Advantages: no babies, no periods, balanced hormones, no hassle, last three years Disadvantages: small scar, some possible sideeffects
decision to have a contraceptive implant fitted and rang the clinic who gave me a consultation later that day. They took my blood pressure and a few medical history details, told me the pros and cons and made me an appointment for the next day to have it inserted.
You can get implanon inserted at family planning clinics and some doctor surgeries depending on whether the doctor is trained in inserting the Implant.
What is Implanon?
Implanon is a white stick, which is almost the same size as a match. It contains the hormone Etonogestrel that is a synthetic form of the naturally occurring female sex hormone, progesterone. The hormone prevents pregnancy by stopping the ovaries from releasing an egg and by increasing the thickness of the mucus at the cervix which helps stop sperm from entering the womb.
Implanon slowly releases ...
Advantages: don't have to take a pill everyday, light to no periods, change every 3 years, very cheap Disadvantages: may cause irregular bleeding or aggravate acne
gave me a needle to deaden the top of my arm, very quick process it was. Done in a couple of minutes. He bandaged it up and told me to remove it the next day and try not to touch it so much. At first I thought I could feel it there but that was just me :p The area on the arm was a bit bruised and swelled up for a couple of days then it was all good and I hardly ever noticed it was there!
For the first couple of months my experience with the Implant wasn't so good, I had it put in February, I had constant heavy bleeding until my birthday in mid May. I knew you could have heavy bleeding for the first 2 months but 3 months later I went back to the doctor. He gave me pills to take for a week (forgot the name sorry) which fixed everything up within a couple of days. I did not get my period again for a good 6 months.
After that was sorted I ...
Advantages: freedom from the pill Disadvantages: irregular cycle and mood swings
I had the implanon implant inserted in july 2003 and from that point on it was all really down hill.
The insertion wasnt that bad it went in to the skin in my upper arm on the side closest to my body (left arm, inside). I couldnt move my arm for about a week after because of where it was ...basically right next to the muscle in my arm which meant tensing the muscle hurt like hell.
it was 7 weeks after i had it fitted that i stopped bleeding (period like bleeding that i was told was normal).
After 5 months i was moody as hell and still without a regular cycle.
I asked about getting it taken out as it felt to me like it wasnt working and i was told that it could take up to 12 months for it to acclimatise with my body, so i persevered....
At 15 months i was still no better off, still moody still with an eratic cycle and now ...
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