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Anyone here got pregnant whilst on Implanon?

310 replies

Haribosmum · 08/08/2007 08:24

Just asking because I've been on it for 6 months and bled every month...except this month. I am sure I'm just having a month 'off' due to the Implanon but I have been feeling sick,headachy etc. Probabaly or pyschological or a bug but I was just wondering......

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dontknow1811 · 24/03/2013 21:27

hello new on here. been on implant since december period all over the place i know thats nomal when you got this implant. but wats the chances i could be pregant feeling tired all the time bladder gone to overdrive and hungry all the time could somone tell wat they think plz i have done a test negtive this morning

Viki1 · 20/03/2013 20:06

When I was 21 I(2006) had the implant, even took the pill for the 1st 2 weeks to settle bleeding and 10 weeks later found out I was pregnant, sadly I had a MC but shows it is possible despite it being 99.99% effective!!

lushnsweet · 16/03/2013 23:06

hello i have two yes two implants in my left arm can i be posssible for me to to get pregnant they was replaced in in october 2012 answers please

BourbonsAndTea · 03/03/2013 09:05

Hi if you're sexually active there is always a possibility of getting pregnant. The Implants is something like 99.95% effective. So even used correctly you are not 100% protected. They have stopped manufacturing Implanon now as it was being inserted incorrectly. Can you feel the rod under your skin? People do have pregnancy scares on hormone contraception because they have side effects that can be similar to pregnancy symptoms. Do take a test though as it's best to find out, if you are pregnant, as soon as possible. Good Luck

Lynlyn123 · 03/03/2013 00:30

I've been on Implanon for over a year and a half. I've had plenty of pregnancy scares.. But the tests were all negative. I'm upset to see that laylasmommy got pregnant on Implanon.. Along with a few other people. I'm going to take a pregnancy test here in a couple of days and ill let you guys know whether it was positive or not.. But I've had morning sickness, diarrhea, headaches, mood swings, chills, and nausea. I'm going to see if these symptoms continue.. I'm only 16 years old but I'm very sexually active with my boyfriend that I've been with for 8 months.. So it's really possible. I'm scared. Any feedback? Thanks.

Laylasmommy · 11/02/2013 13:35

I had a baby in January of 2012. Waited to be put on birth control until almost a year later. I was put on implanon in december of 2012. and now here it is mid february and i have taken two pregnancy test and both are positive. IMPLANON SUCKS.... i was sick; nauseated, SOOOOOO tired, puking, diarrea, body aches... so i decided to take the tests and sure enough, im pregnant. Going to make my OBGYN appointment today and get scheduled to get the implant taken out so i dont miscarriage. So honestly if you dont want to get pregnant do NOT use implanon.

BourbonsandTea · 27/01/2013 15:02

Best thing to do is wait another week or so and take another test. If that comes back negative and you still don't get your period make an appt. with your GP. Good luck

mywingshelpmefly18 · 26/01/2013 16:44

hi, i seem to be having an implanon scare. im eighteen years old. i think ive been on implanon since june or july of 2012. so six or seven months. i usually have a regular period, but im currently 6 days late. its freaking me out ! i took two tests, and they say im not. but ive heard that this thing in my arm, can give false negative. what should i do??

Charliesbeaut · 27/11/2012 14:24

Im 21 got a lil girl i always have a regular period no matter what the weather ive had the implant since july and i was due november around the 5th and i still havent come on i feel different within myself majority pregnancy signs ive took 3 home tests all negative am i paranoid because ive reading all your posts lol all i want is mushrooms and i cryed yesterday cos my partner said i need to stop eating bread haha any advice please thanku xx

a996o1 · 27/11/2012 14:11

im only 16 but 17 in a few months time, im in a relationship and started the implant in may and had my periods for the first couple of months then they completely stopped. My doctor did tell me the implant wasnt 100% to stop you from getting pregnant but was most effective, since i had the implant ive never used condoms and thankfully not ended up pregnant but personally i think its just as being on any other contraception because there isnt anything that are 100% to stop you from getting pregnant.

