Birth Control

[amusgrave 22]

I need some suggestions.

[Lilee84 648]

Implanon... Love it!

[Cookeeeeez 269]

I agree, Implanon all the way... I am on my third, so that's seven years of birth control bliss!

Its worth the investment and a try- some people have heavier periods or nasty pms but I have had neither!

[Lilee84 648]

I have only had my cycle twice since I got it - once right after surgery and last week when i had a nasty kidney infection. I've had mine in for a year and a half and haven't experienced any negatives... I love it! When this ones done I'll replace it with another, unless of course I'm ready for another by then

[PEvette 297]

Implanon... Love it!

Is this a pill??

[612belly 32]

Mirena. This is an IUD stays in for five years. Only one hormone progesterone.

[Lilee84 648]

Is this a pill??

It's an implant that goes in your arm.. a little plastic thing.

http://www.implanon-usa.com/en/consumer/index.asp

[Cookeeeeez 269]

In AUS it lasts three years, and that is a maximum...

remember if you gain or lose a lot of weight (because it is intramuscular) it can be a little tricky to remove,but it doesn't hurt at all since there is a local anasthetic...

it creeps a lot of people out when I show them how to feel it in my arm but it is a GOD send!!!

You have more chance of getting pregnant while on the pill using condoms than with implanon!

[Cookeeeeez 269]

Oh there is some suggestion it can also make losing weight a little more difficult, but that is the same with any hormonal option- your body is tricked into thinking it is already pregnant (so you don't ovulate) and thus the body goes into pregnancy energy storage mode... It doesn't cause weight GAIN though!

[ATLSara 4]

I cannot warn you away from Mirena fast enough. Great for 18 months, no period at all, just 30 lbs of weight gain IMMEDIATELY. Nothing else changed. Then the spotting started and continued constantly for two years. Yes ladies years. And to top it off even though insurance covered putting it in I had to pay $300 to get it out. I realized within minutes of having it removed that the horrible abdominal pressure i had been living with was gone. It is great birth control though because you sure never want to have sex!

[iceshayw 4]

I cannot warn you away from Mirena fast enough. Great for 18 months' date=' no period at all, just 30 lbs of weight gain IMMEDIATELY. Nothing else changed. Then the spotting started and continued constantly for two years. Yes ladies years. And to top it off even though insurance covered putting it in I had to pay 300 to get it out. I realized within minutes of having it removed that the horrible abdominal pressure i had been living with was gone. It is great birth control though because you sure never want to have sex![/quote']

Mine came out twice!

[Cookeeeeez 269]

If you haven't had a child most gyno's in AUS will NOT give a woman an IUD! It can cause infections that lead to infertility!

[jaymzee 79]

I take the pill. Works great for me still.

[Tia Noel 56]

Team implanon!!! Woot woot! I can't say how much I love it! Its like that old infomercial.... Set it and forget it! Well at least for 3 years

[PEvette 297]

I was taking the pill, I took myself off because I was paranoid of getting blood clots from the surgery, but now since I'm past the surgery I want to get back on...but I'm scared of it hindering me from losing weight because I feel that they increase my appetite..