At Avera St. Luke’s, we understand that women have special needs. That is why we offer the following list of services that are specifically for women or that are most often utilized by women.
- Childbirth Preparation/ Parenting – 622-5588
Classes offered: breastfeeding, childbirth refresher, childbirth preparation (evening series or daylong session), transition to parenthood, planning a vaginal birth after a caesarean, and sibling preparation.
- FertilityCare – 622-5730
Natural birth control or pre-conception planning class.
- Fibromyalgia Treatment – 622-5873
A specialized exercise program and treatment plan for symptoms of fibromyalgia, such as chronic muscle soreness and loss of flexibility.
- Growing Family First Foto – 622-5555
The first photo of your baby in the hospital.
- Tai Chi – 622-5979
Tai Chi classes are held quarterly and offer participants peace of mind, strength, relaxation and balance.
- Infant Massage Class – 622-5873
A pleasurable way to develop trust and intimacy and strengthen the bond between baby and you. Promotes a strong sense of confidence in parenting. Parents also find relaxation, peace and calming for themselves.
- Infertility – 622-5730
We offer couples an inexpensive, safe method that can increase chances of achieving a pregnancy by 20 to 40 percent and even higher if medical treatment is done.
- Incontinence – 622-5873
A nonsurgical approach to incontinence treatment.
- Lactation Consultation – 622-5567
Education and assistance with breastfeeding infants.
- Look Good, Feel Better – 622-5588
A support group for women undergoing chemotherapy.
- Lymphedema Treatment – 622-5873
A comprehensive treatment approach for people with lymphedema.
- Mammography Services – 622-5540
A fully accredited mammography program that offers screening and diagnostic exams, featuring our new full field direct digital mammography equipment.
- Massage Therapy – 622-5873
Massage therapy specifically for women is available in Women’s Health Services (B wing on the Midland Campus of Avera St. Luke's, as well as in Therapeutic Massage on Midland Campus' C wing and Avera St. Luke's Physical & Aquatic Therapy Center). Massage facilitates healing through touch and stimulation throughout the body to affect whole system functioning and to reduce stress and tension.
- Nutrition Services – 622-5298
Individual medical nutrition therapy services are provided for weight management, eating disorders, lipid management, food allergies, diverticulosis/diverticulitis, sports nutrition and diabetes.
- Nurturing New Families – 622-5000
Follow-up check for mother and baby after discharge from the BirthPlace at Avera St. Luke's.
- OB Tens – 622-5873
Nonpharmacological, non-invasive relief for labor and delivery.
- Osteoporosis Education – 622-5588
- Osteoporosis Screening – 622-5556
If your bone density is low, or decreases at an abnormally fast rate, you may be at risk for osteoporosis.
- Perinatal Bereavement Services – 622-5627
Bereavement services for miscarriages, stillborn, or newborn deaths.
- Physical Therapy – 622-5873
Specialized women’s health needs such as pelvic and low back pain with pregnancy can be done in a woman-to-woman environment on Midland Campus' B wing.
- Prenatal and Postnatal Exercise – 622-5873
Specialized exercise classes for women before, during and after pregnancy.
- Pregnancy Massage – 622-5873
A woman’s body undergoes many dramatic changes during pregnancy, some stressful and uncomfortable. Massage reduces stress and promotes general well-being. Ask us about pregnancy, labor, and postpartum massage.
- Small Miracles - 622-5555
Parents who deliver at Avera St. Luke’s have the option of having their baby’s photo on our website nursery.
