Are they serious?!!! ~Implanon~

Okay, so this shouldn't bother me, having had a baby and all - but having taken five years to get a pap smear i am not surprised that this is grating on my nerves.

New government legislation of some form requires that the doctor performing insertion has to VIEW that you have your period when it is inserted.

Ok, ok so I should get over it and put my pride aside, but really? I'm really vulnerable with this sort of stuff, and terrified of doctors as it is, and now I have to wear a pad and drop my daks so a doctor can inspect that I have my period.

:rolleyes: Don't wanna make it easy do they? Took all the guts in the world to get a papsmear and vaginal exam last week and now this... :redface:

Has anyone else who has had theirs recently inserted experienced or heard of this? Do other GP's take it seriously?

Ewww that would really turn me off too. My doctor took my word for it, but that was nearly three years ago.

Really ????? :jawdrop:

ewwww....i just could not do that. I have not heard of that before.

Good on you for get your smear done.

:redface: as if its not embarrassing enough - I hadn't heard of this thank goodness that I had my pap 6 months ago

:o not that this even effects me but :o that seems really OTT!

:wtf:

your kidding aren't you!! as if its not horrid enough to have your curtains open for another man to prob you..now that!!! How many woman are going to NOT do this because of it! Surely the professions can see that???

You would think a quick pg test or scan would be a better and less embarrassing option than that. Can you imagine how many teenage girls are going to run a mile if that's what they have to do to get contraception?

THis new legislation HAD to have been introduced by a MAN!!!!

You poor thing. Surely there is a better way? A blood test even..???? people do still bleed when they are a PG anyway...

.....yep... must have been a bloke....

It has been awhile since I had mine in (didnt keep it long) I didnt need to have a period right then to get it just be careful for a week but had a urine pregnancy test first. Surely that would be enough. If not ill never have it again. Ewwww

I had one inserted few years ago and he just asked me if i had it, there was no inspection, that sounds a bit ridiculous. I guess they are just covering there ass incase of being sued, but its a bit over the top.

um wtf... I don't get the implanon but geee that would turn me off.

Ok, thank goodness I'm not the only one that finds that totally off!

Trill - that's exactly what I was thinking, okay so really it shouldn't be a big deal, but honestly if I had to see a male doctor there is no way i would be comfortable doing it. Totally weird.

CM- where did you find this bit of info? i have been googling but cant find it.


i have been thinking of getting the bar in but no way in hell would i feel comfortable proving my af was around.

I dunno, not sure it would bother me as such (had plenty of midwives and dr's check my pads post birth due to clotting) so thats not really an issue (but I do understand why it would). I got over that quickly. It just seems a strange request, surely they could do hormone checks or something? Its obviously for legal reasons.

B - the GP I saw yesterday told me that.
I was googling too, and I have just been overlooking the info I was given from the RACGP and it doesn't say anything! I am so confused.

If it was post birth it probably wouldn't bother me but this seems ridiculous. I know I am not pregnant, I would do a HPT if necessary, I just don't feel comfortable with this. And I hate pads. :rolleyes:

You could always just ride the cotton pony and point to the string LOL!

I had my implanon put in when dd was 6 weeks. I hadn't had a period yet but assured my doctor that there is no way that I was pregnant as I had a big scar from my epesiodimy and hadn't had sex yet and in any case, I took so long to heal that we didn't have sex until about 12 weeks after I gave birth.

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You could always just ride the cotton pony and point to the string LOL!

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Yeah, but you can put a tampon in even without a period. I use a tampon after DTD all the time to "clean up"

Maybe they need to know for sure that there is no PG before they put it in. There must have been enough cases of PG's with implanon inserted for them to try and discover whether when they have occured ie after it's been inserted or before hand.

A bit icky I agree but I'm over having any shyness about the goings on down there and wouldn't care ;)

Sounds a bit weird, I had one put in about 6 years ago and taken out 5 yrs ago and no yukky stuff like that.
I didn't get AF with it in at all but put on heaps of weight.

ill ask the drs on monday what teh new legislation is with it all.

but that sounds a bit silly.
i couldnt see many of teh dr's i work with doing it.
it coudl eb a way to make more money as theyw oudl class it as a pap smere where tehy get paid extra by medicare over a normal consultation and then get the extra fee for inserting the implanon. just a guess.

give me a few days and ill haev an answer for you. i will do a search at work on the brand new updated legislation. we get it about 6 montsh before its released to teh public, gives teh drs a chance to go over and reject any new legislation they dont agree with or write reccomendadtions for changes etc etc