Family Planning & Contraception

Patient Services

The Northwestern Center for Family Planning and Contraception provides a variety of clinical services.

Complex Contraception Clinic
The complex contraception clinic offers consultations for patients whose medical issues or intolerance of birth control methods make contraception a challenge. Many of the clinic’s patients have severe neurologic disease such as stroke or seizures, heart disease, complicated diabetes or have undergone transplantation of vital organs. Physicians in the clinic offer advice for both the patient and the patient’s referring physician, helping them navigate interactions between ongoing medications and chosen contraceptive regimens. Dr. Cassing Hammond and Dr. Catherine Stika staff the clinic.

Primary Contraception Services
The Northwestern Center for Family Planning and Contraception provides all modern methods of contraception including:

Pregnancy Options Counseling
Couples faced with abnormal or unexpected pregnancies often need information on pregnancy options. The Northwestern Center for Family Planning & Contraception provides comprehensive counseling in such cases.

Pregnancy Termination
The Northwestern Center for Family Planning & Contraception offers surgical and medical termination of pregnancy through 24 weeks gestation. Our services include:

Management of Miscarriage
The Northwestern Center for Family Planning & Contraception provides treatment of first and second trimester miscarriage by surgery or medication.