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Implanon vs. Nuvaring
I have been on YAZ for 5 years, but my sex drive has been extinct for the past few months so I am considering switching to Implanon or the Nuvaring. Anyone had any good or bad experiences with either?
Re: Implanon vs. Nuvaring
I was on Nuvarung for years and loved it for the convenience factor. Who has time to remeber a pill everyday? I had to stop taking it because I developed brown spots on my face. I'm pretty good about using sunscreen. At first I thought it was just part of aging, but they got pretty noticeable. I spent a fortune on several peels (scarey process!). It's a lot better now, although if I get ANY sun exposure they pop back up.
This is apparently a common complicaiton of Nuvaring, as well as the pill, but I'd been on various brands of the pill for nearly 20 years, without having ever developed brown spots. If you do try it, just stop it immediately if you notice brown spots (and use a back-up of course). I don't know anything about Implanon. Good luck, and if you ever get brown spots, VI Peel works, (you have to go to a derm or doctor) although it's an ugly process. I also had pretty good success with the clinique cream for brown spots. Also make sure your sunscreen is UVA/UVB. Good luck!
Due to an immune disorder, I can't use most forms of BC. No pill, no nuvaring, nothing estrogen-based. I'm currently on Nexplanon (a newer form of Implanon, only real difference is that it shows up on an X-ray, I've been told). I really like it. It actually got rid of all my period symptoms. My PMS was always light, it's practically unnoticeable now, and cramping and such is gone. The only downside is, it makes them VERY irregular. I've had two periods so close together they overlapped, I've gone up to two months without anything. I've had very heavy for just a few days, I've had lightish for three weeks. No way of knowing. It's kind of a pain when periods last a long time, but the long gaps between them have been common enough to make up for it (at least to me). No idea whether it affected my sex drive, as I never had sex before wedding, and have never used anything else, but I don't think it did.
Given that my only options for BC are condoms, Implanon/Nexplanon, or the copper IUD, I really like this one. The actual implanting of it didn't hurt, though my arm was quite sore for a few days and I had a nice bruise almost the entire length of my upper arm (my disorder makes me bruise easily...), but after that I don't even notice it unless I poke at it.
I'm a family planning/mother baby nurse. I say if you are going to try implanon, do 3 cycles of depo provera injections first. They are the same medication. A lot of women complain of weight gain... I won't go into this. (e.g. if you ate broccoli instead of french fries when you got the munchies...etc.) I don't mind gettin a little extra junk in the trunk if it means no babies, for some women this mortifies them... (drifts into frustrating thoughts) The other thing to keep in mind about implanon is that it takes up to 2 years to conceive from the day you take it out. If you are planning a tummy nugget in 1 year. Not a good choice.
Nuvaring is awesome but a LOT of my clients complain of excess moisture. Not in the yeasty, bacterial vaginosis way, but the I'm hot and ready way. This might be odd for you, just know that this is partly the way the Nuva ring works. The hormones plus increased mucus production help to bar little swimmers from the promised land.
My advice: ask yourself when you want to have a baby, if the answer is three or more years, then go to a long acting. Check out Skyla if you are a mirena fan. It only lasts three years, can be removed in 2 (the appropriate time between tummy nuggets). The diameter is smaller so it won't cramp the Bejesus out of your uterus and you get a regular period. No weight gain issues. I like! Getting one next month.
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The other thing to keep in mind about implanon is that it takes up to 2 years to conceive from the day you take it out. If you are planning a tummy nugget in 1 year. Not a good choice]
Ummm... actually you can conceive on Implanon as soon as one week after removal....I went through several different types of pills and other contraceptives before I found implanon and I love my implanon, I have PCOS and had the worst mood swings, cramps and other problems andwhen I was on my period but since I got implanon almost 3yrs ago I have not had any problems except for about 10lbs of weight gain which I am not even worried about because it's a lot better than an unplanned pregnancy. It is almost time for me to get the current implanon taken out and I am 99.9% sure I will be getting another right back in the same spot. However you should remember that everyones body will react differently. Good luck
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I know this post is old but THANK YOU for replying to that person! I have implanon (I'm on my second actually) and I know that you're able to conceive practically immediately. There are many many many people who've taken it out and conceived within the month.
I am horrified that someone said they were an expert and then goes on to spread such a horrible lie that could affect so many people's lives! If I followed that advice I'd have had it out a year ago and had a kid before we were ready.
So to anyone reading - it HAS NOTHING to do with Implanon if it takes "up to 2 years" for you to be able to conceive. Once it is removed the hormones are no longer being put into your body. Then it is up to your body and implanon isn't a factor. Once it is removed your body returns to its normal immediately. This is well documented so please ignore the poster who claims implanon basically makes you infertile for up to 2 years after removal.
1) IUDs can be removed the next day after getting them (technically--although I'm not sure why this would happen). There is nothing that says they have to be in place for X amount of time before removal.
2) NuvaRing doesn't make you "hot and ready" in the moisture department to "bar little swimmers from the promise land" because sex is designed to bring sperm into the uterus for fertilization. Being wet in the sense the "family planning/mother baby nurse" is describing would AIDE in pregnancy.
While we're on the topic of NR, can I just say I know SEVERAL people who have gotten pregnant while properly using the NR? And while I didn't have a "tummy nugget" (WTF? a kid. Call it a kid/baby/child, etc), I did have horrible, unpredictable, almost explosive diarrhea. And no excess moisture. It was NOT fun.
3) Think long and hard before trying the depo shot--it has been proven to lead to osteoporosis in young women due to the bolus of hormones injected into your body (usually in the hip area).
Thanks for listening,
signed a cardiac nurse who takes care of old people and still knows more than "family planning/mother baby nurse"