I got the implant (Nexplanon) about two months ago, and I haven't had any noticeable major side effects. I had my period on time the month after I got it, but now I'm eight days late for my period. I know that the implant can stop your periods entirely, but how quickly does this happen, and is there any chance I could be pregnant (as I have had sex without a condom, but about a month after I got the implant)?
Nexplanon - How likely is it that I can get pregnant with the implant?
Question posted by GracieWorld on 4 Dec 2013
Last updated on 10 July 2021
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I got Nexplanon in 2014 I usually sometimes miss a month on my period than I'm on my period the next month in the beginning but its been 1 month and 10 days since I have been on my period should I just wait until like the middle of the month or when I just come on and if I don't come on by the end of this month should I be worried?
I been having birth control almost 2 years with monthly periods and now I'm behind 2 months is this normal?
I'm actually going through the same thing I got mines on August the 18 and haven't had a period yet I'm 8 days late and I'm so freaky out pray to God I'm not pregnant I feel a lil secure because you going through WAT I'm going through so I kno that it's just might be the implants that's inserted
hello I have a question if I get the nexpalnon taken out of my arm how many days after can I get pregnant???
I've been on Nexplanon since January 8th, 2016 my period has never been normal even before my daughter was born. Since she was born in October 2015 I've gained 40lbs since I lost the 30lbs after I had her, my boyfriend seems to think I'm pregnant cause I'm having all the symptoms I had when I was pregnant with my daughter. Hopefully I'm not cause I was told it's impossible for it to happen.
The hormones released by the implant can mimic pregnancy but it's 1 out of 100 chance in one year.
Therefore chances are: you are not pregnant.
I have had the nexplanon for 2years and 5 months I have had my period this month and kinda thinking I could be pregnant and I normally always have a period but this month I've had none so please someone help and suggestions for what I should do
I had it inserted 6 months ago after giving birth, awful bleedings all the time, irregular periods, cravings, pregnancy like symptoms... Will probably remove it at one point, the constant spotting is annoying... Just don't know what to use instead... tired of hormones... But the moment i stopped I got pregnant immediately...
Same here I bleed for a month or two then I'm off for a month or two I am due to remove it in march
I've been on the Nexplanon birth control for about 4 months now and the first week I had it I didn't have my period and from the second week til now I'm still on my period no off days or anything like that. Is this normal or should I talk to my obgyn!?
When I got the implant I had a little bleed with my period that was due after I got it and then I haven't had one since. I've had it changed and I bled a little on my period that was due after the change but the pains after my change are horrendous
Hi. I had my baby after about 4 weeks I had sex with a condom but you know I heard my bf say it broke so I ask him if he came inside because 2 weeks later I got the implant .7days later I got my period at the end of the month and 3days like it always happens but it's going 2 hole months I haven't had a period .I don't feel no pregnancy signs but I'm scared cus my bf said the condom broke and u know men think they got condoms they just be coming
Hi I'm on the nexplanon and have been for about 4-5 months with normal regular periods and last week my period was really light and a brownish colour. I also woke up this morning and feel really sick and one nipple keeps going hard and itchy for no reason??
I have read loads of people have got pregnant on this ??
Someone help ?
I've been on nexplanon for 5.5 years. Weight and mood swings were an issue. I get nauseous from time to time. Buuuuut my period has never been regular. I like they leveled out for about 3 months once but I went a whole year without a period and also went 4 months with a constant period. The heaviness and color have also changed over time. Sometimes if I go for a long time without one, I'll get pregnancy symptoms but it gets kinda normal.
Hey i have had the 3yr plan on the nexplanon birth control i have had similar symptom at first but it will past everything is normal i have unprotected sex wit my husband for 3yrs and never been pregnant on the nexplanon
I love this birth control soon as i had my 3yrs old son I've been on it and I just got my other 3yrs plan put bck in for replacement
I first had Implanon inserted in my arm May 2010. I was very moody the first month, but after that I had regular periods. Occasionally I'd miss a period if I was stressed. I had it replaced 3 years later by Nexplanon in 2013. It wasn't due to expire till May 2016, but somehow I ended up pregnant and found out I was 8 weeks pregnant in late January 2016. I missed my period in late December 2015, and I thought the reason was I had been involved in a car accident and totaled my car. Now I know I was already pregnant.
My obgyn told me my implant wasn't damaged and hadn't run out of the birth control hormone. I was the first case my doctor had to report to the Nexplanon company of the device failing at that facility. Now I'm 4 1/2 months pregnant with a healthy girl :) I'm looking forward to meeting her in early September 2016.
No contraception is 100% effective. I'd still recommend Nexplanon to anyone because I was complication free for 5 years of using it. Luckily I was ready to start a family anyway so no harm done.
