Hello! I had my Implant put in August of last year after having my third child. I have had 3 implants all in all (one after each child was born). I have never had a problem with the implant before - except for random bleeding - but this time it seems to be making my migraines more frequent. I suffer from migraines with an aura where I cannot see and feel sick and recently these have started getting worse, I am now having 3/4 bad migraines every week. I went to the doctor not suspecting it could be the implant (as it has been in for a year and the problems with my migraines have only just started) but she said she was pretty sure it was down to the hormones in the implant. She also said I should NEVER have been offered the implant in the first place as with visual migraine sufferers it can cause them to have STROKES! I was obviously a bit freaked out and also a bit confused as to why I have been offered it every time I have had a child as the doctors are well aware I am a migraine sufferer?
The doctor told me I need to make an appointment to talk about contraception and to have the implant removed as soon as possible. I obviously don't like the thought of having a stroke but at the same time don't really want to move onto another form of contraception; I didn't really like the way the pill made me feel and I don't really like the idea of committing to a coil as we were hoping to start trying for number 4 next year. Do you think I should just leave it in until we are ready to TTC? Or do you think the risk is too great? Maybe I should just have it removed and use condoms in the time being? Sorry for pretty pointless post - just needed somewhere to vent really...