It's of course possible but very, very, very unlikely. Implanon is very safe, only fails if you happen to be very overweight and the hormone isn't strong enough, or if there was a problem with the insertion.

Considering your periods stopped when it was inserted, I would say that your implanon is working correctly.

Spotting is normal - some women spot constantly on implanon. All the symptoms you've described can be related to the implant.

So, I can reassure you, but if you're still worried, only thing that will reassure you for certain is taking a pregnancy test, which I'm sure will be negative for you.

You should be fine hun, i have had implanon n for 2 years now, and i have only gotten my period about 5 or 6 times, like my last period was october last year! so you should be fine, the bar is very effective.

Hey...I'm sorry...I didn't want to be the bubble buster but...I totally understand what she is talking about. I'm not just spotting, I'm having a full period which is out of the ordinary for me cause since I've been on this thing (Jan. 2008)I've had maybe 2 light periods, and I've been feeling fine up til now. I'm tired, I feel fat, I'm moody, and having really commons signs to being pregnant. I know that the chances of getting pregnant are 1 in 100 but, sometimes when you feel unordinary or feel like you did when you got pregnant, it makes you question how well this thing really works you know? I was wondering if because you have the implant, is it possible for it to kick out the, "negative" sign when you take a pregnancy test, I took one and it came back negative so i thought that being pregnant was all in my head, but now my symtoms are much stronger, the sickness, tiredness, sleepy, moody, you know all the regular stuff you start to feel when you pregnant. So...I just thought that I would share what's going on with me and the implanon thing.

dont think your pregnant, the implanon does that werid stuff to u, it made me put on wewight there were some mnths i didnt get my period then i would get them every 2 weeks,

i dont know i feel the same way i'm tired as hell and i feel sick all the time not to mention i'm dizzy i have had this in sense oct of 2008 i am still breat feeding and a lillte over whight do think i could be pregnat

i had this fitted and it made me constantly bleed for 3 months straight and made me feel generally sick, i asked the doctor to remove it cuz it purely was not agreeing with me and they said i had to leave it 4 or 5 months to let it try and regulate and it never did so it was awful for me and it also made me put on masses of weight. it does have bad effects .

How'd you go ms_dd_2009?
I'm having the same issues right now... am on my second Implanon - had my first for 4 years, and got a new one 4 months ago. Two weeks ago I started getting nausea, firstly in the morning, now it comes & goes all day. I don't have any other symptoms of any sickness. I also have increased sense of smell. Everyone including my doc thinks I'm PG even though 3 HPT have been negative. I've been for blood tests today to double check for pg & also to see if the nausea is being caused by something else. I'll have the results in a week.

On my first Implanon, I had no bleeding for 12 months, then almost constant bleeding for the next 3 years, which I hated. But, I have had the second one put in because I'm hopeless with pills & injections and tried the Nuva-ring in between my 1st & 2nd Implanon & it totally screwed me around with worse bleeding & constant thrush. This time with the Implanon, after the first 4 weeks I haven't had any bleeding (love it). Shall let you know what the pg result is next week.

Can somebody help me. I have been on implanon for two years now. Was getting regular periods every month normal,than up to twice a month was getting two periods. The beggining and the end of the month. I had the Implanon inserted in October,2007...Here it is June,2009. The first and second of this month I had a very light period.The 3rd,4th,5th nothing.Then the 6th comes around and get a bright red spot.After that nothing.The 13th rolls around and that's where everything went down hill. "I wiped mysel and it was very mucusy with brownish pinkish coloring. I have to pee a lot,dizzy,head aches,cramps,bloated,gassy,constipation,jo lted shooting pains in breats,heart burn,sleepy,hungry a lot,and getting "sick".Please help me. I took a hpt and it says negative. Am I or am I not pregnant? Can anyone help me?

