Week 9

Please forgive me for not posting for two weeks!!! I wasn't busy...just didn't think about this blog..lol!!!

So we are on week 9. Wow  2 months with Implanon. 

Nothing to report. I haven't gained any weight. I haven't had a period. I think I have my mood swings under control.

I give Implanon two thumbs up!!

Week 6

Hello from Implanon land!!
The moodiness that I had been experiencing seems to have faded, for the most part at least.

I have a stressful job and have decided to kind of let the stress fall off my shoulders from that. This technique, and the yoga I've been doing, seems to help me feel less angry.

I feel more like my normal self lately and that has been a relief.

I was working hard at another store, cleaning and organizing, moving a bunch of heavy stuff when I noticed something. In my pants. I didn't think much of it because I haven't experienced any bleeding or discharge since my period ended.

It ended up being a little bit of spotting.  It has been on and off for about 4 days now but it hasn't been anything dramatic.  It hasn't interrupted my sex life; meaning it's not anything the husband noticed.

TMI time (as if this whole blog wasn't), I have experienced some dryness. It's not too horrific. My insides aren't chafed raw or anything just a bit uncomfortable.

That's all I have to report this week.

Week 5

I forgot to post last night because my daughter and I had a sleepover!! What fun!! LOL!  She had been begging me to sleep in the "big bed" (mommy and daddy's bed) for over a week.  Last night Daddy went out with his friends and I told K she was welcome to keep me company in the "big bed". 

So anyways, back to business.  I've contemplated getting this Implanon out. Mainly because I can't stand my mood.  That's pretty bad when you can't stand YOUR OWN mood!!!

I've been very angry. I'm normally short to anger but lately it's just been ridiculous!! I have to tell myself to calm down way too often.  I'm also feeling very depressed. Years ago, and I mean YEARS ago, I was a very depressed person but somehow I snapped myself out of it and learned to enjoy life for what it was.  Lately the depression has crept back in my life.  My mantra, as of late, has been "I hate my life" and I don't want it to be!!!  I accidentally let that slip and I have to tell myself to shut up and not say something like that!!

I'm feeling a little better so I'm hoping that since I didn't have a period the hopelessness and anger were part of PMS. I'm hoping they will completely fade away until next month and I will be better prepared to handle the emotions.

Sex drive is down but only because of above mentioned feelings, I think.  Ha, everything my husband does lately annoys me.  I can't help it! I am truly trying to be more patient and loving but it's hard when your eyes are in a constant state of roll.

I stepped on a scale the other day and since I had this implanted I have lost 6 pounds!! I am trying to lose, kinda.  I eliminated sugary sodas and I am watching my calories throughout the day. Except at dinner, I really love dinner!!!  So I wouldn't say it has made me lose weight but it's also not causing me to gain any weight.

 

That's all I have to report this week.

Week 4

Better late than never!!

Well, I've made it a month with Implanon stuck in my arm.

I have to report, even though it may be TMI that I have not had a period. I did however notice that I have been super moody the last two or so weeks.  I mean angry super biatch!!! My husband told me that only the thought of having to raise the kid by himself is what has kept him from killing me!!! LOL!!!

I really don't see too much negative in a the month so far that would keep me from doing this again. Except the moodiness.  It horrible!! I want to be nice and fun but it seems like it is SOOO much extra effort to have fun and be nice.

I have lost like 4 pounds or so.  I have been trying to lose weight. So I would have to say that it hasn't made me gain any weight.

Just the moodiness.

That's all I really have to report.

I'm going to continue with this blog for as long as I remember to. I don't imagine it will be that interesting until I have it taken out and experience that procedure. Also, if I choose to have another kid when I have it removed or if I choose to have another Implanon put in.

Week 3

Yet another week down with Implanon.

Nothing really to report. I should be starting (hopefully not!!) my period soon so we will see how that goes. Or not. I'm hoping it doesn't come at all!!

I went to a birthday party over the weekend and all the girls were talking about who's having babies and what-not.  I wanted to tell them about Implanon and have them poke the rod in my arm (hey!! It's kinda neat!!) But my husband gave me the death stare so I refrained....

So, on the weight gain front...I haven't gained any weight. I've actually lost a few pounds. I have been actively trying though.  I exercise every day (two weeks now!! woo woo go me!!) And I drink my daily water intake. I've cut back tremendously on the sodas AND I'm watching (kinda) my calories.

There's an app called myfitnesspal that keeps up with calories for you. All you have to do is type in what you eat or scan the bar code and it tallies them up!!  I use it mostly during the week because the weekends are free days!!!

Other than that everything has been relatively the same.  I'm still me.

Week 2

I forgot to post last night...mostly because I was dealing with a sick child so......here it is now.

Week 2 has been mostly uneventful. I feel the same. My husband says my bad mood spouts are the same intensity but they happen more often. I'm making an attempt to quell them. I think mostly he's just being more annoying. LOL!!!

