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Call Us At (210) 858-1101
Contraception
Helping You Meet Your Family Planning Goals
There are many contraceptive options available on the market to meet your needs.
Our providers will work with you to provide to contraception best for you based on your family planning needs and personal contraception preferences. The options include reversible, irreversible, short term and long term methods.
Types of Birth Control
- Effectiveness of Family Planning
- Birth control Pill
- Contraceptive Patch
- Depo-Provera Injection
- Male Condoms and spermicides
- Mirena IUD
- Nexplanon
- NuvaRing
- Paragard IUD
Effectiveness of Family Planning
Least Effective
- Calendar Method 24 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Spermicide 28 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Male Condom 18 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Female condom 21 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Withdrawal 22 in 100 women will become pregnant
More Effective
- NuvaRing 9 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Birth Control Patch 9 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Birth Control Pill 9 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Depo-provera 6 in 100 women will become pregnant
Most Effective – less than 1 pregnancy in 100 women in a year
- Tubal ligation 0.5 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Vasectomy 0.15 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Intrauterine Device (IUD) 0.2 in 100 women will become pregnant
- Nexplanon 0.05 in 100 women will become pregnant
From Our Patients
“Dr. Akonye has been amazing to our family. She’s was my doc through all 4 of our pregnancies & I couldn’t have asked for a more down to earth person to walk us through every one of them.” – Priscilla Terrazas
Call us at (210) 858-1101 or Schedule Your Appointment Online!
Women’s Center at Westover Hills – Main Location:
1315 N. Ellison Drive, San Antonio, TX 78251
P: (210) 858-1101F: (210) 547-3750
Office Hours
Mon-Wed 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Thurs 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Fri 7:30 am – 2:00 pm
Women’s Center at Westover Hills – Downtown Location:
(Children’s Hospital of San Antonio – Tenth Floor)
315 N. San Saba, Suite 1068 San Antonio, TX 78207
P: (210) 858-1101F: (210) 547-3750
Office Hours
Mon-Wed 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Thurs 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Fri 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
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