Heather Skanes, MD

Heather Skanes, MD Dr. Skanes is a native of Birmingham, AL who is passionate about all issues concerning women but particularly women of color.

Join me on the journey to reclaim our bodies and our births.

Join me this Tuesday as we discuss reclaiming lactating and improving support for breastfeeding in our communities ...
08/22/2025

Join me this Tuesday as we discuss reclaiming lactating and improving support for breastfeeding in our communities

I’m so excited that Oasis Family Birthing Center is a part of this growing reproductive justice movement along with our ...
08/08/2025

I’m so excited that Oasis Family Birthing Center is a part of this growing reproductive justice movement along with our partners in the Alabama Birth Equity Initiative. Oasis strives increase access to midwifery in underserved and marginalized communities as well as create a training ground for the futures midwives in the state.

I’m so proud that the women of Alabama are fighting back; Black women specifically have been giving all way in have to bring our intellectual, physical and financial resources to improve access to quality and evidence based care. Check out our partners Margins: Women Helping Black Women Yellowhammer Fund Alabama Birth Center Chocolate Milk Mommies

I had a great time doing with the cheerleading team at Miles yesterday. Hoping for a successful school year where thes...
08/03/2025

I had a great time doing with the cheerleading team at Miles yesterday. Hoping for a successful school year where these young ladies feel empowered, loved and supported

Late post: if you work in reproductive justice, you know that to say this work is hard is an understatement. It can be a...
06/24/2025

Late post: if you work in reproductive justice, you know that to say this work is hard is an understatement. It can be all consuming, overwhelming and disappointing which is why recognizing big or small can be rejuvenating and push you to go a little further. This is why I was so honored that my Alma mater WashU Arts & Sciences would reach out to me and feature the work I have begun here in Alabama!

Check out the spring issue of the magazine https://issuu.com/washuartsci/docs/ampersand_magazine_spring_2025?utm_source=link%5B%25E2%2580%25A6%5Din-post&utm_campaign=full-spring-issue&utm_id=linkedin-ampersand

I haven’t done in a while but the last two myomectomies I did were records for me. These are the most fibroids I’ve re...
06/13/2025

I haven’t done in a while but the last two myomectomies I did were records for me. These are the most fibroids I’ve removed. One had 49 and the second one had 53 removed!

Access to safe abortion care is directly related to maternal health outcomes
05/19/2025

Access to safe abortion care is directly related to maternal health outcomes

Happy Mother’s Day!! Hope you guys enjoyed the film “Critical Condition: Health in Black America”—I had the honor of bei...
05/11/2025

Happy Mother’s Day!! Hope you guys enjoyed the film “Critical Condition: Health in Black America”—I had the honor of being featured in this documentary and we are having an open discussion about maternal health in the U.S. It’s not to late to register!

Come out for free health screenings, education and referrals at this mini clinic sponsored by the National Minority Qual...
05/08/2025

Come out for free health screenings, education and referrals at this mini clinic sponsored by the National Minority Quality Forum at the AG Gaston Boys & Girls Club!

Late post but here are some pics from our third annual community baby shower! Thanks so much to the Lambda Eta Sigma C...
05/06/2025

Late post but here are some pics from our third annual community baby shower! Thanks so much to the Lambda Eta Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc and Upsilon Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc and A.G Gaston Boys and Girls Club for bringing this event to life. This was the best turn out yet!!

Oasis has made history again and WON our case! A lot of people thought this could not be done but thanks to the help the...
05/03/2025

Oasis has made history again and WON our case! A lot of people thought this could not be done but thanks to the help the ACLU the courts have ruled in our favor by "permanently blocking the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) from regulating freestanding birth centers like hospitals and imposing onerous licensing rules that would have made it effectively impossible for these centers to provide evidence-based midwifery care in the state. The ruling ensures that plaintiffs Oasis Family Birthing Center in Birmingham and Alabama Birth Center in Huntsville, which have been safely operating for the past year, may continue providing midwifery care to pregnant Alabamians."

Read more about the lawsuit here: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/alabama-court-blocks-attempt-to-impose-onerous-unnecessary-hospital-regulations-on-midwives-and-birth-centers

Address

401 Tuscaloosa Avenue SW Suite 100
Birmingham, AL
35211

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4am
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4am
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 12pm

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+12052913058

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