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Sessions providing answers to your questions from healthcare professionals.
Late Effects of Radiotherapy Treatment delivered by Zoe Walker and Hazel Clarke
Menopause
delivered by Dr Zoe Hodson
Perinatal Hair Loss and Care
delivered by Jasmin Julia Gupta
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Menopause -Â delivered by Dr Zoe Hodson, GP and Menopause Specialist
Zoe shares her expertise and some useful information around the challenges our mums face with treatment options, early onset menopause and lifestyle concerns.
SESSION 1
Lifestyle & Diet
Resources
Hormonewise
www.hormonewise.co.uk
Book, Oestrogen Matters by Avrum Blumming & Carol Tavris menopausedoctor.co.uk/menopause
Lindsey Beveridge, Nutitionist
Restorative Yoga, Sam Rhode
Kathryn on Insta
skin.expertshop
A Young Woman’s Guide to Menopause
SESSION 3
HRT
Resources
Hormonewise
www.hormonewise.co.uk
Me & My Menopausal Vagina, Jane Lewis menohealth.co.uk/products/me-and/my-menopausal-vagina-book/
Sam Evans aka Jo Devine, Sex & Sexual Health jodevine.co.uk
Know Pain, Know Gain -Â delivered by Rhea Crighton, Registered Nurse
Rhea shares her expertise and some useful information around the challenges our mums can face with pain.
SESSION 2
The Psychological Impact
SESSION 3
The Social Impact
Children and Talking Cancer -Â delivered by Caroline Leek, FruitFly Collective
Caroline shares her expertise and some useful information around the challenges our mums can face with children when talking about cancer.
SESSION 1
Talking to Children About Cancer
SESSION 2
Supporting and Communicating About Cancer with Children
SESSION 3
Talking to Children About Death and Dying
Grief and Loss - delivered by Vassilia Williams:  Trainer, Coach and NLP Master Practitioner 
Vassilia shares her expertise and some useful information around grief and loss.
SESSION 2
Anticipation
SESSION 3
Living Alongside Loss
Cancer and Skin Care -Â delivered by Kathryn Hindle who is an award-winning skincare therapist with over 30 years experience
Kathryn shares her expertise and some useful information around the challenges our mums can face when looking after their skin and what treatments are available to use.
SESSION 1
Cancer and Skin Care
SESSION 2
Cancer and Skin Care Protection
SESSION 3
Cancer, Skin Care and Feeling Me
Birth Trauma -Â delivered by Chartered Psychologist Dr Jan Smith
Jan shares her expertise and some useful information around the challenges our mums can face around birth trauma, alongside a cancer diagnosis.
SESSION 1
What is Birth Trauma?
SESSION 2
How to cope with interruptions in bonding with your baby.
SESSION 3
How to cope when you feel you have lost your identity of being a mum.
SESSION 4
How can we support baby loss?
SESSION 5
How can we support partners experiencing baby loss?
Cancer, Intimacy & Sex -Â delivered by Liz O'Riordan who is a speaker, author, storyteller
Liz shares her expertise and some useful information around the challenges our mums can face around libido, intimacy and sex, alongside a cancer diagnosis.
SESSION 1
Libido
SESSION 2
Intimacy
SESSION 3
Sex & breaking down barriers
Resources
Liz O’Riordan (Instagram @Liz_ORiordan ) liz.oriordan.co.uk
Jo Divine (Instagram @jo.divine & @samtalkssex ) jodivine.com
YesYesYes yesyesyes.org & Sutil sutillube.com
Lacey & Flynn laceyandflynn.com
Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause
Anxiety -Â Delivered Claire Francis
Claire shares her expertise and some useful information about the challenges our mums can face around anxiety.
SESSION 1
Introduction
SESSION 2
Coping with scan anxiety
SESSION 3
When should you seek support?
SESSION 4
The difference between needing emotional support and professional support
Everything in Place - delivered by Louise Johnson from St Cuthbert’s Hospice
and Mum, Jen Beaumont
Louise and Jen share their expertise and some useful information about how to put everything in place
in preparation for the end of life.
SESSION 1
Introduction to everything
in place
SESSION 2
How to start conversations about death
SESSION 3
About the everything in place course
Living with & Beyond Cancer -Â delivered Dr Cordelia Galcut who is a Counselling Psychologist
Cordelia shares her professional expertise and personal experiences with cancer to provide some useful information
on sharing emotions and feelings in and around cancer.
SESSION 1
Sharing emotions and feelings
SESSION 2
Emotions & feelings after treatment finishing
SESSION 3
Fear of recurrence
Cancer & Exercise -Â delivered by Sarah Newman from GetMeBack
Sarah shares her personal experiences with cancer, and her expertise as a cancer and exercise specialist
to provide some helpful guidance and tips on how exercise can safely complement post-cancer recovery
and during ongoing treatment. *PLEASE NOTE: This session discusses baby loss.
