| Pregnancy Testing
Pregnancy testing is available on a walk-in basis Monday thru Saturday. Our warm and caring staff members offer "decision counseling" to help a pregnant woman determine the best option for her, if her pregnancy is unintended. The choices of parenthood, adoption and pregnancy termination are explored in a confidential and non-judgmental setting.
Birth Control | Family Planning
Reproductive Services offers a full range of family planning options, and will help you explore which ones best suit your lifestyle. Making a decision about birth control is personal, and we will make sure all your questions and concerns are answered.
Contraceptive options include:
• Birth Control Pills
• The Shot (Depo Provera)
• The Vaginal Ring (Nuva Ring)
• IUD (5 or 10 year option) , New Mirena Intrauterine System (5 Years)
available www.mirena.com
• The Diaphragm
• Tubal Ligation - permanent silization Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)
Emergency Contraception, known as the "Morning After Pill", can now be used within 120 hours (5 days) of unprotected intercourse. This method is approximately 85% effective in preventing pregnancy and is more effective the sooner it is taken after sexual intercourse. Emergency Contraception is a combination of hormones that either prevents the ovary from releasing an egg or changes the uterus in a way that a fertilized egg may not attach and develop into a pregnancy. The method requires a patient to take a combination of pills over a 12-hour period. The first dose should be taken as soon as possible, but no later than 120 hours from unprotected intercourse. You should have a normal period within 3 weeks. If you do not, you should return to our office for a pregnancy test.
Other Gynecology Services:
• STD testing and treatment
• Breast exams
• Diagnosis & treatment of vaginal infections
• Diagnosis & treatment of Urinary tract infection
• Routine pap smears as well as abnormal pap smear treatment
• Emergency Contraception (morning after pill)
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