Dr Lauren Hofmann

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Lauren is dedicated to helping women live happy healthy lives free from the burden of pelvic pain

17/09/2026

Access to contraception - including permanent options - shouldn't be gate kept. We can trust women to make the right decision for their own body!

06/08/2026

This World Breastfeeding Week, I want to talk about the complicated version of breastfeeding. About how lonely and hard it can feel at 2am with a newborn at home, when the pretty photos of smiling breastfeeding mums and snuggly newborns feels miles away from your experience.

I breastfed Hamish for 20 months and Millie for 9 months—but neither experience was easy.

There was pain, ni**le damage, latch difficulty and low supply. There was feeding, pumping, mixed feeding, washing pump parts and constantly wondering whether my babies were getting enough.

When I returned to work, maintaining breastfeeding became even harder. Pumping around unpredictable workdays while caring for a baby and the rest of the family was physically and mentally exhausting.

I am grateful that I was able to breastfeed my children. I also know that the length of those journeys does not measure my love for them—or my worth as their mother.

Breastfeeding deserves protection, skilled support and investment. Mothers also deserve counselling that is compassionate, individualised and free from shame.

Because being a good mother is not something you achieve through exclusive breastfeeding.

It is found in the thousands of ways you feed, hold, comfort, protect and love your child—whatever feeding ultimately looks like.

30/07/2026

Five things that can genuinely be worth investing in when it comes to your gynaecological health ✨

1. Contraception that actually suits you 🎀
Not simply the method you were offered first. The right contraception should suit your body, symptoms, reproductive plans and personal priorities. That includes discussing appropriate pain relief—and having an IUD inserted under sedation or general anaesthetic if that is your informed preference and clinically appropriate.

2. Pelvic floor physiotherapy 💪
Particularly for painful s*x, constipation, bladder symptoms, pelvic floor overactivity and persistent pelvic pain. Pelvic floor treatment is about much more than simply “doing your Kegels.”

3. A high-quality specialist gynaecological ultrasound
A detailed ultrasound performed by someone trained to assess conditions such as endometriosis and adenomyosis can provide very different information from a basic pelvic scan.

4. A second opinion 😊
Especially when your symptoms are significantly affecting your life, but you are repeatedly being told that everything is “normal.”

5. A clinician who gives you time ⏰
Time to listen, understand your goals and explain the evidence, risks, benefits, alternatives—and what may happen if you choose to do nothing.

Expensive does not automatically mean better. But thoughtful, individualised and evidence-based care is often worth investing in.

Your health is not the place for one-size-fits-all care.

29/07/2026

‼️ Mini rant alert ‼️

“Natural” doesn’t automatically mean better clinical outcomes.

Micronised progesterone is sometimes used for endometriosis — but unlike established progestin treatments, we have very little clinical evidence that it improves pain, suppresses disease or prevents recurrence.

True informed counselling means discussing:

✓ the evidence
✓ potential benefits
✓ risks and side effects
✓ alternative treatments
✓ and what may happen if we do nothing

The right treatment is not simply the most “natural” option — it is the option that best fits the individual patient, their priorities and the available evidence.

22/06/2026

Your recovery from surgery starts well before surgery.
Not after.

One of the biggest advances in surgical recovery over the last decade has been the concept of ERAS — Enhanced Recovery After Surgery.

And one of the key principles?
Preparing your body before surgery.

That means:
✔️ Keeping active
✔️ Building strength where possible
✔️ Prioritising protein
✔️ Staying hydrated
✔️ Optimising iron levels and nutrition
✔️ Stopping smoking if relevant

I often hear patients say:
“I’ll focus on my health once the surgery is done.”

But the reality is that your body recovers best when it goes into surgery in the strongest position possible.

You don’t need to run a marathon.

Even a few weeks of walking, strength training, good nutrition and sleep can make a meaningful difference.

Recovery isn’t something that starts in the recovery room.
It starts long before you enter the operating theatre

24/05/2026

5km around Lindfield today 🏃🏼‍♀️✨

And a reminder that leaking with running, jumping or exercise is common — but it is not something you “just have to live with”.

So many women quietly stop doing the things they love because of urinary incontinence: running, gym classes, sport, even laughing too hard. But there are effective treatments available, and you deserve to move your body with confidence.

You are not alone, and you do not have to miss out ❤️

Address

Suite 3 Level 3 North Shore Private Hospital, 3 Westbourne Street
Sydney, NSW
2065

Telephone

+61290550391

Website

http://drlaurenhofmann.com.au/

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