Implanted birth control

[ronianna]

I've been taking the pill since I was 17 and following a scary moment with a blood clot in my leg, my doctor advised me not to continue with the oral pill.

He has suggested having an implant under the skin in my arm which will last for 3 months. Is anyone using this as a birth control method?

Will I still come on and have 'normal' periods as I did when I was taking the pill?

Is it as effective? Is there any residual effect if I decide to start a family in say 3 or 4 years time.

I know I should have asked the doctor, but it's only since coming home I've thought things through.

Thanks

[smee.tracey]

Don't know about the implant (surgery sister will be able to help) but I have a mirena coil and it is brilliant. No side effects. No monthly bleeding. Much better than the pill

[smee.tracey]

Also, 2 months after a coil is removed (painless) you can try for a baby without worry. 3 years is a long time to wait if you decide next year the time is right. You NEVER know what is around the corner. I didn't

[gingerflaps]

i was goin to have the inplant but me and my b/f recently decided for us not to use contraception as we would like a baby. The implant is a fantastic idea, apparently u have NO periods while u have it in ur arm, and its safer than the pill, the bad thing about the pill is that usually u have to wait up to 2 yrs before it is out of ur system, so its very hard to get pregnant for some people, while the implant is different, 1 week after u take the implant out u can fall pregnant. so i would recomend it to any1, i have a few freinds who have it and they say its great.

[mamashango]

Hi there, please dont go for the implant, i had the implant put in a few years back and went mental with it, i tried to kill my husband, put my foot through the tv, and smashed several kettles, i was a MONSTER!  It was while i was in the clinic having it removed, when my husband got chatting to THREE other women who where all in to get theres removed for similar reasons to my own......It made me a psychopath!  I am not on the evra patch, great stuff, no mood swings, one patch every week, and your fertility returns after only 2 weeks of coming off the patch.  Hope this helps

Kerry

[Ouisch]

Sounds similar to Norplant, which is no longer available in the US.  Here is some information on Norplant:

Norplant is a contraceptive method in which 6 plastic, flexible rods are implanted under the skin of a woman's upper arm. The rods contain a synthetic progesterone hormone that is released in small doses continuously over a 5 year period. While Norplant is a relatively new contraceptive method in the US, it has been studied for more than 20 years in 44 different countries.

Women may experience the following menstrual patterns when using Norplant:

Prolonged bleeding (having a period for more days than you usually experience) is most common during the first months of use

More frequent periods

Unexpected bleeding or spotting between periods

No bleeding at all (although there may be no harm to your health if you do not get your period, there may be a need for a pregnancy test in certain circumstances)

A combination of the above patterns.

http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/He alth_Education/sexual_health/ssc/norplant.htm

 

http://www.cluw.org/docpages/newmethods.html

[darlingducky]

hi i have two friends that have the tube as they call it!!

both had bad side effects they both gained loads of weight and one had her period for 2 months straight, the other one hadn't a period in 6 months. although they said that the would preferr this to the pill