Birth spacing can lead to better outcomes for both new parents and infants. Many patients want a contraceptive method to prevent pregnancy too soon after giving birth. As patients typically spend two or more days in the hospital after delivery, there are ample opportunities to provide them with contraception before they go home. With the recent changes in MassHealth billing regulations, patients have more options than ever, including immediate postpartum placement of IUDs and implants. Here you will find information related to patient counseling, consent, and the provision of contraception immediately after giving birth or before leaving the hospital.
PICCK-created resources:
- Administrative
- Billing
- Same Protocols
- Counseling and Consent
- Postpartum IUD Insertion
- Postpartum Implant Insertion
- Best Practices
- Postpartum LARC Toolkit – coming soon!
- White Paper: Postpartum Contraception and Breastfeeding – coming soon!
- Postpartum Contraception
Curated resources:
- Child-Spacing
- Billing
- Counseling and Consent
- Postpartum Contraceptive Methods
- Postpartum Birth Control (ACOG)
- Postpartum Birth Control (NWM)
- Using Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Right After Child Birth
- Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Intrauterine Device and Implant
- Postpartum Sterilization
- Progestin-Only Hormonal Birth Control: Pill and Injection
- Glossary for Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
- Breastfeeding and Contraception: Counseling Considerations Job Aid
- Postpartum IUD Insertion
- Nurse Training
- Best Practices
- White Paper on Immediate Postpartum Long Acting Reversible Contraception Access
- Committee Opinion: Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
- LARC Statement of Principles
- CDC US Medical Eligibility Criteria (US MEC) and US Selected Practice Recommendations (US SPR) for Contraceptive Use
