Birth Control
"I&#039;ve had implanon over a year. I got it done in Dublin.

I think it is a fantastic stress free, painless form of birth control however there are side effects.

For me, implanon seems to have encouraged weight loss (along with moderate dieting but the weight is coming off faster). It seems also to have weakened my orgasms- worst side effect! Still have a high sex drive though.

Period wise it is very unpredictable which is very annoying. I can have periods ranging from 3-14 days.

People making the decision to get implanon need to decide if they can live with irregular bleeding. It has lessened period pain but not much. I still can bleed heavily and clot. For me it&#039;s worth it so I don&#039;t have to worry about contraception for 3 years at a time"