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Wise Woman: Partner for Health
I provide health care in partnership with my clients for better health. Sage Femme serves women in Albuquerque and surrounding communities with a
full spectrum of gynecology services. Services include:
- well-woman care: annual exams, contraception, pap smears and family planning;
- breast care and exams;
- STD/STI testing, treatment, and prevention counseling;
- natural treatment and recommendations for HPV and abnormal pap smears;
- holistic care for menopause;
- bio-identical hormone replacement therapy;
- both conventional and alternative therapies;
- fertility counseling;
- nutritional counseling for all stages of life;
- natural and conventional treatment for fibroids, endometriosis & PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome);
- prescriptions and referrals to specialists;
- midwifery education;
- other services including testing and treatment for chronic Lyme disease & chronic fatigue syndrome, and breastfeeding counseling.
Natural Health for the Whole Woman
My role is to be a facilitator
and educator as much as a women's health care provider. I guide women through an examination of their beliefs about their bodies and their health,
about the role of technology in medicine, and of their trust in their own innate body wisdom. My work entails constantly bringing assumptions to light, supplying women with
information so they can make the choices that are appropriate to their own unique, individual circumstances.
On a practical level this means that more
time is spent "talking" than "doing" during
each visit. A healthy reproductive system is directly related to how a woman cares for herself,
therefore nutrition and exercise as well as any other lifestyle
factors are reviewed and recommendations made. Normalcy is evaluated
in the context of this woman as an individual, not according to
any arbitrary standard.
Underlying a natural approach to women's health is the assumption
that that the changes a woman's body goes through are normal life processes, and most
importantly, that women retain responsibility for their decisions.
This means that options (and information) are offered at every
turn. For example, if a woman is anemic, she is advised that she
can add iron-rich foods to her diet (and we look together at which
foods these might be), take iron-boosting herbs (again, with information
as to which these are), or add iron supplements. The responsibility
for both the actions and outcome is hers. My job is to ensure that each woman makes her choice based on information
regarding both her physiology and the effectiveness of all treatment methods. This same philosophy of education and
responsibility applies for decisions made throughout a woman's life, from adolescence through menopause.
Hilary
Schlinger - CNM,
CPM, MS
- Master of Science in Midwifery, Philadelphia University;
- Certified Nurse Midwife (ACNM);
- Registered Nurse and a Certified Professional
Midwife (NARM);
- holds midwifery and nursing licenses in both New York and New Mexico;
- first became licensed as midwife in New Mexico
in 1982;
- Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University;
- Associate of Science in Nursing from Regents
College;
- Associate degree from the National College of Midwifery;
- Served 4 years on the Board of Directors of the Midwives
Alliance of North America;
- Authored the book Circle of Midwives;
- Edited numerous midwifery texts;
- Guest lecturer and workshop presenter in educational, medical, or professional settings;
- Preceptor for numerous midwifery apprentices;
- A faculty preceptor for the National College of Midwifery;
- Adjunct faculty for Philadelphia University;
- Provided care for hundreds of women in family planning clinics;
- Mother to two home-born children, and grandmother to one adorable home-born boy.
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