CRG · 26/11/2012 14:28

I am also worried about managing to be pregnant on the implanon! :/

I have an almost 2 year old, and I wanted to wait a few years before having another baby, and wanted a more reliable b/c as I had become pregnant with my son while on the pill. I had the Implanon put in on the last day of July this year.

I skipped my period in August, and had a 2 week period in September (2 weeks is long, but it was my usual heavy period). But since then, I have had no period. I had some spotting early this month that I thought was my period coming, but then it stopped. I was very surprised, I've never had true spotting, the only time I would spot at all is before a full period started. So that bothers me.

Then over the last few days, I've developed a TON of pregnancy symptoms. But its confusing because they are things that happened to me later on in my son's pregnancy! I have lower back pain and major rib pain, my ribs just ache and ache. I had trouble sleeping last night because of it. And I just feel weak, very tired.

I am worried that not only have I become pregnant, but there might be more than 1 or an ectopic. It just doesn't make any sense and there should be NO reason my ribs are hurting like this.

By the way, I have some extra weight, my doctor DID tell me that there is a very small chance if you have extra weight at all you can get pregnant on implanon. It has not been studied in people with above average weight/BMI. I assume that may be where I went wrong, even though I am not that bad, its the only thing I can think of. No positive pregnancy test via urine yet though, it may be recent. But the pain is ridiculous.

cottonlegs · 19/11/2012 19:04

Can't believe some of the things Iv found out from reading all your comments I myself have had the implant in for only a few months due to no other contraception working for me and having three children already, but I am 100% frightened to death now as I have never gained weight all my life even after having my children n I have a pot belly I put this down to weight gain from the implant only to find out that its not had reports of any weight gain!! I have not had a pv for some time after having it fit come to think of it I only did for a few days after but my concernse are rasing as if I am my hubby will go mental he practically did whilst I was pregnant with number 3 we argued so bad that I actually moved out for some time until we sorted things out after his birth. As u can understand I really can't see him taking this one very well either as we have no room in our home for another n I could not think of not going through with it as I don't believe it is something to do lightly plz help!!

Tamara91 · 31/10/2012 07:48

Also I had a smear of blood ????? Scared

Tamara91 · 31/10/2012 07:47

So I had my 1st baby in Feb this year and got the implanon put in the 1st 6 months had my periods on and off and than it stopped. Ive been getting bad head aches, sleep a lot, moody and my belly ain't getting any smaller and is hard. I took a test and came back negative...

cmmitchell8310 · 11/10/2012 05:50

Hi. I've had the implanon since April of 2011. And ever since I got it I have never stopped my period. I may have 3-5 days between each period but they are very consistent. I recently went to the doctor again about it and they gave me 3 months of birth control pills to try and regulate my period. But my body rejected them by making me extremely sick. But in the past couple of weeks I have had many symptoms that are like my first pregnancy. I'm always hungry but when I go to eat I only take a few bites and want to throw it back up. I'm extremely tired and more moody lately.

I just didn't know if there was just the chance I could be pregnant. Even though I've taken many test and they all come out negative. I've been told by some that I could be getting a false result due to all the hormones in the implanon

Sunninicole · 15/09/2012 19:50

Hi my name is Sunni. I've been on the implanon for a year now! The past two months I've been ganing a ton of weight, really bad headaches, really bad ance ( which is strange cause I've never had ance this bad), i have a belly bump and its hard feels just like a pregnant belly, weird food cravings, and so on. I've called my obgyn nurse and told her everything that was going on and she told me that there was no way I could become pregnant on the implanon.
Well I've taken 3 test, all which came back neg. I'm litterally think I'm going crazy. I had been having periods every month since ive been on the implanon. Until june came along and then i stoped! Please someone idk what is going and it really is driving me crazy! I mean i can't even fit into any of my clothes anymore. And I've been having like these cramps in my lower ab area and they have been going on for 2 months. I really would like some answers. Either way this devil stick is coming out of my arm next week!!!!!!!!!!!

