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Digilogic · 03-25-2004, 05:51 PM

So is getting birth control something that can be done with one trip? Or is this gonna take a while? My gf lives 2 hours away and I don't have many opportunities to accompany her. So I want to get as much done in one visit as possible. We are planning to go to planned parenthood.

03-25-2004, 07:37 PM

Usually, it is just necessary for her to go. If she prefers pills, she can get a prescription. If she prefers the depo shot, she has to revisit every 12 weeks, I believe. It all depends on her preference of method.
No matter what, it is always wise for her to have regular checkups.

diddagirl · 03-25-2004, 07:45 PM

If she is going to a docs office she can do it in one visit. She simply asks for a prescription of birth control and the doctor gives it to her. I would assume the planned parenthood place works much in the same way.

viejo gringo · 03-26-2004, 07:32 PM

---or just put it in double and let the squirty end hang out..

Digilogic · 03-26-2004, 08:08 PM

Um, I don't get it..

Dilbert1234567 · 03-26-2004, 11:34 PM

ive herd very good things about 'the shot' (depo something ask your doc) i have a freind on it and she loves it, every 3 months. no problems.

do some research online.

Digilogic · 03-27-2004, 12:17 AM

Right, we are seriously considering the shot, I was mainly wondering if you can just go and get it in the first visit.

Dilbert1234567 · 03-27-2004, 09:53 AM

im not sure how long it takes to start working, i dont think it is right away. ask your doc how long till your good to go, they will probubly tell you though.

iccky · 03-27-2004, 10:35 AM

We did it with just one visit, though it was for the pill. Call the local clinic, i'm sure they could tell you better then us.

Scorpion23 · 03-29-2004, 05:30 PM

They'll probably want you to read some lit. on the shot when you go in, but there shouldn't be a reason why you can't get it the same day.

03-25-2004, 05:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Digilogic Crazy Location: Raleigh, NC	birth control process So is getting birth control something that can be done with one trip? Or is this gonna take a while? My gf lives 2 hours away and I don't have many opportunities to accompany her. So I want to get as much done in one visit as possible. We are planning to go to planned parenthood. __________________ "Good artists copy, great artists steal." - Pablo Picasso

03-25-2004, 07:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
diddagirl Addict Location: Calgary, AB	If she is going to a docs office she can do it in one visit. She simply asks for a prescription of birth control and the doctor gives it to her. I would assume the planned parenthood place works much in the same way. __________________ "Is it so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived long in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done." -Matthew Arnold

03-26-2004, 08:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
Digilogic Crazy Location: Raleigh, NC	Um, I don't get it.. __________________ "Good artists copy, great artists steal." - Pablo Picasso

03-26-2004, 11:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	ive herd very good things about 'the shot' (depo something ask your doc) i have a freind on it and she loves it, every 3 months. no problems. do some research online. __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

03-27-2004, 12:17 AM	#7 (permalink)
Digilogic Crazy Location: Raleigh, NC	Right, we are seriously considering the shot, I was mainly wondering if you can just go and get it in the first visit. __________________ "Good artists copy, great artists steal." - Pablo Picasso

03-25-2004, 07:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
:::OshnSoul::: Guest	Usually, it is just necessary for her to go. If she prefers pills, she can get a prescription. If she prefers the depo shot, she has to revisit every 12 weeks, I believe. It all depends on her preference of method. No matter what, it is always wise for her to have regular checkups.

03-26-2004, 07:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
viejo gringo Registered User Location: Deep South Texas	---or just put it in double and let the squirty end hang out..

03-27-2004, 09:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	im not sure how long it takes to start working, i dont think it is right away. ask your doc how long till your good to go, they will probubly tell you though. __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

03-27-2004, 10:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
iccky Psycho Location: Princeton, NJ	We did it with just one visit, though it was for the pill. Call the local clinic, i'm sure they could tell you better then us.

03-29-2004, 05:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
Scorpion23 Psycho	They'll probably want you to read some lit. on the shot when you go in, but there shouldn't be a reason why you can't get it the same day. __________________ "Empirically observed covariation is a necessary but not sufficient condition for causality" - Edward Tufte