SESSION 1
Cancer and exercise
Sarah retrained as a cancer and exercise specialist, founding Get Me Back in 2019 following her own cancer diagnosis. She now delivers cancer exercise sessions for charities such as Future Dreams and Ovacome, as well as her work with private clients.
During the session, Sarah will discuss how exercise saved her after her cancer diagnosis during pregnancy, giving her back some control of her body and mind during treatment. Using her own experience, Sarah now supports her clients to do the same before, during, and after their own cancer treatment.
Get Me Back getmeback.uk
Can Rehab Trust canrehabtrust.org
5k Your Way 5kyourway.org
Understanding Breastfeeding, Grief, and Trauma - delivered by Professor Amy Brown,
a specialist in Maternal and Child Health
Amy has spent the last 16 years researching breastfeeding grief and trauma. She has published research and books in this specialist area. She shares her expertise to help provide an understanding in the context of cancer and pregnancy, why women grieve when they are unable to breastfeed.
SESSION 1
Understanding breastfeeding, grief, and trauma
SESSION 2
Acknowledging trauma and breastfeeding
SESSION 3
Supporting grief and breastfeeding
SESSION 4
The importance of breast
donor milk
Living with Secondary Cancer -Â delivered by Sarah Clarke a Transformational Life Coach
Sarah shares her own experiences of living with secondary cancer.
SESSION 1
Balancing your healthcare and family needs
SESSION 2
The dilemma of what to say to children, and making memories
SESSION 3
Living in the moment with cancer
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Late Effects of Radiotherapy Treatment - delivered by Zoe Walker Late Effects Radiographer, Bristol and Hazel Clarke, Late Effects Radiographer, Bath
Zoe and Hazel talk about the late effects of radiotherapy treatment.
Resources​
Pelvic Radiation Disease Association prda.org.uk
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust | Cervical Cancer Charity jostrust.org.uk
Free specialist counselling for people with cancer Macmillan Cancer Support
Podiatry and Cancer Related Foot Issues - delivered by Dr Afni Shah-Hamilton, Tiptoe Foot Care
Afni talks about podiatry and cancer related foot issues.
Resources​
Cancer care | Tiptoe Foot Care
Patient information
London podiatrist expert in cancer related care and chemotherapy effects on feet | Tiptoe Foot Care
Brief overview about pain management
Pain and Movement (AiM) Clinic in Barnet, North London | Tiptoe Foot Care
The Doula Role and 4th Trimester - delivered by Sam Reynolds who is a Post Natal Doula
at Mamma Baby Sam
Sam talks about the role and support of the Doula and the 4th Trimester.
Resources
Developing Doulas
developingdoulas.co.uk/doula-directory
The Midwives Cauldron
themidwivescauldron.buzzsprout.com
The Fourth Trimester Podcast
fourthtrimesterpodcast.com/tag/episodes
Birth-Ed Podcast
Managing cancer related fatigue - delivered by Leslie Pickering, North West Fatigue Clinic
Resources
Macmillan leaflet - Coping with Fatigue
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Perinatal hair loss and hair care during cancer ~ delivered by Jasmin Julia Gupta,
founder of Cancer Hair Care
​Resources
Visit Cancer Hair Care's website
www.cancerhaircare.co.uk​
Special offer for people referred through Mummy's Star
Returning To Work after a cancer diagnosis and treatment - delivered by Hilary Winch Occupational Nurse Chair of the NHS Health at Work
​Resources
Visit our Support Library for a number of articles on returning to work, which cover a number of the points raised in the webinar.
Managing Menopause following cancer - delivered by Dr Alison Macbeth
Breast Surgical Specialty Doctor in the NHS and accredited menopause specialist
Resources
Podcast - Menopause and Cancer with Dani Binnington
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms
Download factsheet
Menopause and Insomnia
Sleepio app
Squeezy app (menopause and urinary symptoms)
Pelvic, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Physiotherapists
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Click here for a full list of useful resources from this session on our blog.
Journalling with cancer in or around pregnancy - delivered by Laura Godfrey-Issacs
artist, midwife, writer, creative producer, birth activist and creator of the 'Maternal Journal'
Perinatal Mental Health Support - in conversation with Annie Belasco
Head of Charity for PaNDAS Foundation
Resources
pandasfoundation.org.uk
Pregnancy Sickness Support UK
pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk
How Breast Cancer left me with acute anxiety by Annie Belasco
article at Women's Health magazine online
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Content warning:
Annie speaks in detail about her own cancer diagnosis and treatment, and about her own and others' experiences with anxiety, depression, OCD, psychosis and mental health treatment including medication and sectioning.
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Pregnancy loss and cancer - delivered by Lucy Sumner
Integrative Counsellor at White Candle Counselling
Resources
Antenatal Rights and Choices (ARC)
TFMR Mamas
Jacob's Message
a blog from a Star Mum who experiences TMFR​
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Content warning:
This session includes conversations about pregnancy loss, baby loss and termination for medical reasons (TMFR).
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