What does a family planning clinic do?
Family planning and sexual health clinics offer free, confidential advice and information about contraception and sexual health. We provide a range of services including: Confidential advice about contraception. The combined oral contraceptive pill.
How do I get contraception in Belfast?
You can obtain free advice and contraception from your GP, a sexual healthcare clinic, and a young person’s service such as Common Youth. Contraception is free through the health service.
Where can I get the pill in Belfast?
Useful websites
- Royal Hospitals (including Children’s) 028 9024 0503.
- Belfast City Hospital. 028 9032 9241.
- Mater Hospital. 028 9074 1211.
- Musgrave Park Hospital. 028 9090 2000.
- Muckamore Abbey Hospital. 028 9024 0503.
Is the morning after pill free in Northern Ireland?
Free emergency contraception is available from: your GP; a sexual health clinic (CASH and family planning clinics);
Does implant stop period?
Your periods may become irregular, lighter, heavier or longer. A common side effect is that your periods stop (amenorrhoea). It’s not harmful, but you may want to consider this before deciding to have an implant. Some medicines can make the implant less effective.
What happens at a contraception appointment?
They will also ask you questions about your medical history, and may take your blood pressure and weigh you. If you need condoms or other contraception, e.g. pills, then you will be taught how to use them and be given a supply before you leave.
Can I order the morning-after pill for free?
Emergency contraception is available free of charge to young people from a range of local services, including pharmacies involved in local emergency contraception schemes. If you are over 16 you can, if you choose, also buy the emergency contraceptive pill from pharmacies.
Can a boy buy the morning after pill?
There are no laws preventing men buying the morning after pill. Men can theoretically buy Plan B over the counter, just as women can, as this medication doesn’t need a prescription. However, some pharmacies will not sell the morning after pill to men.
Can a male buy the morning after pill?
Yes. The morning-after pill is also known as emergency contraception, emergency birth control, backup birth control, and by the brand names Plan B One-Step, ella, and Next Choice. Plan B One-Step and Next Choice are available from drugstores and health centers without a prescription for women and men 17 and older.
Can you get pregnant on implant?
Implantable contraception is a very effective method of birth control. Over the course of 1 year, fewer than 1 out of 100 typical couples using the implant will have an accidental pregnancy. The chances of getting pregnant increase if someone waits longer than 3 years to replace the tube.
What happens if you get pregnant on the implant?
What happens if I get pregnant while I am using the implant? The implant is not known to harm a pregnancy. It is safe to continue the pregnancy (and remove the implant) or to have an abortion.
What questions do they ask when getting birth control?
Questions to ask during a birth control appointment:
- How well does it work at preventing pregnancy?
- What are its risks and side effects?
- How will it affect my current health condition or the medications that I’m taking?
- How will it affect my period?
- What will my health insurance cover?
Can I get morning-after pill for my girlfriend?
What is the correct name for the morning-after pill?
Plan B One-Step contains the hormone levonorgestrel — a progestin — which can prevent ovulation, block fertilization or keep a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. The morning-after pill is a type of emergency birth control (contraception).
Can a 14 year old get the morning-after pill?
Who can use the emergency pill? Most women can use the emergency contraceptive pill. This includes women who can’t use hormonal contraception, such as the combined pill and contraceptive patch. Girls under 16 years old can also use it.