MIDWIFERY & WOMEN’S HEALTH
MIDWIFERY is one of the oldest health practices, initially performed by experienced and elderly women who provided services to pregnant women who were about to give birth. Nowadays, this practice has become a medical profession in most countries, requiring a university education of 4 to 5 years. Midwives now take care of women’s health from adolescence to post-menopause, in a comprehensive approach.
Midwifery specializes in:
- pregnancy and childbirth
- providing comprehensive prenatal care and education
- guided labour and birth
- addressing the complications and care for newborns and breastfeeding
- advocacy in the prenatal and birth setting
- mentorship
Zenith runs Evidence Based Childbirth birthing courses and Pre and Post-natal classes, as well as free informal Meetups for our parenting community including information sharing and looking deeper at topics that effect the first year of this life changing journey in a non-judgmental and supportive environment.
OTHER WOMEN’S HEALTH SERVICES
Zenith offers a range of Women’s Health specific classes
These include pre and post-natal yoga, Pilates and the pelvic floor as well as one-on-one Therapeutic Pilates and Yoga consultations to address specific women’s health issues.
YOGA and PILATES both help build strength and keep women flexible and fit. Through the many physical and emotional changes in a woman’s life, yoga and Pilates can help balance hormones, keep weight in check, reduce symptoms of PMS and of menopause, and maintain a healthy digestive system. The weight bearing and resistance exercises in both yoga and Pilates can also assist in maintaining bone density.
Our health and wellness practitioners also treat a full range of women’s health issues.
PHYSIOTHERAPY can be an effective treatment for pelvic floor issues, and problems of prolapse and weakened abdominal muscles. During the ante- and post-natal period, physiotherapy can help with pregnancy related back, hip and pelvis pain, as well as repetitive strains from looking after a new baby.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM), acupuncture and herbs have long been used to provide relief to many gynaecological symptoms and diseases including:
- Menstrual pain and irregularities
- Endometriosis
- Abdominal masses and/or fibroids
- Menopausal symptoms
- Morning sickness, labour support and preparation
- PMS and other hormonally-based complaints
PAIGE EASTMAN DICKINSON
Licensed Midwife (RI), Certified Professional Midwife
“I have been involved in midwifery for 22 years. My experience includes having worked in birthcentre, homebirth and hospital settings.
I was a doula, prenatal patient advocate, and birthcentre/home birth assist before attending midwifery school at Maternidad La Luz (MLL) in El Paso, TX. In 2000 I graduated from MLL and successfully sat the international exam in order to achieve the status of Certified Professional Midwife. Birth Care Midwifery was established in 2001 and is proudly in its 19th year in practice.
My work involves highly personalized, holistic and comprehensive prenatal, birth and postpartum care for mothers and babies with a special emphasis on consumer education and collaborative client care.
This includes education and counseling for preconception, breastfeeding, family planning, nutrition, childbirth and the post-partum period.”