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TABLE A1Summary of changes in classifications from U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010

Condition Cu-IUD LNG-IUD Implants DMPA POP CHCs Clarification
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  • a. <21 days postpartum
 2 2 2 4
  • b. Twenty-one to <30 days postpartum
  •   i. With other risk factors for VTE (such as age ≥35 years, previous VTE, thrombophilia, immobility, transfusion at delivery, peripartum cardiomyopathy, BMI ≥30, postpartum hemorrhage, postcesarean delivery, preeclampsia, or smoking)
 2 2 2 3 (CHCs): For women with other risk factors for VTE, these risk factors might increase the classification to a “4.”
  •   ii. Without other risk factors for VTE
 2 2 2 3
  • c. 30–42 days postpartum
  •   i. With other risk factors for VTE (such as age ≥35 years, previous VTE, thrombophilia, immobility, transfusion at delivery, peripartum cardiomyopathy, BMI ≥30, postpartum hemorrhage, postcesarean delivery, preeclampsia, or smoking)
 1 1 1 3 (CHCs): For women with other risk factors for VTE, these risk factors might increase the classification to a “4.”
  •   ii. Without other risk factors for VTE
 1 1 1 2
  • d. >42 days postpartum
 1 1 1 2

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