Implanon Implant

[kateepops]

Hi all

I had Implanon for 2 yeas and LOOOVED it for 18 months. I would get a slight bleed about every 8 weeks for about a day or 2, whcih was fine with me. Not as good as nothing, but better than every 3-4 weeks! Gradually the bleeding got closer together, to about 5 weeks over 2 years. The all of a suddent at the 18 month mark it made me CRAZY!!!! I was crying all the time, totally irrationally, then fine the next minute. Total mood swings and weird behaviour. So I hot footed it to the gyn, who promptly took it out. He said that the medical community was very disappointed since it was supposed to be the new great thing.

[luey]

I have just had mine removed - Feb 19. This was my second one and all up would have been on it for about 5.5 years. I didn't have any problems, got the occassional bleed and did get paranoid occassionally that I may be pregnant. No period for a while, feeling unwell, boobs tender etc. What I have noticed is since it has been removed I am not starving hungry of an afternoon now, infact have lost about 2kg. But that could be due to being unwell too, not sure if it is because of a virus, my gastritis or what is going on.

It worked for me, give it a go, you can always have it removed. This removal was much better, first one was positioned too low and ended up having about a 1cm scar. The most recent one is about 0.5cm. It depends on lots of things as to how big an incision they need to get it out.

Good luck

[mrmoo]

The local hurt before the dr put it in (((OW))). I had mine put in 3 weeks after my little guy was born just over a year ago and it works a treat in that I don't have to think about taking the pill every day and dh and I can *y'know* without the worry of falling pregnant. I still haven't had AF though and it's possible I'm carrying extra weight from it too. Still I'll be getting it again when this one reaches the end.