Family Planning Services
Counseling and Education: Family planning services begin with counseling and education sessions where individuals and couples receive information about contraception, fertility, pregnancy options, and reproductive health. This includes discussions about available contraceptive methods, their efficacy, benefits, side effects, and how to use them correctly.
Contraceptive Counseling: Healthcare providers offer personalized contraceptive counseling to help individuals and couples choose the most suitable contraceptive method based on their preferences, health status, and reproductive goals. This may include discussions about barrier methods, hormonal contraceptives, long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), fertility awareness methods, and permanent sterilization options.
Contraceptive Methods: Family planning services provide access to a wide range of contraceptive methods to prevent unintended pregnancies. These methods include birth control pills, contraceptive patches, contraceptive injections, contraceptive implants, intrauterine devices (IUDs), contraceptive diaphragms, male and female condoms, spermicides, and emergency contraception (morning-after pills).
Preconception Counseling: Preconception counseling is offered to individuals and couples planning to conceive in the future. During these sessions, healthcare providers discuss preconception health, lifestyle factors, nutrition, genetic screening, and medical conditions that may affect pregnancy outcomes. They provide guidance on optimizing health before conception to promote a healthy pregnancy and baby.
Fertility Evaluation and Treatment: Family planning services may include fertility evaluation and treatment for individuals or couples experiencing difficulty conceiving. This may involve assessing fertility factors, such as ovulation, sperm quality, and reproductive anatomy, and recommending interventions such as fertility medications, intrauterine insemination (IUI), or in vitro fertilization (IVF) to help achieve pregnancy.
Pregnancy Testing and Options Counseling: Family planning services offer pregnancy testing and options counseling for individuals facing unplanned pregnancies. Healthcare providers provide nonjudgmental support and information about pregnancy options, including continuing the pregnancy, adoption, or abortion. They offer referrals for prenatal care or abortion services based on the individual’s decision.
Postpartum Contraception: After childbirth, family planning services assist individuals in choosing and accessing postpartum contraception to prevent unintended pregnancies. This may include immediate postpartum contraception, such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) or contraceptive implants, or counseling on resuming contraception after childbirth.
Sexual Health Services: Family planning services address broader sexual health needs, including screenings and treatments for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV testing and counseling, sexual health education, and support for sexual health concerns or dysfunctions.
Reproductive Health Exams: Routine reproductive health exams, such as pelvic exams and Pap smears, are part of family planning services to screen for cervical cancer, sexually transmitted infections, and other reproductive health issues. These exams also provide an opportunity to discuss contraceptive options and reproductive goals with healthcare providers.
Continued Support and Follow-Up: Family planning services offer ongoing support, follow-up care, and contraceptive management to individuals and couples throughout their reproductive years. Healthcare providers assist with contraceptive refills, address concerns or side effects related to contraception, and adjust contraceptive methods as needed based on changing needs or preferences
Pregnancy Procedure
- Preconception Planning
- Conception
- Confirmation of Pregnancy
- Prenatal Care
- Nutrition and Lifestyle Changes
- Medical Monitoring and Screening
- Education and Preparation for Childbirth
- Labor and Delivery
- Postpartum Care
- Bonding and Parenting
Contact Pregnancy Care
Address: Plot No. 4, to, Shivaji Nagar Rd, in front of HDFC Bank, Sutgirni Chowk, Kasliwal Nagar, Garkheda, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431009