Endocrinology of pregnancy. Fetal Physiology. Normal pregnancy, the puerperium, and lactation. Antepartum care. Identification of the high-risk pregnant patient. Prenatal diagnosis and obstetric ultrasound. Teratology. Substance abuse in pregnancy. Antepartum bleeding. Labour and delivery. Intrapartum foetal monitoring. Operative obstetric. Obstetric anaesthesia. Postterm pregnancy. Preterm labor.Hypertension in pregnancy. Medical complications of pregnancy. Gestational trophoblastic disease. The menstrual cycle. Amenorrhea. Polycystic ovary syndrome. Hirsutism. Abnormal uterine bleeding. Uterine leiomyomas. Endometriosis. Pelvic pain. Ectopic pregnancy. The infertile couple. Recurrent pregnancy loss. Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology. Menopause. FAmily planning: contraception and complications. Sexually transmitted diseases. Pelvic inflammatory disease. Intimate parther violence and sexual assault. Benign breast disease. Vulvovaginitis. Disorders of the pelvic floor. Pelvic malignancies. Medicolegal considerations in obstetrics and gynaecology