Hey im the same way, i got Implanon almost 2 years ago and all went well until 1-2 months ago. I never have spotting, cramps....nothing, however now, i have been having spotting that would last a weeks and go away for a couple of day and then come back for about a week. Now when i wipe, i have a lot of mucus down there. Every time i wipe, i have this mucus that is long and more less white a cloudy and at times a very light pink...kinds samony color. I just had sex a months ago for the first time in 7 months, so im kinda worried that i might be pregnant. I got on here to see if anyone has had false positives to see if i can do hpt or if i should go in to the doc. I have been getting dizzy for months now, just out of nowhere. Im starting to get tired and not wanting to do anything, but i think that is more about gaining a little weight. Just hang in there, i keep asking my mother, (OB/GYN) and she says that im fine, but i think it's a quick way out.

I got implanon about 7 mths ago 6 weeks after I had my 4th surprise baby (i was on pill). Right after it was inserted I had a pretty heavy and long bleeding (long as in more than a usual period would be. it lasted like 10 days). It was crazy because I had just gotten done with post preg bleeding. I haven't had a cycle since. But just yesterday I started having very light brown spotting and I've really not had that before. Anyone get it like that out of the blue while on this? I havent' really had a cycle since Jan 2006 because I got preg then was bfing and I don't have cycles while nursing and then I got preg again while on pill and weaning my 3rd and since then been bfing again. I guess you could probably count the odd bleeding right after implanon insertion as a cycle but other than that it's been years for me. Only other spotting I've had was when preg but praying that isn't the case I'll flip!

Thanks for replying to my question. i had just got my implanon takin out and trying to get pregnant. Does anyone know how long it takes to get pregnant. I'm 23 and i was 21 when i was pregnant with my first one ever. I will say I was really fertile with her could i be really fertile now after i had my implanon takin out yesterday?

iv been on the impalant for 2 and a half years. about a months ago i was takin st johns worts only to find out that it can cause the implant to stop working. I have had a period which was different to the rest in colour, it was a very bright red and i had no pain with it which is unusual. Since my period i have had really bad thrush and although iv treated it, it seems like it is coming back, i look and feel bloated everyday, iv been getting hot flushes and now have to sleep with the window open even if it is cold outside, i havent been going to the toilet more but one min i wont need the loo then i will really need it. I have been getting short sharp pains in my belly and legs and along with this i am very tired i sleep all night and dont get up until the afternoon but feel as if i need to go back to sleep! Could i be pregnant or am i just worring over nothing please help!!

Okay so it seems that afew people on here have now had the same problem as me....i have had the implanon for 2 years and 5 months now but after 2 years and one month i fell pregnant. And again after 2 years and 5 months. I have miscarried both times and had exact same as mritchey up there. I am getting the feeling that the implanon (for some people) is not as effective after the first 2 years! surely we should be letting someone know. I for one will be going to my doctor and requesting a new implanon inserted...i will let you all know how it goes

hi i think i am pregnant and they inserted the implanon i dont know but even my whole family is asking me if i am pregnant. yes they took a urine test but i think they should have done a blood pregnancy test because i might still be pregnant wat should i do

I have been on implanon for 3 months now, the first 2 months I got my periods at the right time. Now I've had sex whilst on it I haven't got my period!
I feel bloated and fat ALL the time, like someone's pumping up a balloon in my stomach. I'm constantly hungry and getting random stomach pains. Anyone else had this??
I've taken a home pregnancy test and it was negative - are they still acurate when you've got the implant?

Seeing as nearly every one here has said similar things I don't really see the need to describe all the details, however I am only in my 3rd week of having implanon and am feeling very sick every day for almost a week now, bloated stomach, constantly tired and dizzyness so I am going to go to the dr's sometime throughout this week and I will comment back with the results and details to try and answer some of your questions x

I have a doctor's appt for tomorrow morning, am hoping he will take it out for me! Fingers crossed x

i been feeling the same way ive been on implanon since aug of 08 and i got my period like 2 or 3 times this whole time ive been feeling prego lately i did 4 pregnncy test 1 came back positive and the rest came back negative so i really dont know!i do think im pregnant though and everyone says its not possible

I had implanon inserted in Oct of 08 and just took a preganacy test and it is positive. My doctor told me that if you get pregnant while implanon is in it will be a tubel preganancy. My doctor told me for the first two weeks to use protection, after that we don't have to. I did bleed in Nov. Then in June 09 I bleed and that's when I got pregnant before I had that period. How can I be pregnant?