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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some info - just because I had a GREAT experience with Nexplanon and am getting my second one placed next week. I heavily, heavily researched it (I had no idea about it, I was still stuck in thinking of awful norplant), and I also very heavily researched IUDs.

"Within 1 week of removing the Nexplanon implant, etonogestrel serum levels can no longer be detected. This means that there is the potential for a rapid return of the user’s pre-existing fertility, depending on her age at the time of removal. Clinical data show that 3 weeks after the contraceptive implant is removed, more than 90% of women begin to ovulate."

http://www.nexplanon.co.uk/170/Return-of-fertility

For a non-company source: https://www.uhs.uga.edu/sexualhealth/contraception/nexplanon.html

Clots aren't even really brought up as a risk with Nexplanon. The biggest risk is irregular/unpredictable bleeding that the woman finds intolerable. Mine went really well, no period for the first year, a period every 3 months the second year, and then it was starting to get more regular in the 3rd year when I had it removed. My doctor said there is some research that shows if you have it put in during the first 5 days of your cycle, it reduces the chances of you being in the portion of women that have unpredictable bleeding, and it did hold true for me. My doctor and most of her nurses chose Nexplanon (I went in asking for it, she didn't sell me on it - but then she gave me some additional good info).

I'd be really concerned about a midwife who wrote off Nexplanon but was considering Mirena... that is pretty uneducated/ignorant of today's options. [/quote]

Thanks for the info, I will be sure to ask her about this at my follow up apt![/quote]

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