ACOG Resources
Clinical Guidance
- ACOG Practice Bulletin #186: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Implants and Intrauterine Devices
- ACOG Committee Opinion #672: Clinical Challenges of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods
- ACOG Committee Opinion #615: Access to Contraception
- ACOG Committee Opinion #735: Adolescents and LARC
- ACOG Committee Opinion #710: Counseling Adolescents About Contraception
- ACOG Committee Opinion #736: Optimizing Postpartum Care
- ACOG Committee Statement #1: Patient-Centered Contraceptive Counseling
Learn more about immediate postpartum LARC clinical considerations here
Contraceptive Counseling
- ACOG Committee Opinion #710: Counseling Adolescents About Contraception
- ACOG Committee Opinion #587: Effective Patient-Physician Communication
- ACOG Committee Opinion #490: Partnering With Patients to Improve Safety
- ACOG Committee Statement #1: Patient-Centered Contraceptive Counseling
- ACOG LARC Program Contraceptive Counseling Resource Digest
- ACOG LARC Program Contraception Apps & Websites Resource Digest
- ACOG District II Contraceptive Counseling & Reproductive Life Planning Algorithm
- ACOG District II Dispelling LARC Myths & Misconceptions Fact Sheet
Learn more about contraceptive counseling here
Patient Education
- ACOG FAQ #500: Using Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Right After Childbirth
- ACOG FAQ #194: Postpartum Birth Control
- ACOG FAQ #184: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Intrauterine Device and Implant
- ACOG FAQ #052: Postpartum Sterilization
- ACOG FAQ #024: Awareness-Based Methods of Family Planning
- ACOG FAQ #022: Fertility Barrier Methods of Birth Control: Spermicide, Condom, Sponge, Diaphragm, and Cervical Cap
Implementation, Payment & Policy
The LARC Program has compiled two resource digests containing tools and research on immediate postpartum LARC:
Training
PowerPoints
- Contraceptive Counseling for the Immediate Postpartum Period
- Immediate Postpartum Contraception and Breastfeeding
- Immediate Postpartum LARC for Clinicians Doing Deliveries
- The Role of Nurses in Immediate Postpartum LARC Implementation
- Interval and Immediate Postpartum LARC: Overview and Hands-On Practice for Residents