PattyNicole · 10/09/2012 04:57

I got Implanon on Feb 3, 2012, roughly 6 weeks after having my 2nd daughter. When I got it, I had NO periods up until July. Then they came every 2-3 weeks up until now. I have been bloating, getting headaches, eating everything, randomly getting sick at smells, super grumpy for no reason. We are having this taken out ASAP because it's just too much, plus I am pretty sure we are pregnant again. I have taken home tests that say NEGATIVE but .... I know my body. I just hope that I do not M/C if I am.

AlyshaKristine · 03/09/2012 13:26

I'm so sick of this implanon!
I've been on it 10 months now and I have bleed non stop the WHOLE time,
I'm on the mini pill 3 times a day just to stop the bleeding but It doesnt stop the cramping.
I feel so pregnant and moody constantly to the point where its affecting my relationship.
The mood swings,
bleeding,
cramps,
Gone up 3 cup sizes and ive gotten so "bloated",
gone from a 6 pack to people asking how far along i am..

deffo's getitng this out!!

OriginalRogue · 31/08/2012 17:06

I've been on Implanon for nearly 3 years (it comes out next March). Certainly some of the side effects haven't been pleasant but I've had no worries about getting pregnant on it. I spoke to my GP about it recently though and he said they're all being replaced with ones called Nexplanon or something due the number of people getting pregnant with Implanon. The implant itself wasn't the problem, it was being inserted incorrectly and thus was being ineffective. The Nexplanon is much easier for people not to mess up inserting it.

www.nhs.uk/news/2011/01January/Pages/info-implanon-contraceptive-implant.aspx

culpepper26 · 30/08/2012 03:05

I have had my period every month until now with my implanon and I have been on it for 17 months now. I gained a lot of weight with the implanon and then I started to diet and lost weight and now I am gainbing it again because I think I am pregnant again for the 4th time in 17 months being on the implanon.

CouthyMow · 30/08/2012 00:57

I fell pregnant on implanon. I was told that it was because of my epilepsy medication lowering the effectiveness though. Which is why I also had the Mirena at the same time.

I was told that it is VERY rare though. In my case, it was more likely because my periods hadn't stopped AND because of my epilepsy meds.

If this is just a cessation of periods through the implanon settling in, I'd say it's even less likely that you will or have fallen pregnant.

culpepper26 · 30/08/2012 00:37

Hi I have had the implanon since March 29th, 2011 after my daughter was born on the 15 of March last year. I have been pregnant 3 times with the implanon and the last time I miscarried being a month to a month and a half along. Now here I am late on my period again and I think I am pregnant again. Next month I am getting this stupid non working thing out of my arm and me and my husband are just going to be safe until we are ready again.

Abbie91x · 27/08/2012 19:42

Hi everyone

Can someone help me please

I've had te implanon in since February 2011 after I had a miscarriage ! I thought I couldn't face it again,,

Lately I have been feel different like I felt when I found out I was pregnant before I Gad a MC

Feel nauseous everyday
Tummy cramps back cramp
Head aches
Fatigued
Eating different things
And I've gained a bump!

I've took 5 pregnancy tests and they have all come up negative

I don't no what to think

I am planning on having the implanon out this month anyway
But ........ Eek

Please someone talk to me :)

ChloeJayne · 14/08/2012 16:27

I've only had the Implant fitted for 2 and a half months. I had spotting for the first few weeks but then nothing. I've been getting 'early pregnancy symptoms' such as back aches, stomach cramps, mood swings and the past week I've had more spotting... but don't know if its even possible? I'm only 17, but in a relationship. Should i be worried? :( please give advice xxx

crystal94 · 14/08/2012 03:49

Hello ladies,
I'm 18 and have had Implanon for a year.
I've had such intense pregnancy symptoms but my doctor refuses to give me a blood test!
I've been experiencing;
blood noses, cramps, cravings, bloating, weight gain (only on my stomach and breasts)
headaches, mood swings and a metallic taste in my mouth.
I've gone from being a super tiny 45kgs to 56kgs in about ten weeks.
I've had regular sexual relations with my long term partner relying solely on the Implanon.
I did 6 HPT , three positive and three negative.
Help me! Could I be pregnant?