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Birth Control Methods

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Wichita Family Planning can help you decide which birth control method is the safest and most appropriate for you. We are offering the following brief descriptions of various birth control methods as an introduction to what is available. Please contact us to schedule an appointment for a well-woman check and consultation for complete information.

Emergency Contraception Pill

  • Taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex
  • 85% effectiveness preventing pregnancy
Birth Control Pill
  • Taken daily continuously
  • 99% or greater effectiveness preventing pregnancy
  • Birth control pills are a very simple method to use; you only need to take them once daily, at the same time each day. Then for 7 days you stop taking the pill (or take placebo pills). During this "time off," you will usually experience bleeding similar to normal menstrual period.

DMPA

  • Taken every 3 months continuously
  • 99% or greater effectiveness preventing pregnancy
  • Contraceptive injections are given in our office as a hormone shot into your hip. Once administered, a low dose of progestin is released into your system over a period of 3 months. This suppresses ovulation and provides effective contraception for 3 months.

Intrauterine Device (IUD)

  • Continuous protection for 10 years
  • 99% or greater effectiveness preventing pregnancy
  • IUDs are one of the easiest methods of contraception to use because you don't need to think about them every day. We can insert an IUD during a routine office visit, and you only need to check the placement regularly (at least once a month). IUDs contain copper and are placed in the uterus. It begins working from the moment of insertion. It may be used up to 10 years; however, we can remove it at any time. To use an IUD you must have previously either given vaginal birth or have been pregnant.

Condoms

  • Best for STD protection
  • Free at our Clinic
  • 88%-98% effectiveness preventing pregnancy

Diaphragm (with spermicide)

  • Insertion up to 6 hours before sex
  • 82%-94% effectiveness preventing pregnancy
  • A diaphgragm is a soft rubber, latex, or silicone cup filled with contraceptive gel or cream and inserted into the vagina to cover the opening at the bottom of the uterus, called the cervix. The diaphragm works in one of two ways: it provides a physical barrier to semen, and it holds contraceptive gel or cream, which kills the sperm before they can enter the uterus and fertilize an egg.

For more information about any of our ontraception methods, please call or e-mail us.


 

[Wichita Fmily Planning]
3013 E. Central
Wichita, Kansas 67212
 316-688-0107
1-800-678-0107 Toll Free in the U.S.

e-mail: care@wichitafamilyplanning.com

Office Hours:
Wichita Family Planning is staffed by medical and administrative personnel
Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
We also can be reached 24 hours a day and on weekends by pagers
to set up an appointment for emergency reasons.

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