopause. This one is never normal and always needs seeing.
- Your periods soak through protection within an hour, or you pass large clots.
- Period pain stops you going to work or school.
- You have found a lump in your breast or armpit, or one nipple has started discharging or turning inwards.
- Sex hurts.
- You have pelvic pain that is not going away.
- You have been trying to conceive for twelve months, or six if you are over 35.
- You leak urine when you cough, laugh or run.
- Discharge has changed in colour, smell or amount.
- You have never had cervical screening.
What to do, by decade
| Age | Worth doing | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 20s | Contraception that suits your life. Cervical screening once you are eligible. Genotype and sexual health testing. Get periods investigated rather than tolerated. | Patterns set now, and untreated infection now can cost fertility later. |
| 30s–40s | Cervical screening on schedule. Breast awareness. Fibroid and fertility assessment if relevant. Blood pressure, sugar and haemoglobin. | Fibroids, fertility questions and anaemia all peak here. |
| 50s and over | Menopause care, bone health, breast screening, blood pressure and cholesterol. Any bleeding after menopause seen urgently. | Cardiovascular risk rises sharply after menopause, and it is under-treated in women. |
What each visit costs
| Package | Price |
|---|---|
| Executive Wellness Checkup (Female) | ₦528,190 |
| Basic Wellness Checkup | ₦65,000 |
| Pre-marital Health Check (Female) | ₦25,000 |
| Basic Antenatal Care Registration | ₦320,000 |
| Online Antenatal Care Registration | Free |
| Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing | ₦420,000 |
Full list on the health checks page. Pregnant or hoping to be? See the Safe Motherhood Pathway.
Your first appointment, step by step
- A conversation, in private, with the door closed. Bring your dates if you can — when periods started, how long they last, how heavy.
- Examination only if it is relevant, explained beforehand, with a chaperone available and your right to say no at any point.
- Tests if needed, swabs, blood, ultrasound, with costs told to you first.
- A written plan and a date to come back.
Do not wait for an appointment
- Any bleeding after the menopause
- Heavy bleeding with dizziness, breathlessness or fainting
- Severe pelvic pain, especially one-sided, with a missed period — this can be an ectopic pregnancy
- Pelvic pain with fever and offensive discharge
- Bleeding or severe pain in pregnancy, or reduced baby movements
- A breast that is suddenly red, hot and swollen
- Unable to pass urine, with a painful full bladder
The questions women actually ask
Will contraception affect my ability to have children later?
No. This is the most persistent myth we hear. Fertility returns after stopping every method — immediately for most, and within a few months for the injection. Untreated infections damage fertility; contraception does not.
Do I have to remove my fibroids?
Often, no. It depends on size, position, symptoms and whether you want to conceive. Many fibroids are simply monitored. Anyone who recommends surgery before examining you and scanning you is guessing.
My periods have always been terrible. Is that just me?
Possibly, but "always" is not the same as "normal". Pain that stops you functioning deserves investigation — endometriosis, fibroids, adenomyosis and hormonal causes are all findable and all treatable. On average women wait years for this diagnosis. You do not have to.
Can I be seen by a woman?
Say so when you book and we will do our best. You can also ask for a chaperone regardless of who is examining you.
Can I come without my husband knowing?
Yes. You are the patient. Your record is yours, and we do not discuss it with anyone, including a spouse, without your permission.
Is HRT dangerous?
For most women starting near menopause the benefits outweigh the risks, but it depends on your history. It is a proper conversation with your own numbers in front of you.
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If this is an emergency, do not message or book — come straight in, or go to the nearest emergency department. Do not drive yourself. Call +234 809 016 0175.