Family planning helps women and couples decide whether and when to have children. Methods range from pills, injections, and implants to hormonal or copper intrauterine devices (IUDs), condoms, and permanent sterilisation. No method suits everyone, so choice depends on health, age, plans for pregnancy and personal preference.

Some women need extra care in choosing contraception. These include women with high blood pressure, diabetes, migraine with aura, a history of blood clots, obesity, breastfeeding mothers and those who have recently given birth. Certain hormonal methods are unsuitable for them, and safer alternatives exist.

The doctor explains how well each method works, its side effects, how to use it and when to return. Contraception after delivery, miscarriage or abortion is also planned, because fertility can return quickly.

Family planning services at Apex include:

• Contraceptive Counselling: Discussion of all suitable methods, their effectiveness, side effects and effects on periods, so the woman can choose with full information.
• IUD and Implant Insertion: Placement of long-acting methods by a trained doctor, with advice on what to expect, follow-up and when to seek help.
• Contraception for Medical Conditions: Selection of safe methods for women with hypertension, diabetes, migraine, clotting risk or after delivery, in consultation with other specialists when needed.
• Permanent Contraception Advice: Counselling on tubal ligation, including its permanence, alternatives and suitability, so that the decision is considered and voluntary.