Women’s Health Articles

Considering Natural Childbirth? Here’s What You Need to Know

“Natural” childbirth is defined differently by different people, but the goal of all childbirth is the same: healthy mom, healthy baby and a good experience for both. Katherine Greene, CNM, and Mary Jazayeri, WHNP, CNM, certified nurse midwives at Our Lady of Lourdes...

Choose The Right Care for Your Birth: Consider Hospital-Based Certified Nurse Midwives

The essence of midwifery care is to promote physiologic birth, recognizing when interventions may be necessary and fostering shared decision-making with patients. At Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital, our certified nurse midwife program brings this...

How Women Can Listen to their Bodies and Hormones for Best Health

Hormones and the roles they play in women’s health are having a moment on social media, but the claims, quips and memes may do more harm than good. “Just because it’s on the internet doesn’t make it true,” says Karroll Payne, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist with...

7 Ways Women Can Prioritize Their Health

Women make time for so much in life – organizing children’s after-school activities, helping coworkers with difficult projects and ensuring everyone in your family keeps up with routine medical care, to name a few. To be able to devote time to those things, however,...