@Mebrittany1988
You comment makes me so nervous. I started Nexplanon April 2013 and it's due to expire April 2016. Periods were very irregular for the first 2 years but now I have them faithfully every month. I had unprotected on sex March 25, I was due to start my period April 14th and guess what no period. I've taken a few hpt but they were negative. Could I really be pregnant?
Can you get pregant with the norplant in your arm. Why do I have butterfly's in my stomach for?
I am on nexplanon an been on it for 6 months now but i am late on my period an i have a headaches an craving sweets like crazy could i be pregnant
It makes your body think that your pregnant. So that you don't get pregnant because it already thinks so. I've been on it for almost two years now and I have a lot of pregnancy symptoms. And I'm not pregnant. My boobs are very tender I have cravings for things. Discharge also. It's just like being pregnant almost but your not. Only a 1% chance that you could be. Hope this helps.
I was on it for a year, and my bf and I were in the early stages of our relationship, no shortage of sex, and no condoms, I didn't get pregnant, but watch your weight, I wish I had been told to watch my weight, I just kept my norm eating habits, I could eat anything and everything and stay at 110 lbs, until the implant, if I had eaten a lot healthier I'd have been fine, I gained 122 lbs on the implant, its been a year since I got off and I've lost 75 lbs thanks to super strict diet, I don't eat sweets soda, mostly no meat, lol all I can afford is salads and ramen noodles, so that's what I'm eating, but I monitor that, no milk, no fried foods nothing, I drink water, and coffee with calorie free sweetener, same for tea, to help keep my bowels regular but its still extremely hard to keep the wight off, I am succeeding though, your periods on the implant will become either nearly or completely non existent, which was nice, you'll be moodier than before but it works great to prevent pregnancy
I just got it also and I have an insatiable urge to be eating!!
And I have to cut off whole milk, greasy foods, soda, spices, there's so many things I can't eat!
I have had the rod in for a year in August it will be two years i fell sick and keep felling kicking in my stomach can i be pregnant
Sarah
@ Saras 82, there's no way you would be feeling kicks without obviously being pregnant, especially if it would be your first pregnancy. FTM would feel kicking around 20 weeks, just so ya know.
Can u still get pregnant while on nexplanon.. i got it nan 2015 and have gotten my period 2 since then. Is a there a possibilty of being pregnant. I feel i have bad cramps come go and nausea..
Pregnancy symptoms are very normal while on it most of which are on the side effect papers they give you. Vomiting cramping change in period sometimes a complete stop, as well as weight gain urinary tract infection, headaces bruising. There are plenty more before working yourself up over read the paperwork they give you. But it has happened where people get pregnant but most the time just exceriencing side effects. Good luck .
I've got the implant in I I think that I mitw be pregnant but how can I tell
Can i get pregnant while i have my implant
I have had this for two years. It's my second round. First one was implanon. Your periods will come and go. I didn't have a period for the first year than they were very irregular. This time I have only had three periods.
Its very slim but their is a chance I fell pregnant and suffered a miscarriage after having my nexplanon in for 2 years with fortnightly bleeding throughout
I am waiting to have it out as I have pregnancy symptoms and a late period something I never had on the nexplanon before
If I have protected sex 8 days after my insertion but didn't get it fitted in when I had my period. Should I still be safe?
Hi I've been on nexplanon for 5 months now and I would get my period every two weeks after the last day of it . but now its been over a month since last time I had it.
What if u bleed in the middle of sex. And u think u have had a miscarriage on the implant
I haven't had one in a month and mine was every month I had it in about a year in a have
Its normal i have been on the nexplanon for 3yrs and just started my 2nd 3yrs
Every symptom you are having i have had and I have my 3yrs old son and havent get pregnant since i had My one and only
I almost always bleed or have some kind of blood after sex. I've had it in for almost two years now. And when I first got it in of course I had my period and it went away in the next 4 hours. I didn't get it for a couple months and then I got it really heavy for two months straight. I usually am two months off my period and then a month to a month and a half on. Mostly at the end spotting. This is my experience with it. I also have a lot of pregnancy symptoms. I was told that it makes your body this think it's pregnant. To prevent you from getting pregnant for real.
I have been on this for the last two years. I just turned 21 on March 9 and I had my period then but it's September 4th and I have not had it since. Is this a side effect or what cause my daughter keeps looking at my stomach and asking mom are you pregnant and I keep saying no but I have gained at least 100 pounds since being on this type of birth control.
Could i be pregnant if on the implant but i me and my boyfriend were playing around and the implant bruised really bad we never used and condom and ive had it since January of 2016 .i had sex 3 weeks ago my period 2 weeks ago and ive been spotting brown for the past 4 days .but some people are telling me it could be implantation bleeding .so is their a possibility to be pregnant?
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birth control, contraception, pregnancy, side effect, period, nexplanon, implant
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- Nexplanon uses and safety info
- Nexplanon prescribing info & package insert (for Health Professionals)
- Side effects of Nexplanon (detailed)
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