Julie Crawford was pregnant when she interviewed to lead the construction of the new Park Nicollet Women’s Center in St. Louis Park, Minn. Crawford, a project manager for Mortenson Construction, was set to deliver her second child the next day.

Mortenson got the job, and while hospital officials say Crawford’s pregnancy wasn’t necessarily the closer, a team of women both internally and externally led the charge for the new center, as well as its build-out, according to an article on the Star Tribune website.

“We know what we want because we are women,” said Andrea Winter, senior director of women’s services at Park Nicollet Health Services.

The center features traditional women’s services, but also specialties such as mental health, nutrition counseling and vascular surgery consultation. Massage, aromatherapy and acupuncture are among the services also available, the article said. 

The general idea is to make healthcare delivery faster and easier for busy and often-harried women by offering one-stop shopping in a single location — one that is open on Saturdays.

While women’s hospitals have been around for decades, advocates in recent years have pushed for facilities and programs that focus on research and healthcare that is geared specifically toward women.

Read the article.