When thirty-six-year-old working mum Penny came to see gynaecologist Jim Dornan about her premenstrual symptoms, she was at the end of her tether. In Coping with PMT, Jim discusses the physical effects of modern family planning, the contraceptive pill and hormone therapy, and you'll discover how Jim helped Penny to overcome her problems and transform her life.

This story was originally published as 'It's my hormones, doctor' in Jim Dornan's bestselling book An Everyday Miracle: Delivering Babies, Caring for Women.

Professor Jim Dornan, author of An Everyday Miracle: Delivering Babies, Caring for Women, is one of the UK's most respected gynaecologists and obstetricians. He has over forty years experience in his field and was Director of Fetal Medicine at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Belfast for twenty years. He holds chairs at both Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster, is a past Senior Vice President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and continues to be active in the field of international women's health.

Jim lives and continues to practice medicine in his hometown of Belfast, and is president of TinyLife, the premature babies charity for Northern Ireland, which he helped to found in 1988. He is the father of actor Jamie Dornan.