Contraception Services

Your one stop service for contraception options , here on Waiheke Island, closer to home

Piritahi Hau Ora provides a wide range of contraception services

Available

  • Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm

  • Late Night Clinics are available

  • All services are free for Registered Patients aged 24 years and under

  • LARC (Long Acting Reversible Contraception) clinic available

    What is a LARC?

    Long-acting reversible contraception (LARCs) are the most effective methods of contraception available.

    These types of contraception are long acting and last for many years and you don’t have to remember to use contraception every day or every time you have sex.

    They are reversible, you are also able to get pregnant as soon as you have the contraception removed from your body.

    There are three types of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) available for women in New Zealand:

    1. A copper intra uterine device that works for 5 to 10 years

    2. A hormonal intra uterine device that works for 3 to 5 years

    3. An implant under the skin in your arm that works for 3 to 5 years

  • LARC Clinic This is available every Thursday afternoon. This service is Free for All women of any age eligible for NZ health care on Waiheke Island. There is flexibility to provide this service at other times, please talk to our receptionist about what you might need.

CONTRACEPTION OPTIONS

 
 

Intra Uterine Device (IUD) & Implants

WHAT IS AN IUD?

The IUD is a type of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) that goes in your uterus.

  • More than 99% effective

  • Works for three, five or 10 years depending on the type of IUD

  • ‘Fit and forget’ contraception – you don’t need to do anything after it is put in

  • There are two types: one with hormones, one without hormones

  • Your period is likely to change. There might be more or less bleeding depending on whether it contains hormones or not

    WHAT IS AN IMPLANT?

The implant is made up of two small rods the size of a matchstick. The rods are put under the skin in the inside of your arm.

They slowly release a hormone called progestogen.

They work for up to five years. You can have them taken out whenever you want.

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Emergency Contraception

WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE PILL (ECP)?

The ECP is taken after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.

It stops or delays the release of an egg from your ovaries until the sperm aren’t active in your body any more.

It prevents the sperm from fertilising an egg by changing the way the sperm moves in your body.

It doesn’t work once the egg has been fertilised.

It doesn’t harm you or a developing embryo.

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CONDOMS AND PILLS

Hormonal Contraceptives & Barrier Methods

WHAT ARE HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES?

These are contraceptives that use hormones to prevent pregnancy.

Hormonal contraceptives include the pill and the Depo Provera injection.

There are two types of pill:

·         Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill

·         Progesterone only Pill

What is a barrier method

Barrier methods stop sperm from entering the vagina.

  • condoms

  • Internal condoms

Condoms protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as well as unintended pregnancy.

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