Children’s Hospital Pediatrics Center
4740 S I-10 Service Rd., Suite 200
Metairie, LA 70001
(504) 910-7973

Children’s Pediatrics Westbank
829 Barataria Blvd.
Marrero, LA 70072
(504) 368-7337

Children’s Hospital Metairie Center
3040 33rd St.
Metairie, LA 70001
(504) 896-3099

Children’s ACC Main Campus
200 Henry Clay Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 896-2888

Tulane Adolescent and Young Adult Health
711 N. Broad St.
New Orleans, LA 70119 
(504) 988-0000
Note: This clinic provides free or low-cost birth control and STD testing.

Crescent Care
1631 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
(504) 207-2273

Louisiana Department of Health

Jefferson Parish – Marrero
1855 Ames Blvd.
Marrero, LA 70072
(504) 349-8802 ext. 237

Jefferson Parish – Metairie
111 N. Causeway Blvd.
Metairie, LA 70001
(504) 838-5100 ext. 139

Orleans Parish – Delgado Personal Health Clinic
1676 Gravier St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 568-8733
Note: These clinics provide free or low-cost birth control and STD testing.

Planned Parenthood
4636 S. Claiborne Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 897-9200

St. Thomas Community
Health Center
1936 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 529-5558

LSU/Crescent Care Sexual Health Center
3308 Tulane Ave., 5th floor
New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 293-6899

Access Health Louisiana
234 Loyola Ave., Suite 300B
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 226-2976

EXCELth
New Orleans East
9900 Lake Forest Blvd., Suite F
New Orleans, LA 70127
(504) 620-0500

Gentilly
2050 Caton St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 620-9868

Algiers
4422 General Meyer Ave., Suite 103
New Orleans, LA 70131
(504) 526-1179

The Visit

This process can vary, but it typically consists of the following phases:

1. CHECK-IN: This part will be completed by clerical staff. You will be provided with privacy guidelines explaining confidentiality, you will be asked to share your phone number and address, and your picture may be taken. Sharing your phone number is important. This is how your provider will contact you regarding lab results.
2. TRIAGE: You will be greeted by the medical assistant or nurse to take your vital signs: weight, height, blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature. Most likely, you will be asked when the first day of your last menstrual cycle (period) was and will need to collect a urine sample. If you need to use the restroom while you’re in the waiting room, ask for a cup, just in case (so you don’t empty your bladder before they ask you for a urine sample five minutes later).
3. AFTER YOUR TRIAGE IS COMPLETED, you will be escorted to an exam room, where you will be asked to share your medical history to assist the provider with your care. Medical history includes: medication, allergies, and medical, surgical, family and social histories.
4. THE PROVIDER WILL COME IN to get detailed information about the reason for your visit. If you brought someone with you, they may be asked to step out briefly.
5. DEPENDING ON THE REASON FOR YOUR VISIT, the provider may ask you to change into a gown for an exam. This could include a breast exam (although breast cancer is very rare in teens) as well as an exam of your inner and outer reproductive organs.

What to Expect from Your First Pelvic Exam

1. You’ll be lying on your back with your feet in stirrups
2. The outside of the vagina (vulva) is examined
3. Speculum (can be metal or plastic) is inserted into the vagina opening so the provider can look at the vaginal walls and cervix
4. Bimanual exam: two fingers are inserted into the vagina to feel the uterus and ovaries (the provider will press down gently on your belly with the other hand)