PAO Press

Building awareness of Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis is critical to ensuring more people "know the signs and can change the story"
NHS is failing women with rare but serious pregnancy associated osteoporosis
NHS is failing women with rare but serious pregnancy associated osteoporosis
Being pregnant broke my back
Being pregnant broke my back
Pregnancy and breastfeeding broke my back
Pregnancy and breastfeeding broke my back
Duchess Camilla meets woman suffering with life-changing condition
Duchess Camilla meets woman suffering with life-changing condition
A new mother is felled by ferocious pain
A new mother is felled by ferocious pain
Osteoporosis caused by pregnancy
Osteoporosis caused by pregnancy

Podcasts

Bone Up

Pregnancy-Associated Osteoporosis

By Dr Richie Abel (PhD) and Professor David Armstrong (MD)

SO1 EO9, April 30 2022, 48:54.

The Motherhood Body Chronicles

Episode 3: Pregnancy and Lactation Associated Osteoporosis

By Emily Craft

10/17/2024, S1, E3

Motherhood Unveiled

Sarah Langer

Jan 6 2025

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two grey condenser micrphones

Advocacy

Patients and clinicians spread the word about PAO.

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white and black quote board on green plants

"Little has changed for new PAO mums in the 30 years since I was diagnosed. I am passionate about changing this story."

Karen Whitehead MBE

PAO UK founder and charity leader

The Practising Midwife | Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis

Insights and evidence on PAO shared by Kathryn Berg, Trial Manager, Centre of Genomics & Experimental Medicine, University of Edinburgh & PAO UK Trustee, and Karen Whitehead, MBE and Founding Trustees, PAO UK Co-Chair

London Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2025

D3 Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis - new Charity, new Insights with Tessa Gooding and Jamie Green, Founding Trustees, PAO UK

Wales & South West England Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2024

An introduction to PAO with Dr Sarah Hardcastle, Consultant Rheumatologist, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath and Karen Whitehead, MBE and PAO UK Co-Chair

A Speciality Seminar to the Maternity & Midwifery Forum North England

About PAO and UK patient stories with Karen Whitehead, MBE and PAO UK Co-Chair

About Pregnancy Osteoporosis with the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS)

The basics on PAO with the ROS and Prof Stuart Ralston, Versus Arthritis Professor of Rheumatology, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, University of Edinburgh

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