CONTRACEPTION AND PRENATAL CARE
(410)-479-8016
The goal of family planning services is to promote responsible behavior, reduce unintended pregnancies and facilitate the health of newborns.
For information about birth control and obtaining contraceptives from the Health Department, please call 410-479-8000 or 410-479-8016 and ask for "Family Planning".
Confidential Family Planning services include:
Individualized contraception
Emergency contraception
GYN examinations
Breast and cervical cancer screening
STD testing and treatment
Anemia and hypertension screening
Pregnancy testing
Dispensing of contraceptive methods
Referrals for sterilization
Educational counseling
Colposcopy
HIV testing and counseling
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Family planning
Counseling in schools
Teen parent group
After school programs
Related link
http://mdpublichealth.org/omhfp/(410)-479-8016
Caroline County Health Department provides routine pre-natal care in consultation with Medical Shore Women’s Health (formerly, Chesapeake OB). Care Provided by women’s health nurse practitioners and registered nurses
Services Include:
Preconception counseling, including the Folic Acid recommendation
Comprehensive Obstetrical Exams
Prenatal lab tests, including pap smears and cervical cultures
Alfa Fetal Protein testing for neural tube defects
Screening for gestational diabetes
One to one prenatal education: includes fetal growth and development, pre-term labor warning signs, common discomforts of pregnancy, labor and delivery preparation, breast feeding, infant safety, etc.
Nutritional counseling
Breast feeding information and referral
Addictions counseling (includes "quit kit" for smoking Moms)
Healthy Start home visits
Application for Medical Assistance, MCHP
WIC referral
Adolescent Case Management of pregnant teens
Postpartum exam and contraception
Related link www.dhmh.state.md.us
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Leland D. Spencer, M.D. : Health Officer |
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