Women's Health

As a woman at any age or stage of life, you need compassionate care and support from medical experts who understand your unique health care requirements.

Expert Women’s Health Care Close to Home

Whether you seek routine well-woman screening exams, maternity services, contraception or menopause care or you face more complex reproductive, breast health, high-risk pregnancy or gynecological concerns, you’ll find the latest treatments, advanced technology and exceptional care from the region’s top obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) and women’s health care experts at OU Health in Oklahoma City, Edmond and Tulsa.

No matter what your particular situation, you benefit from considerate, empathetic and innovative care at OU Health – even seemingly miraculous results you can achieve when traditional treatments haven’t worked. That’s because you’ll collaborate with highly trained specialists in OU Health’s academic health system who develop and provide up-to-date, research-based treatments available nowhere else in Oklahoma.

Women’s Health Conditions

When you choose women’s health services at OU Health, you gain access to an extensive network of specially trained experts who care for a wide range of female health conditions, such as:

• Abnormal Pap test results
• Endometriosis – Misplaced tissue outside the uterus
• Gestational diabetes – Elevated blood sugar while pregnant
• Gynecologic cancers, including cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer
• Heavy or irregular periods
• High-risk pregnancy – Factors may include age, overweight, PCOS, high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney or thyroid disease, autoimmune diseases and more
• Maternal mental health and postpartum depression
• Menopause
• Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and cardiometabolic syndrome – Hormonal problems affecting ovaries and other areas of the body; may lead to high blood pressure, infertility, weight gain and more
• Pregnancy – Low to moderate risk obstetrics; information for expectant mothers
• Pregnancy-related high blood pressure (preeclampsia)
• Pregnancy with multiples (twins, triplets)
• Uterine fibroids – Typically benign growths or tumors in the uterus

Women’s Health Services & Treatments

Take advantage of OU Health’s top-quality, specialized services for women’s health, including:

• An extensive Breast Health Network with mammography and breast imaging services, such as diagnostic radiography (X-ray), ultrasound and more for regular check-ups, cancer screenings and other breast-related health issues
• Breastfeeding and lactation – Oklahoma’s only comprehensive lactation program to help new moms and babies develop good breastfeeding skills, overcome temporary lactation challenges or prepare to breastfeed after premature birth
• Contraception counseling and management, family planning
  • Intrauterine device (IUD) placement, including Paragard or Mirena
  • Nexplanon placement for long-term contraception
  • Vasectomy & vasectomy reversal for male partners
• Genetic counseling, amniocentesis
• Gynecology – Routine pelvic care, Pap tests, regular health checks, medical-surgical treatment for common gynecological conditions
• Hysteroscopy – Procedure to check the health of your uterus
• Laboratory services – Bloodwork and other tests to support accurate diagnosis and treatment
• Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (MIGS) – Fertility-sparing and definitive surgeries for benign (non-cancerous) pelvic masses, heavy periods, uterine fibroids, enlarged uterus, and endometriosis; laparoscopic removal of ovarian cysts, laparoscopic myomectomy (fibroid removal), laparoscopic hysterectomy, removal of endometriosis
• Pregnancy and childbirth care – Top-quality services for both routine and high-risk pregnancies; maternal fetal medicine specialists for fetal diagnosis and prenatal testing, high-risk fetal surgery or treatment; vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC); twin vaginal births; midwifery services in Tulsa for your special delivery
• Reproductive medicine – Thorough evaluation for you and your partner, with innovative reproductive health options to help you start or add to your family
• Urogynecology – Pelvic floor imaging, urodynamics testing, biofeedback for pelvic floor rehabilitation, urethral bulking, sacral neuromodulation, intravesical Botox® injection, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery using minimally invasive and robotic-assisted procedures such as vNOTES to treat female pelvic floor issues related to bladder, bowel and reproductive organs
• Vaccinations – Office-based options, such as Gardasil® to protect against human papilloma virus (HPV) that can cause certain cancers and genital warts

Your Women’s Health Care Team

At OU Health, your network of women’s health specialists may include obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs), urogynecologists, gynecologic oncologists, maternal-fetal medicine doctors, minimally invasive gynecologic surgeons, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgeons and others who use the latest evidence-based treatments to meet your needs.