I can't say if there's been any libido change.  I don't feel like there has been.  He stays up late and I go to bed early.  I have to get up 2 hours earlier than he does so I'm generally feeling exhausted by bedtime. PLUS, we have a three year old. You do the math!! It's difficult to find time for sex in the first place, but I am glad to have the reassurance of the Implanon. We don't have to worry about condoms or if I remembered to take my pill.

I've actually lost a couple pounds BUT I have started eating less AND exercising. I was nervous about the weight gain as I'm already overweight. I started out just drinking a lot more water and cutting out the sodas. I eat a lot on a normal day so I've been consciously trying to eat less. Kind of counting my calories but not really.

I'm mostly curious about next week. It will be week 4 and time for the period to start.  I have had no bleeding so far but only time will tell how long that holds off. It would be nice if it didn't come back at all!

I didn't add a picture because really there's nothing to look at now. There's a dot where it was inserted and no bruising left.

That's really all I have this week.

Week 1

Today, (yesterday technically) marks one week with Implanon.

The spot where the insertion was done is healing nicely. Only a small bruise, see?

There's a small scab and a small bruise. (The other brown dot above the bruise is a freckle!)

 

I read ALOT on the internet about the Implanon before I got it. It was mostly negative reviews. I read all about the HORRIBLE bruising and INCESSANT itching. I didn't have much of any of that. You can see my small bruise and the scab doesn't itch. 

My period ended on the day it should have.  I read all about women who's period never ended.  They had it for months!!! Who needs birth control when you are constantly bleeding? Gross!!! I'm hoping that the period just magically disappears, along with my acne.  Although with stress acne, I'm not so sure hormones will do a thing.

I can feel it through the skin, which is kinda cool.  I've been going around to all my employees and family telling them to feel it. It still feels a little awkward but it may just be because of the bruising.

A week in and I give Implanon two thumbs up.  We shall see what the future holds!!!

How I got started with Implanon.

This is blog has been created to document my experiment  journey with Implanon.

Implanon is a small plastic rod that is inserted into the arm and has some hormone or something that keeps you from getting pregnant. It's birth control for the super lazy, basically.  Google it. You know how!

How did I get started to get started on this journey?  Well, I was supposed to go to the gynecologist in January and didn't. I put it off and put it off (super lazy, remember?). My husband and I figured "eh, what the hell, we'll be fine" and didn't use protection. Oooops!!!!

I had that inkling that I was pregnant in June, about 2 weeks before I was supposed to start my monthly.  You know, if you've ever been pregnant before, the sore boobs, moodiness, tiredness.

We never really wanted another child, one was plenty for us!!! She is a handful and all we can afford!!

So I was really upset at first when the pregnancy test said positive. My husband assured me that no matter what we would be fine. I didn't want to tell anyone and he obliged. So, for 8 weeks I sat on a secret.

I'm pretty sure the people at work knew though.  If my giant jug of water didn't give it away, the constant peeing had to of!!!!

At my first doctor's appointment I was scared and excited.  Even if unplanned, and not necessarily wanted at this point in time, a child is a blessing!!!  The doctor hooked me up to the sono machine with the dildo attachment (gross!!) and found the little peanut. Everything looked perfect! .....except there was no heartbeat.  He wasn't giving up hope yet though (his words).

With my first sono with my beautiful  daughter "K" there wasn't even a baby to be seen.  He gave it two weeks (I had given up, already having experienced the heart wrench of a miscarriage), and sure enough there was that peanut we now call "K"!!!

So we ventured back to the doctor a week later and I got hooked back up to the sono and things did not look good. I had a missed miscarriage and scheduled a D&C.  My husband and I decided I must have a hostile uterus and you gotta be a mean one to survive in there. "K" is pretty mean!!

I told the doctor that I wanted to find a form of birth control that I didn't have to remember to take everyday and get refilled. Something for the SUPER lazy. I DID NOT want to go through the whole pregnancy/miscarriage thing again. He gave me a few options.  There was Mirena, Paragard, and Implanon.

Mirena and Paragard are both intrauterine devices that you have to have stuck up in your uterus while you are on your period. The Mirena has little strings that hang out that you have to feel for monthly. Gross!!!

Implanon seemed like the best bet for me.  They numb you up with lidocain, then insert this rod and bam you are dunzo!!  I did read a bunch of bad experiences that had to do with constant bleeding and weight gain.  That was scary but I decided I would try and see how it went.

So here I am. I am 24 hours in and feel fine. My arm is a little bruised and sore where the doctor inserted the Implanon.  I can feel it through my skin, that's kind of cool.  I am on day four of my period and the insert seems to be clearing that right up.
I'll try to update this blog at least, I'm gonna say, weekly. Just to jot down my feelings and anything cool or weird going on.