Welcome to the Grey Nuns Community
Hospital.  We hope this virtual tour will
answer some of the questions you may have about giving birth to your baby at the Grey Nuns.

The Grey Nuns Hospital NICU cares for around 1,500 babies each year who need additional care and support in their first hours to weeks of life. Families are an integral part of their baby's care team, and we work with them every step of the way in their baby's journey home.

How much dietary iron is recommended each day?  Are you getting enough iron?  What foods are high in iron?  Click below to find out.

Go here to explore a range of women's health issues. Get help with decisions and common concerns on topics such as:

• Abnormal Pap Test.

• Birth Control.

• Fertility Problems.

• Pregnancy

• Labour, Delivery, and Postpartum Period

• Menopause: Should I Use Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)?

Start here to learn about each trimester, labor and birth.  Promote healthy child development. Start here for everyday care and parenting tips.

This booklet is designed to help you better
understand our programs and services so you are ready for your stay with us. We encourage you and your family to review it and keep it on hand as a reference.

This Alberta Health web page can connect you to a variety of services and supports related to Sexual & Reproductive Health.

This app gives you access to 28 videos for mothers and caregivers produced by Global Health Media Project. Topics covered include childbirth, breastfeeding, newborn care, care of small/ preterm babies, and feeding of young children.

The Obstetrics Department at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital cares for mothers and babies before, during and after birth. Care is offered on both an inpatient and outpatient basis by obstetricians, family practitioners, anaesthetists, neonatologists and pediatricians.

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There are two types of prenatal genetic tests: screening and diagnostic.  Find out more about them below.

Healthy eating plays a very important role for you and your baby during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Our Mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that occurs during the second or third trimester of pregnancy. Between 3 – 20% of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes, depending on their risk factors. 

In most cases women with gestational diabetes did not have diabetes before their pregnancy; however after giving birth, the diabetes usually goes away. 

The Women’s Wellness Program at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital offers specialized health information for women over 35. Areas of focus include:

• perimenopause

• menopause

• symptoms of hormone change

• osteoporosis

• heart health