Women's Wellness
Women have unique health needs. Reid Health’s OB/GYNs want to ensure you feel your best, physically and mentally, so you can enjoy a fulfilling life.
Caring for all aspects of women’s health
Reid Health provides a range of services and resources to support your overall well-being. We understand good health relates to your physical and emotional wellness.
Whether you're looking to eat healthier, lose weight, manage a chronic condition, or address a mental health concern, we're here to support your journey toward a healthier life.
Healthy Living
Wellness starts with healthy living. Making small, simple changes to your daily routine can give you an energy boost and help you feel like you have more control over your health. These changes might also help you prevent or manage a chronic condition.
Try these tips:
- Eat a healthy diet: Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean sources of protein, and healthy fats, such as avocados and olive oil, can help protect against many health conditions. Need help with healthy eating? Reid offers medical nutrition therapy with nutritionists who can help you navigate the often- confusing world of nutrition advice and find a diet that works for you.
- Exercise regularly: Try to fit in at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, such as walking, every week. Reid Fitness can offer guidance and motivation to keep you moving, too. Our classes are designed to maximize your health and quality of life, whether you need help managing a chronic condition or just need some extra support in improving your physical fitness.
- Manage your stress: Stress can contribute to heart problems, depression, eating disorders, and even substance misuse. If you’re struggling with stress or its effects on your mental well-being, our behavioral health specialists can help.
- Quit smoking: Tobacco is known to cause lung cancer and 12 other types of the disease. It also affects your heart and dental health, your vision, and your hormones, making it harder to get pregnant and possibly causing early menopause. We know how hard it can be to quit smoking, but we’re here with the resources and support you need to get it done.
- Sleep well: Aim for seven to nine hours a night. If you consistently struggle to get enough sleep, the providers at our accredited Sleep Center can determine the cause and offer personalized care for your sleep issue.
Women’s mental health and well-being
It’s difficult to live your best life if you feel depressed, anxious, or burned out. Women often experience mental health conditions at higher rates or in different ways than men, and these disorders affect about 20% of women.
We want all women to have good mental health. Our behavioral health specialists treat many conditions and design tailored treatment plans, whether you need talk therapy or medications.
We also specialize in postpartum mental health, with providers who have certificates in treating pregnant women and women who have just given birth. They have expertise in finding medications that are safe during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, and they understand the biological factors that can affect your mental health during and after pregnancy.
Learn more about our approach to women’s mental health
Cancer screenings at Reid
Women’s wellness means identifying issues early when they’re easier to treat. We offer preventive screenings to help providers detect cancer before it significantly impacts your life. Your Reid OB/GYN can make sure you know which screenings you need.
3D mammograms
We offer advanced 3D mammograms, which provide clearer images and reduce the need for callbacks. Our Breast Health Center features color-changing technology to help you relax.
Cervical cancer screenings
Cervical cancer screenings can begin as early as your 20s, and you have two options to detect this cancer and a vaccine that can help prevent it.
Colonoscopies
Colonoscopies can detect and even cure colorectal cancer. Reid Health encourages women and men to stay on top of these valuable screenings.
Lung cancer screenings
Low-dose CT lung cancer screenings can detect lung cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages. Find out if you qualify for these lifesaving scans.
Women's Health day
Get your mammogram, Pap test, and bone density screening (if needed) in a single two-hour appointment. Our Women’s Health Day screenings take place monthly.
Which screenings do you need?
Whether for cancer or another condition, taking time for screenings pays off. They can help detect, and in some cases prevent, conditions that often develop when you’re older, including heart disease, cancer, and Type 2 diabetes.
Screenings you need in your 40s
- Blood pressure: Every year
- Cholesterol: Every five years
- Diabetes screening: Every three years
- Breast cancer screening: Annual mammograms beginning at age 40
- Cervical cancer screening: Pap test every three years or HPV test/Pap-HPV co-test every five years if results are normal
- Colorectal cancer screening: Beginning at age 45 (frequency will depend on which screening you have)
Screenings you need in your 50s and early 60s
- Blood pressure: Every year
- Cholesterol: Every five years
- Diabetes screening: Every three years
- Breast cancer screening: Mammograms every one to two years
- Cervical cancer screening: Pap test every three years or HPV test/Pap-HPV co-test every five years if results are normal until age 65
- Colorectal cancer screening: Frequency will depend on which screening you have
- Lung cancer screening: Annual low-dose CT scan beginning at age 50 if you currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years, have a 20-pack-year smoking history, and don’t have any symptoms of lung cancer
Screenings you need at 65 and older
- Blood pressure: Every year
- Cholesterol: Every five years
- Diabetes screening: Every three years
- Breast cancer screening: Mammograms every one to two years until age 70
- Cervical cancer screening: Screenings as recommended by your OB/GYN
- Colorectal cancer screening: Continue until 75 (frequency will depend on which screening you have)
- Lung cancer screening: Annual low-dose CT until age 80 if you meet the screening criteria
- Bone density: At least once
Navigating menopause
Menopause affects all women who reach a certain age. Although some lucky women have few or no symptoms, others experience hot flashes, mood changes, difficulty sleeping, and brain fog as estrogen and progesterone levels drop and the reproductive years come to an end.
A Reid Health OB/GYN can help you before, during, and after menopause as you learn to manage all the changes this phase of life can bring.
Those changes can affect more than your mood and physical comfort. Estrogen and progesterone appear to protect women’s hearts and bones. So after menopause, your risks for heart attacks, strokes, and osteoporosis increase when your body stops producing these hormones. Your Reid Health OB/GYN can help you stay on top of heart screenings and bone density tests to identify concerns early.
Heart health for women
Heart disease affects women differently than it does men, and many don’t realize it’s the leading cause of death for women in the United States.
Protecting your heart begins with recognizing your risk. Several factors can increase your chances of developing heart disease, including high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels, your family history, early menstruation, menopause before 40, and pregnancy-related conditions.
You should also know women often experience different heart disease symptoms than men, like dizziness, fatigue, indigestion, and nausea. During a heart attack, women might experience chest pain, but it could feel like a crushing sensation, pressure, or tightness, often during rest.
At the Reid Health Heart & Vascular Center, we offer a range of services to support your heart health journey, including screenings and leading-edge treatment to help you prevent, treat, and manage heart disease.
Learn more about our approach to women’s heart health.
Helping you take control of your health
We’re dedicated to helping women throughout East Central Indiana and West Central Ohio maintain overall wellness, and we're here to help you take control of your health.