7. CONTRACEPTION AND ABORTION AFTERCARE

^{Updated June 2022 by Mayra Hernandez Schulte MD, Chelsea Faso MD, and Caitlin Weber MD, MS}

This chapter will help you to learn the art of patient-centered contraceptive care by establishing rapport with each patient, eliciting their preferences, utilizing the latest evidence to determine eligibility, and providing access for patients to start and stop the full range of methods. It will also help you provide routine aftercare with clear instruction for home care following uterine aspiration.

CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Following completion of this chapter, you will be able to:

• Describe options, indications, contraindications, side effects and common myths for specific contraceptive methods
• Facilitate informed, patient-centered choice in contraceptive care
• Provide post-procedure counseling, including instructions about home care, warning signs for complications, medications (if indicated), and emergency contact information

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RESOURCES

• Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (MEC; apps available):
  • US MEC
  • WHO MEC
• Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use (SPR; apps available):
  • CDC SPR 2021
  • WHO SPR
• Bedsider Providers Page: providers.bedsider.org
• UCSF Bixby Beyond the Pill: beyondthepill.ucsf.edu
• Reproductive Health Access Project: https://www.reproductiveaccess.org/contraception/
• Family Planning National Training Center: https://rhntc.org/