Contraception
The contraceptive method, also known as birth control, is the use of medicine, surgery, or devices to prevent pregnancies.
Reasons why someone would be on the contraceptive depending on the method chosen:
- Prevents pregnancies
- Allows for planned pregnancies
- Helps with irregular periods
- Some can prevent sexually transmitted diseases/ infections (STD/STI)
- and others
- Mirena placement and removal
- Insertion of intrauterine device (IUD)
- Removal of an intrauterine device (IUD)
- Insertion of a subdermal device (in the arm)
- Removal of subdermal device
