Dr Edna Lekgabe specialises in perinatal and reproductive psychiatry, working with women through challenges such as infertility, PMS, anxiety relating to childbirth, perinatal loss, and adjustment to parenting.
Dr Edna has a Bachelor of Surgery and Medicine, a Master of Psychiatry, a PhD, and specialist medical training from The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Royal Children’s Hospital, The Royal Women’s Hospital and the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Dr Edna’s practice is built on the foundation that mental illness is the number one pregnancy complication, something that is often ignored.
Focusing on spotting mental health issues early, Dr Edna is interested in prevention to help mum’s stay well before, during and after birth.