implanton

LegacyUser

hey all, goin unreg for this

seeing this great girl for a few months now, every thing goin well. sex is good but i have a problem with condoms, sometimes they make me soft and thats it, cant get it back. she was thinking of the pill but due to other medication she is on the pill would not be suitable, so doc suggest the little bar thing that is implanted into the arm, i think its called implanton. i know very little about it so can anyone here explain to me what it is how it works and is it a 100% safe, also anyone any experiences of using it.
by the way, dont get me wrong, cos im trilled that she is prepared to do this for us!!

Beruthiel

You can find lots of info on the net regarding the implant.

Be aware OP, there is no such thing as 100% safe.
The chance of getting pregnant while on contraception is still there and I would advise that you continue to use condoms.

jellygems

^^^^^yeah i became pregnant on my second child while on the implanon :eek:

silly

I had the implanon for 5 years.
you get it for 3 years at a time, had second one taken out after 2 yrs as we were planning on having a child (which we are!)
I found it great.
Some girls, dont have a period with it, but i did. which i didnt mind.
Its handy that you dont have to think about it for 3 yrs.
I took my pill religiously years ago and i got pregnant - so nothing is 100%.
I would recommend the implanon.

wolfgirl88

I had the implannon implant for 2 years and i have to say it was horrible, yes it was nice to not have to worry so much about using condoms whilst i had it in but in the long run that bar did me alot of damage, i lost all interest in sex, i was puffy, retained so much water i looked like a pufferfish and got greasy oily skin and broke out in spots and acne it was like going through puberty all over again and then to top it all off it started giving me underactive thyroid problems and receeding hair and i was put on depression tablets cas of the mood swings all the time.Tho i had some of the same symptoms with the pill they just wherent as bad, so maybe its just me and hormones.
Then again ive heard other women are absolutely fine on it and it doesnt affect them whatsoever but thats just my experience with it and i will never get that thing again. If the pill suits her and she has had no problems or side affects with it then maybe she could try the implant for awhile and it probably wont affect her in the same way.
my advice stick to using condoms and the pill, it might be annoying but its safer to use them combined and i would rather that then go through all that crap again anyday

wolfgirl88

oh and also had my periods with it on and off but very heavy for 3 weeks on end with a weeks break which gave me an iron deficiency and i was anemic and had extreme lethargy the whole time i had it in. i know i shouldnt be scaring anyone of it but its like a lucky dip with different people, you never know what way it will affect you till you have it.
one thing i will say is that my longterm boyfriend used to hate having to use condoms aswell cas as sometimes the same thing would happen him so he thought the bar was the greatest invention ever when i first got it in but after seing me on the bar after a couple a months (a crazy hormonal lazy spotty puffy phsycopathic depressed lunatic who couldnt control the hormone emotions ) ....... suddenly condoms didnt seem so bad

LegacyUser

Was in similar situation - boyfriend didn't like condoms and I didn't want pill due as didn't want hormones due to being on other medications. I'm using copper coil (as opposed to mirena coil which is hormonal). Been on it almost a year now. It's approx equally effective as pill etc

Periods are bit heavier, but besides that, no other effects and we have found it great.

Just another option, particularly for girls who want to avoid effects of hormones and all that goes with that!!

Might be some help....

wolfgirl88

unreg3434343 wrote: »

Was in similar situation - boyfriend didn't like condoms and I didn't want pill due as didn't want hormones due to being on other medications. I'm using copper coil (as opposed to mirena coil which is hormonal). Been on it almost a year now. It's approx equally effective as pill etc

Periods are bit heavier, but besides that, no other effects and we have found it great.

Just another option, particularly for girls who want to avoid effects of hormones and all that goes with that!!

Might be some help....

I was told that you couldnt get the coil unless you had had children already
:eek:
!! Im gonna march right back to them and get it .....feckers!!

Fiona

wolfgirl88 wrote: »

I was told that you couldnt get the coil unless you had had children already
:eek:
!! Im gonna march right back to them and get it .....feckers!!

You can get it you just might have to go into the Rotunda to get it put in as you have not had a child so it will just be a little bit more uncomfortable for you.

I got a script for it but my ex then decided to get the snip so I didn't have to go through with it. I don't like the idea of it being inside me to be honest, I like the fact I can stop the pill at anytime if it is not agreeing with me.

LegacyUser

What condoms are you using, OP? For the longest time I didn't like condoms, because they never fitted me properly - I'm somewhat large/thick, so most condoms would either not fit properly or would be too tight, thus my losing an erection relatively quickly. This genuinely frustrated me, because it would be so rare that I'd orgasm as I was paying too much attention to the condom, making sure it would never slip off, which was a regular occurrence. I'm not sure how large you are, but something you could try is buying XL condoms - there are many websites that sell these, if you're uncomfortable buying them over the counter - the one I've used and can recommend is www.kinky.ie - they accept laser card and deliver within 5 days, in a discreet package.

However, if you genuinely don't want to use condoms and she is completely OK with that, the one thing I would advise both of you to do is receive an STI check beforehand, just so you can both have the peace of mind. As far as I'm aware, you can get these done for free at a hospital; it's an entirely confidential service and you'd get results in two weeks.

gubbie

I've had it just over a year now. The first 4 or so months were pretty tough, I got unbelievably hormonal and just cried at pointless things. Now I'm grand, back to normal and love it. No periods, no pain and no having to remember to take a pill every day.

Honestly, the doctors the best for advice

Nothingbetter2d

ilovebull wrote: »

hey all, goin unreg for this

seeing this great girl for a few months now, every thing goin well. sex is good but i have a problem with condoms, sometimes they make me soft and thats it, cant get it back. she was thinking of the pill but due to other medication she is on the pill would not be suitable, so doc suggest the little bar thing that is implanted into the arm, i think its called implanton. i know very little about it so can anyone here explain to me what it is how it works and is it a 100% safe, also anyone any experiences of using it.
by the way, dont get me wrong, cos im trilled that she is prepared to do this for us!!

have you tried the ultra sensitive condoms? Mates makes them and you can find them in any pharmacy or supermarket

as for the bar... some women have them without no real problems but others end up with loads of health problems.

LegacyUser

Try using different brands of condoms.
I used to have this problem, because they fecking hurt putting them on. I think we're not all the same shape Durex make some that are shaped differently they fit better. Them Pasante ones are just horrible.