new arm implant??

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Registered: 08-18-2006
new arm implant??
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Fri, 03-02-2007 - 11:15am
Has anyone gotten it??? It's called implanon(i think) its a single rod instead of the old 5 rod...I was wondering how you liked it??
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Sat, 03-03-2007 - 4:11pm

Hi

      Jill

    

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Registered: 06-22-2006
Sun, 03-04-2007 - 5:06am

Hi,

I have never used it, but my old housemate did and they got their period for 2 months straight! I also talked to my doctor about it, and they said they would not recommend it because alot of patients had complained of spotting.

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Registered: 03-05-2007
Mon, 03-05-2007 - 11:14am

Hi

I had an Implanon fitted in October last year. I bled for about 8 weeks solid (was driving me crazy!) but nothing since... No problems (yet, anyway). I do get a lot of early, mild pregnancy symptoms though - am spending a fortune on pregnancy tests so I obviously don't trust the implant yet - sore breasts, metal taste in mouth, extreme tiredness. Occasionally I can feel it, not hurting but just an awareness that it's there. This seems a small price to pay for an easily reversible contraceptive which, my doctor tells me, is 'zero rated' - meaning it NEVER fails... not sure it's been around long enough to make a claim like that, but I am happy with it overall. Don't want to think about how they get it out though.

Angel

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Registered: 03-15-2007
Thu, 03-15-2007 - 10:23pm

I just had the implanon implanted in my arm today. I don't have any experience with it yet, other than the insertion. My dr numbed by arm with a shot of lidocaine and I didn't feel anything other than the pressure when he inserted the rod. He said to leave a tight ace bandage on it for 2 days and to snip the suture out in 5. It's been in my arm for about 7 hours now and is just beginning to be a little sore and it is really bruising pretty bad. I feel like it is a small price to pay to have super-effective birth control that I don't have to think about everyday. Here's why I decided on implanon:

a) condoms only are just too risky - I want something RELIABLE;

b) fertility in the future is not impaired by the implant;

c) the implant does not use estrogen (lessens the risk of blood clots);

d) it's cheaper than the pill (over 3 years); and

e) I don't have to rely on myself to remember to take a pill everyay at the same time.

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 03-15-2007 - 10:55pm

Hi mrsandyjones, welcome!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 04-18-2003
Fri, 03-16-2007 - 12:13pm
May I ask in what part of the country you are located? I am in central Missouri and it is not available here yet. I had the old implant, Norplant, and loved it.
I hope that you enjoy this bc.
holly
Holly