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.
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