empowHer women's health & wellness

05/01/2026

Having a baby is such a blessing and equally exhausting. They need you for - oh - every single thing🙃. And sometimes - you just need community. That’s why I love this class and the mothers in it.

And so you know. This class ended in a prayer because not all postpartum periods are spring. Some are filled with challenge after challenge. And I love this class and this city for pouring love into each other - lifting each other up during the valleys.

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05/01/2026

05/01/2026

Dr Zimmerman, Sunnie, and McKenna at the annual clinical and scientific meeting for ACOG, learning the latest and greatest in OBGYN management and treatment! Exciting things happening in DC this weekend!

04/23/2026

Post menopausal bleeding? New guidelines. Make sure you are being evaluated appropriately.

Also. Big news! Laughing gas is coming to EmpowHer for moments like these. You won’t need a driver. Won’t need uncomfortable numbing injections. And you’ll walk out happy:). More to come …

04/10/2026

Menopause and estrogen deficiency causes real emotional and physical symptoms starting in perimenopause.

But should you start hormone therapy before perimenopause? Certainly that’s an individual discussion regarding risks and benefits. But…. Are there benefits to adding hormones? Are there risks? Hormone replacement therapy is just that. To replace declining hormones. And that’s how they treat the root problem.

It’s not a cure for stress, bad habits, anxiety, weight gain and may cause harm in those that use it or prescribe it for that in those that are still having native regular ovulatory cycles. Furthermore. Low testosterone in reproductive age women or late reproductive age is usually a symptom of something else. Not a cause. And replacement testosterone alone (or estrogen or progesterone) might be masking the true problem.

Should we ignore these symptoms? Goodness no. But we should be looking for a root cause and a sound safe treatment.

Share this with someone who may be struggling with this decision.

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03/04/2026

Wegovy tablets. The good and the bad news.

Interested in losing weight? Give Kate a call or text for next steps! (325) 275-7748

. Empowerabilene.com to learn more!

02/24/2026

Y’all. If you are a l&d nurse quit scaring the public!!😭. While AFE is real it’s more rare than getting struck by lightening. So no reason to look it up ….. move right in along.

But some of you strong l&d nurses called it! Undiagnosed placental adherent disorders aka placenta accretta and the like.

There are some things, unlike AFE , that you can do to reduce your risk or the risk for loved ones.

1. Avoid a CS. Exercise 30 min/day. Avoid sugar. Gain appropriate weight as determined by your ob based on starting BMI. Treat gestational diabetes. Consider induction at 39 weeks to reduce a CS risk.

2. Make sure your OB does a double non locking suture - first layer is muscle (myometrium) second is serosa (outside of the uterus). This is very important.

3. Get a high quality sonogram. Especially if you have had a CS…. By someone trained to catch these sneaky placentas which can be very hard to see with accuracy.

For those of you who have had an accretta. ….. :)

02/23/2026

What’s an obgyns true emergency? Might not be what you’re thinking.

And in some cases it’s preventable by following good medical advice and being followed by good medical providers. But mostly - it’s unpredictable.

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01/28/2026

“. Today’s class was so insightful and I cannot imagine how different my postpartum experience would have been with my first if I had heard the things I did today. I really appreciate how much you really prioritize mental health, especially as a new mom, and tell us all the ways that could really help us drive away those baby blues rather than only offering medication as the only solution. I also really liked that you brought up that it was important for us to prioritize our relationship with our partners and why it’s so important as well! Most of all, I really really appreciated how encouraging and respectful you were of all of the choices we made as mothers and reminding us that what we did and continue to do is so important and amazing! Had I have sat in this class as a first time mom I would have felt so much more confident in my motherhood and probably wouldn’t have struggled as much as I did. “

Gonna make a grown woman cry.
And all I really have to do is remind each of you is your own power and strength.

Let’s do ladies. Community is everything. And yall are rocking it !

01/24/2026

We will still be doing virtual visits and for the first time a zoom postpartum class! Stay tuned for more information!

Pregnant patients - stay off the roads and don’t walk outside!!! Bunker up and enjoy a fire ❤️

01/16/2026

Full circle empowher moments! We the baby you helped bring into the world’s amazing mom helps her doctors amazing girls bring home the gold. And her mom comes to help!