My student health services appointment went really well!
Planned Parenthood qualified me for a health access program (because I have no income) which allows me to get a number of free services for a year, including a year’s supply of birth control, six Plan B pills, and treatment for things like yeast infections and STIs, as well as tests and screenings. The process wasn’t scary at all— they were really friendly and the most I had to do was pee in a cup, get weighed, and get my blood pressure checked. They sent me off with three months’ worth of pills, a pack of Plan B (they told me that a lot of the time, women in the program would have a friend who needed it, so it’s good to have them anyways), five condoms, and a set of papers filled with information that they had gone over with me.
They were really easy to talk to— it helped that I was already pretty well informed, and they were glad that I had taken the initiative and gotten the pills to see how I’d react to them before I actually needed them.
If less acne, lighter periods, and being informed and prepared sounds good to you, definitely check out Planned Parenthood. :)
