What we reported

CHI St. Luke’s Sugar Land opened its Family birthing center on Feb. 29. The center was expanded to 23,387 square feet for about $1.5 million.

“Anticipated [population] growth over the next five years is about  11.5 percent,” said Wes Garrison, vice president of patient care services at CHI St. Luke’s, after the expansion. “My statistics see about [a] 12 percent increase in women in childbearing age.”

The latest

The birthing center reported 879 deliveries as of end of November and staff hoped to reach at least 1,000 deliveries by the end of 2016.

CHI ST. Luke’s Health Sugar Land Family Birthing Center

1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land 81-637-9095 www.chistlukeshealth.org/sugarlandhospital