In this episode of Talking O&G, hosts Dr Heather Waterfall and Dr Nisha Khot are joined by Professor Kirsten Black and Dr Catriona Melville to discuss RANZCOG’s updated clinical guideline on contraception (C-Gyn 3). Adapted from the UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare guidance, the new guideline offers evidence-based recommendations for delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred contraceptive care across all life stages.

We discuss the rationale behind updating the guideline; contraceptive care across the life course, from adolescents to women over 40; the latest advice on quick starting, missed pills, and new progesterone only pills; risk–benefit considerations for combined hormonal contraception; barriers to the uptake of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC); contraceptive options after pregnancy, miscarriage or abortion; inclusive and effective counselling strategies; and common myths and misconceptions, along with what the evidence really says.

🔗 Resources mentioned:

• RANZCOG Clinical Guideline: Contraception (C-Gyn 3, March 2024) Available at: https://shorturl.at/mWbLs

• Developed with support from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare https://www.fsrh.org/

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This episode of Talking O&G is produced by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG). The views expressed are those of the speakers and may not reflect the official position of the College.

In this episode of Talking O&G, hosts Dr Heather Waterfall and Dr Nisha Khot are joined by Professor Kirsten Black and Dr Catriona Melville to discuss RANZCOG’s updated clinical guideline on contraception (C-Gyn 3). Adapted from the UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare guidance, the new guideline offers evidence-based recommendations for delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred contraceptive care across all life stages.

We discuss the rationale behind updating the guideline; contraceptive care across the life course, from adolescents to women over 40; the latest advice on quick starting, missed pills, and new progesterone only pills; risk–benefit considerations for combined hormonal contraception; barriers to the uptake of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC); contraceptive options after pregnancy, miscarriage or abortion; inclusive and effective counselling strategies; and common myths and misconceptions, along with what the evidence really says.

🔗 Resources mentioned:

• RANZCOG Clinical Guideline: Contraception (C-Gyn 3, March 2024) Available at: https://shorturl.at/mWbLs

• Developed with support from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare https://www.fsrh.org/

📌 RANZCOG members can log CPD hours for listening to Talking O&G. 👉 Submit your CPD at: https://shorturl.at/iq733

💬 If you found this episode valuable, please rate, review, subscribe, and share it with your colleagues.

This episode of Talking O&G is produced by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG). The views expressed are those of the speakers and may not reflect the official position of the College.

In the first episode of Talking O&G, we explore RANZCOG’s clinical guideline on Miscarriage, Recurrent Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy (C-Gyn 38). This episode examines how the treatment of miscarriage is evolving through the latest evidence-based research and a more patient-centred, empathetic approach to clinical care.

Host: Associate Professor Scott White – Scott is a maternal fetal medicine specialist based in Perth and the Editor in Chief of ANZJOG

Joining Scott are:

• Dr Kasia Siwicki – Kasia is a staff specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology at Alice Springs Hospital in the Northern Territory. She chaired the Guideline Development Group for the College’s Miscarriage, Recurrent Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy guideline.
• Dr Nicole Liesis—Nicole is an Emergency Medicine specialist and RANZCOG Associate Procedural member based in Western Australia. She was a member of the Guideline Development Group for the College’s Miscarriage, Recurrent Miscarriage, and Ectopic Pregnancy guidelines.
• Isy Oderberg – Isy is a journalist, author of Hard to Bear: Investigating the Science and Silence of Miscarriage, and co-founder of the Early Pregnancy Loss Coalition.

Together, they discuss the shift in clinical language around miscarriage, updated medical and surgical management options, changes in how recurrent miscarriage is defined and investigated, the importance of emotional and psychological support, and where care and research are heading next.

🔗 Resources mentioned in this episode:

• RANZCOG Clinical Guideline: Miscarriage, Recurrent Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy (C-Gyn 38)
• Hard to Bear: Investigating the Science and Silence of Miscarriage - book by Isy Oderberg
• The Early Pregnancy Loss Coalition

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This episode of Talking O&G is produced by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG). The views expressed are those of the speakers and may not reflect the official position of the College.