STEINUNN KR. ZOPHONÍASDÓTTIR, RM MSc

MIDWIFE 

Steinunn Kr. Zophoníasdóttir has extensive experience in midwifery and has over 10 years of experience in obstetrics as a midwife on Landspítali's labor and delivery ward, but has also worked in antenatal care, at the postnatal care maternity ward, home care in the postpartum period and in cervical cancer screening for many years at the Icelandic Cancer Society's Screening Center.

Steinunn has a considerable education in the field of public health regarding prevention and sexual health, with an emphasis on sexology, contraception and menopause of women. Steinunn completed a master's degree in midwifery at the University of Iceland in the spring of 2020 and is currently working there part-time as an adjunct. She also has a diploma in positive psychology and sexology from the University of Iceland as well as being a yoga instructor.

In Steinunn's work at Landspítali, she has worked as a midwife, a shift manager, in addition to consulting parents in the "Lend me an ear" team, where she assists parents in processing difficult birth experiences. She has served on the Professional Council of Midwives (Icelandic: Fagráð ljósmæðra) in the field of sexual health and prevention, the professional department of the Icelandic Midwifery Association on sexual health and prevention, as well as a board member of the Sex and Childbirth Education Association (Icelandic: FKB).

Steinunn leads services for women in menopause and will provide specialized counseling for them at the Reykjavík Birth Center.

"I actually did a complete 180° in Denmark when I switched from languages and business to midwifery. I felt passionate about wanting to work more closely with people and find a stronger purpose in what I was doing. The job of a midwife appealed to me very strongly. My interest in women's and sexual health, as well as my innate curiosity, later led me to the menopause. I felt like I, as both a woman and a midwife knew so little about this important period of life that all women go through. My master's study on women's experiences of menopause confirms women's need for education and assistance. I want to meet this need and do my part to promote health and improve the quality of life of women during menopause. "

- Steinunn