Family planning, reproductive health, and family building services are a vital part of our primary care model. PCC strives to help patients reach their reproductive goals by providing holistic, sensitive, and gender-affirming reproductive and sexual healthcare services in a supportive environment. Our services include:
· Confidential services for youth age 12+
· All-options pregnancy testing and counseling
· Birth control, including management of period and menstrual cycle related concerns such as painful or heavy periods or premenstrual dysphoric disorder
· Emergency contraception
· Sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, counseling, and treatment (including rapid HIV testing/counseling)
· Pre-conception counseling (Counseling with a provider about family building and optimizing your health in preparation for a future pregnancy)
· PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) services
· Breast/chest and cervical cancer screenings
· Same day IUD and implant placement appointments may be available
Our clinical staff have expertise in the following birth control:
· Non-hormonal IUD - Paragard (copper) IUD
· Hormonal IUDs
· Implant
· Depo Provera (the shot)
· Oral contraceptive pills
· Patch
· Nuva Ring
· Diaphragm consultation (only available at PCC South)
· Plan B/Ella (morning after pill)
· Condoms
· Referral and counseling for bilateral tubal ligation (BTL) or vasectomy
· Outpatient vasectomies (only available at PCC Salud and PCC West Town)
· Discussion of any other methods available
To schedule an appointment for obtaining birth control:
· If you are already an established patient at PCC, please call your closest PCC clinic to set up an appointment to talk with a provider about your desired birth control method.
· If you are not currently a PCC patient, please call the closest PCC clinic to set up an in-person, new patient visit. The provider will be able to offer you same-day birth control, but a return visit may be required for IUD or implant placements.
· For some birth control methods, a telemedicine appointment may be offered instead of an in-person appointment if the patient desires.