Pregnancy Services

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Conception

Achieve or Avoid Pregnancy with Natural Family Planning

Couples seeking to become pregnant can boost their chances of success naturally with Catholic Health’s infertility and Natural Family Planning services.

Our Natural Family Planning system can also assist couples seeking to avoid pregnancy by tracking when they are naturally fertile and infertile.

Reversal of Tubal Ligation

Tubal ligation, also known as "tying the tubes," permanently ends your ability to have children. But what happens if circumstances change? Sisters of Charity Hospital offers Tubal Ligation Reversal to reverse the procedure and make conception possible again.

Free and Confidential Pregnancy Testing

Free pregnancy testing is available at the following locations:

Having a Healthy Pregnancy

Perinatal Testing

Perinatal testing checks for diseases or conditions in a fetus or embryo before it is born. Testing can assess your baby’s condition, rule out or confirm potential medical complications or problems, and help physicians manage or prevent difficulties.

Gestational Diabetes Classes

Gestational diabetes is a temporary form of diabetes in which a pregnant woman's blood sugar, or glucose levels, becomes elevated.

At our gestational diabetes class, you will learn how to manage your glucose levels and how to eat healthy and plan nutritious meals.

Childbirth Classes

We recommend that moms attend classes when they are 7 to 7.5 months along in their pregnancies. Classes fill quickly, so register early!

Click here to learn about upcoming classes.

Birthing and Delivery

When the big day comes, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo and Sisters of Charity Hospital provides peace of mind with their neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and private patient rooms for your comfort.

Click here to learn more about having your baby at a Catholic Health hospital.

Web Nursery

Visit our Web Nursery to view photos of babies born at a Catholic Health hospital and to leave a note of congratulations for the proud parents.

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the best thing that you can do for you and your baby. Not only does it create a lifelong bond between mother and child, but it keeps you and your baby healthy.

Click here to learn about the breastfeeding resources available to you.

Pregnancy Loss

Miscarriage Prevention

Cervical cerclage is usually performed on women who have suffered one or more miscarriages in the second trimester because their cervix does not remain closed throughout the pregnancy.

Pregnancy Loss Support

The Footprints on the Heart Program helps families deal with the loss of a baby caused by miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, and newborn death. To help you cope, we provide a variety of support resources, including telephone/email support, memorial events and support groups.

Other Services

Other maternity services offered by Catholic Health include:

Free HIV counseling and testing
Maternal/Child Home Care – We offer in-home nursing assistance for ante-partum, post-partum and newborn patients, including specialized therapies, evaluations, education and assessment of such conditions as gestational diabetes and pregnancy-induced hypertension.