Services
Same Day/Next Day visits
For some situations when it is best to be seen promptly, limited same day or next day appointments may be available and may include after hours options. This is not a "walk-in" service. An appointment must be arranged prior to your arrival.
- Urinary Tract Infection symptoms
- Breast lumps or infections
- Vaginal/Vulvar irritation, pain, infection or lesions
- Hormone-free Plan B copper IUDs
- Sudden onset of pelvic pain
- Plan B care
Gynecology
- Pelvic Pain & Pelvic Floor assessments
- Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
- Ovarian Cysts
- Menstrual Issues & Irregular Periods, including PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome)
- Vaginal/Vulvar Irritation, pain, infections, or lesions
- Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), pain, incontinence, or frequency
- Sexual Health
- STD screening, treatment & prevention
- Breast lumps or infections
- Hereditary Cancer Risk screening & prevention
- Contraception concerns
- LGBTQIA+ care
- Optional sexual health for male partners
Annual GYN Wellness Exams & Preventive Care
- Yearly GYN Exams (with or without pelvic exams)
- Pap smears and cervical cancer screenings
- First pelvic exams with extra gentle TLC and teaching
- Supportive care for women experiencing post-trauma/anxiety with exams
- Breast Exams and referrals for Mammograms and Breast MRIs
- Preventive Health & Wellness Screenings and referrals
- Anxiety, Depression, ADHD screenings, and Stress management
- Contraception and Hormone Replacement Therapy
- LGBTQIA+ Care
- Hereditary Cancer Risk screenings
Contraception & Family Planning
Offering all methods of pregnancy prevention:
- Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs)
- IUDs ( ParaGard (copper), Liletta, Mirena, Kyleena, Skyla)
- Nexplanon implants
- Hormone-based methods
- Oral birth control pills (taken at the same time daily)
- Topical Patch (changed weekly)
- Vaginal Ring (changed monthly)
- Depot Provera injections (every 12 weeks)
- Plan B –used as soon as possible after unprotected sex to help prevent a pregnancy before it starts
- Oral Plan B prescriptions and counseling
- Hormone-free Plan B copper IUD insertions
- Hormone-Free Options
- Barrier methods (learn about options to use condoms, female condom, vaginal sponge--available without a prescription)
- Diaphragm fitting (one-time fitting and yearly follow-up fitting checks)
- Education and referrals for permanent vasectomy or tubal ligation
- Fertility Awareness/Natural Family Planning to help conceive or prevent a pregnancy
- Creighton Method instruction
- Preconception visits
- In-office urine pregnancy tests
Teens & Young Adults
- Sports Physicals/Wellness visits
- Problems with menstrual periods
- Concerns about dating/partying/social media
- LGBTQIA+ care
- First paps due at age 21
- All Contraception methods
- Plan B and hormone-free Plan B copper IUD insertions
- STI screening & prevention (Sexually Transmitted Infections)
- In-office confidential Urine Pregnancy Tests
- Gentle, informative Pelvic exams
Just so you know: Teens have the right to choose who knows about their care. Some teens who come to Bellingham Womens Health want their parent or guardian involved, or their parent or guardian may be the one to schedule their first appointment. Legally in Washington state, anyone of any age can get safe birth control and their parent or guardian do not need to be involved. Here’s a helpful resource: https://www.legalvoice.org/birth-control-rights-wa
Midlife Care
- Mammogram Orders
- Menopause And Peri-Menopause
- Vaginal Dryness
- Urinary Health
- Sexual Health
- Hormone Therapy
- Post-Menopausal Bleeding
- Endometrial Biopsy
- Healthy Aging
Services Not provided at BWH
Patients will need to go elsewhere for the following:
- Hospital admissions
- Emergency Care
- Narcotic Care
- Primary Care other than what is within the scope of gynecology & wellness care. All patients at BWH are requested to establish care with a separate primary care provider
- Prenatal Care/ Obstetrics/ Deliveries/Newborn Care/Abortion Care/(counseling & referrals provided)
- Colposcopy/ LEEP
- Imaging, such as ultrasound, mammograms, MRIs
- Surgery, such as hysterectomy, hysterosalpingogram, uterine ablation, removal of ovarian cysts
- Pediatric Care (before a first menstrual period)
- Geriatric Care (after age 65)
- Men’s Health (other than STI or sexual health for spouses or partners of established patients)