The pill: should i come off this brand?

Kat · 01-22-2008, 07:42 AM

Does it gain weight?

Lady Moonbeam · 01-22-2008, 07:47 AM

at first maybe 4 or 5 lbs, but once your body gets used to it your weight goes back to normal.

Kat · 01-22-2008, 07:49 AM

Oh right.
Actually that may have been a stupid question because everyone is different.
The pill hasnt gained me weight, im pressuming this has the same hormones, right?

Lady Moonbeam · 01-22-2008, 07:54 AM

Yeah. Here's the site for implanon. It'll explain more than i can.

Kat · 01-22-2008, 08:01 AM

Hmm can i just ask, how does it get inserted?

Lady Moonbeam · 01-22-2008, 08:04 AM

You get injected with a local anasthetic, so you don't feel a thing, it has it's own insertion device, and it's simply pushed into your arm. You don't feel a thing, it takes about 2 minutes if not less to do it. Your arm feels a lil numb for a day or two, your arm doesn't feel sore or anything. It's completely painless.

Kat · 01-22-2008, 08:06 AM

I sounds iffy though. And it has to be kept in there?

Lady Moonbeam · 01-22-2008, 08:09 AM

It there for as long as you want it. Max 3 years. You won't notice it at all. Talk to your doctor about it, i was really iffy about it in the beginning before i talked to my doctor. I don't regret getting it.

Kat · 01-22-2008, 08:12 AM

Having a stick inside your arm for three years without taking it out, it would surely be noticable?

Lady Moonbeam · 01-22-2008, 08:15 AM

not at all. It's on the inside the top part of your arm, it's about 3 inches long and as think as a toothpick. Plus, you don't need to keep it there, you can always try it for a month or two, and get it removed whenever you want it to.

Kat · 01-22-2008, 08:26 AM

Ahhh i thought you meant it had to be kept in for three years non stop lol
but you can keep it in for that long non stop, yes?

Lady Moonbeam · 01-22-2008, 08:34 AM

Yeah, the max you can keep it in is for 3 years non-stop, but you can get it taken out any time you want.

Kat · 01-22-2008, 08:43 AM

Hmm thats ok then, im guessing it may not give me any side effects.

Lady Moonbeam · 01-22-2008, 08:48 AM

Very very little. You don't feel sick, only side effect i experienced was irregular periods, and my period is unbelievably light, and a tiny bit of weight gain, but the weight fell off once my body got used to it.

Kat · 01-22-2008, 08:50 AM

They were lighter vertually a month after you started to use it??
I think the weight gain depends on how much you eat aswell, i heard it goes by that anyway, cause apparently it increases your appetite or summat,