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WHAT IS ONLINE MEDICAL CONSULTATION?
The online medical consultation for unwanted pregnancy allows you to receive reliable medical care from professionals in sexual and reproductive health.
Through a video call you can resolve your doubts regarding an unwanted pregnancy and learn about the treatment options you are entitled to depending on the country where you are located.
The online consultation is similar to a face-to-face consultation in that you receive medical advice directly from health professionals, it is personalized and it is safe.
It differs from face-to-face care in that you do not need to travel to the medical center and there is no physical examination. If any test is needed, it will be indicated to you during the consultation and interpreted in a subsequent consultation.
CONFIDENTIAL
Your information is protected by Colombian laws on confidentiality of medical records.
SAFE
The entire care process is governed by professional confidentiality between the patient and the treating physician.
COMFORTABLE
We guarantee the same quality of in-person care, without you having to leave your home.
How it works
- Book your appointment : through WhatsApp, choose the day and time that suits you best.
- Provide your consent : Read, sign and return the informed consent documents authorizing your participation in the virtual medical consultation.
- Preparation for your appointment : Make sure you have a quiet environment, a device (phone, computer or tablet) with sufficient charge and internet connection.
- Consultation development : attend your appointment, share all your doubts and expectations with the health professional.
- Follow-up: Follow the recommendations of the health professional, for example, prescribing medications and follow-up appointments.
Advantages
- Flexibility: Possibility of scheduling appointments on a date or time without interfering with your daily obligations and activities.
- Convenience: You avoid trips and waits in offices.
- Accessibility: We facilitate access to medical care for people with reduced mobility or who live in remote areas.
- Respect: Promotes reproductive autonomy, recognition of sexual and reproductive rights, and the inclusion of diverse people.
Frequently Asked Questions
The first sign of pregnancy is a missed period, however, there are times when menstrual cycles are irregular and this makes it difficult to establish whether it is a pregnancy or another reason. For this reason, it is recommended that, after a week of missed period, you take a urine test, one of those that you can get at your local pharmacy.
These tests, also called qualitative tests, give you two possible results: positive or negative. If the result is positive, you can begin the care process with Decido sin Fronteras.
Getting pregnant can be good or bad news, it all depends on your expectations. For example, you may not be planning to get pregnant this year, but if you are interested in having children, then the news of pregnancy can adjust to your expectations by slightly modifying your plans because there is a desire for motherhood/fatherhood. This is the case of a desired pregnancy, even if it was initially unexpected or unplanned.
On the other hand, there are cases in which one desires and plans to have children and during gestation an adverse situation arises that makes the pregnancy unwanted, for example, a breakup or the discovery of a cancer that requires treatment.
In general, all women and people with the possibility of gestating have three options when faced with the news of pregnancy:
Continuation and upbringing: This is often the path that people living in countries with legislation contrary to reproductive freedom are forced to take.
Continuation and delivery for adoption: a legal option in most countries, although with more or less obstacles to carrying it out in several Latin American countries where prejudice and the institutions responsible for adoption processes are not prepared to handle these requests with the sensitivity and respect for the people who decide to adopt.
Interruption or abortion: a legitimate and dignified alternative for people who cannot bear a pregnancy or raise a child. However, in most Latin American countries there are different barriers to accessing health services for abortion care, even in those where legislation is more favorable to reproductive autonomy.
According to the World Health Organization, an abortion treatment is safe if two conditions are met:
It is carried out by qualified personnel with sufficient training to perform voluntary termination of pregnancy, providing care focused on the needs and context of the person.
Treatments recognized for their safety and effectiveness based on medical evidence are administered, for example, medical abortion with the combination of misoprostol and mifepristone for pregnancies in the first trimester of pregnancy or abortion by uterine aspiration for pregnancies under 15 weeks of gestation.
