{"id":106,"date":"2024-05-23T17:03:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2026-04-15T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:00:00","slug":"birth-control","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/birth-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of the gynecological exam, your provider will counsel you on birth control methods. We offer a wide range of birth control methods such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>IUD &#8211; Mirena, Kyleena<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implant &#8211; Nexplanon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Injection &#8211; Depo-Provera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contraceptive rings &#8211; NuvaRing, Annovera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contraceptive patch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>birth control pills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>condoms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Because there is no one perfect method, your choice should be based on your priorities.\u00a0 Some characteristics to consider side effects, effectiveness, cost, convenience, and STD\/HIV prevention.\u00a0\u00a0Your provider will help you decide which method is right for you. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/fees\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"84\">costs<\/a>\u00a0are approximate and may vary from pharmacy to pharmacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the gynecological exam, your provider will counsel you on birth control methods. We offer a wide range of birth control methods such as: Because there is no one perfect method, your choice should be based on your priorities.\u00a0 Some characteristics to consider side effects, effectiveness, cost, convenience, and STD\/HIV prevention.\u00a0\u00a0Your provider will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}