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Q: Norplant?????? Trying to Decide On a Bith Control Or Patch??

asked by: happygirl on May 10th, 2005

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My husband and I have been married 5 1/2 yrs.
I have been on the bc pill most of that time. I did pretty good taking them and not getting pregnant.
We decided to have a baby and we now have a beautiful baby girl that is 13 months old. I love her so much but I do not want another baby right now. She had colic for 6 months and that cured me for a while. Lol

I have a perscription for the bc pill but I keep forgetting to take the pills now. So we have been relying on condoms but we really do not like useing those him nor I do.
Since the baby has been born I have a very high sex drive. I have heard is very unusual after the baby before the baby was born and while pregnant I didn't have a sex drive at all. :lol:
i've been trying to decide which would be best for me. Patch or noraplant. If they still offer the noraplant. Is the nora plant the same as depo shot?
I have an appointment thursday with the gyno to talk about options of birth control. Last time she tried to talk me into the depo shot.
I'm just not sure what to do.
I tried to find info on this site on the noraplant and any experiances on it but didn't see any.
I talked to a friend last night and she said she loved the noraplant but didn't like the depo.
Any experiances on both bad or good would be great on the noraplant and patch.
Thanks everyone

Replies(10)

YossyNJ

replied on May 26th, 2005

New User

I Don't Think They Still Offer Norplant In the Us

I live in jersey and i'm not sure how things work where ur from. But if they do offer it, I don't recomend you to get norplant, because I know that not all women react the same way but I just got them off and trust me I had them for 5 yrs, couldn't take them off because I couldn't afford to plus my mother didn't want me to get them out, gained 65 pounds, irregular periods, between periods bleeding and spotting, vaginal discomfort and my favorite ongoing depression and mood changes. Finally I decided to take them out 2 weeks ago tried to get a doctor to do it ofr me but they charged a fortune $1000-$1500 plus consultation and it was past due since november so I had to fly to my country to get it out (a round trip flight, a few day stay and the doctors fee was like 1/2 the price of a doctor here) hope this helps, try nuva ring or the patch (depo is another complicated one) stick to pills or ask your doctor about the copper t.

MONA 1

replied on June 20th, 2005

New User

Your Concerns On Noraplant!

I have a 8 year old and now a 5 year old I got the noraplant when my last daughter was born. That was 5 years ago and let me tell you I could not have made a better decision when I choose the noraplant. I am going to have it removed in a week but only because my 5 years are up. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only side effect I had was that I was very hard to loose the baby weight.I lost it but gained about 10 to 15 pounds but in a 5 year period. But just stay active. I live in south carolina and they do not offer it here anymore.But I am willing to travel to another state if I can find out where they still offer it. That just how much I love it!!!!!!!!!!!! So if you know where they still offer it please let me know. Buy the way my period was decreased to about 3 days a month. No extra cramps or bleeding. Hope this helps you with your decision.

kizzy_bear

replied on June 20th, 2005

New User

Birthcontroll Issues

I used to work in a ob gyn office. I wouldn't recommend norplant to anybody. I think they also took it off the market. I have tried bc pills, depo, the patch, and finally a iud. The bc pills made me sick to my stomach, the depo shot was great because it was only once every 3 months if i'm not mistaken and with some people you don't get a period, which was a selling point to me. The only bad thing is that is totally depletes your sex drive. The patch was also great, but every time I would go to start it after stopping for the week that I was on my period I would get sick. So I finally decided for the iud (mirena) makes it I think. It is good for a number of years. I really havn't had any problems with it that I normally wouldn't have anyway. No nausea, no spotting if you forget to take a pill, and no worry about getting pregnant.
Hopefully this might help in your decision making process

desperate housewife

replied on June 23rd, 2005

New User

Iud

My daughters both tried the pill, they where not real good at remembering to take it at the same time everyday, so then they tried the patch. After wearing the patch for approx 3 months my youngest daughter got a blood clot in her brain and had two strokes, she does not smoke and has no blood cloting issues that the drs could find. Since she can no longer take the pill, she recently had the mirena iud put in. So far both the girls like it. All you have to do is check for the string every so often, it last for 5 years.

myself

replied on July 23rd, 2006

New User

My Experience

I am not the only one who has had this problem with norplant so I want you to know what other things might happen.

First, be sure that you have enough money to take it out if you need to. I didn't and it took a year to do so.

During the time I had it, I missed menstral cycles, gained 100lbs in one month and had flu symptoms daily throwing up and the other end as well.

I read that many got arthritis from it and was happy I didn't.

7 years after I had it taken out, now in my early 30s, I now have a very very horrible case of rheumatoid arthritis. If it is related, I just don't know.

But, I thought you should know the other end as well.

The company shouldn't be selling in the us anymore due to thousands of women who had problems. Some problems like mine, others were the hole that was left in their arm since the prongs grew to the skin and it wouldn't come out.

x0x011

replied on July 23rd, 2006

Experienced User

I tried the patch for about 2 months and it was horrible. By the end of the week the edges would be coming loose, and i'd have brown rims from the stickyness like you get with a bandaid. I didn't trust the patch at all. Also, because it flows directly into your bloodstream, the dose of estrogen is much higher with higher risk of bloodclots and strokes. I also found out that one of my friends who used the patch for a couple of years recently got pregnant.

myself

replied on July 24th, 2006

New User

Have you thought of getting your husband "fixed"?

It is easier, less painful and quicker to do with fewer complications.

My husband is still getting the "guts" for it, but one day he will.

With my arthritis, I just can't go through one more painful thing that god doesn't give me himself.

Tylanas

replied on July 24th, 2006

Especially eHealthy

Hey, I was wondering...

I recently did a major f-up with my brith control pills. I don't think i'm pregnant from it, but I still want one more period to come to assure me of this (since i've heard of women having totally normal periods and still being pregnant). I'd like to know some actual statistics on how many women that happens to, and how many of them had periods and were on birth control at the same time.

Anyway... Do they offer iud's to women who haven't given birth yet? I heard they didn't. Also, aren't there horomonal and non-horomonal versions? Is the horomonal version more effective? I haven't had any problems at all with ortho-lo, so I figure i'd be just fine on a horomone-coated iud...

ytsim

replied on March 20th, 2008

New User

Noraplant

I would not recommend the Nora plant to anyone. I had it put in after I had my daughter. I was planning on having more children. It was supposed to be in for five years, but after only one year I had them take it out. I was having very irregular periods. Double over cramps. I was getting violently sick every other month. After I had the plants taken out. I still got sick every other month for the next 5 years. Until finally at the age of 23 I had to have a hysterectomy. Turns out the Nora plant cause me to get Fibroids in my Uterus. The doctor showed me a picture of what it looked like and my Uterus literally looked like a pop corn bag. So I would not recommend it to anyone, also I do believe they took it off of the market. I remember hearing about a massive law suit against it, but of course the statutes of limitation had run out for me. I wanted to eventually have another child, but because of this thing that was supposed to last 5 years is now unfortunately lasting me a lifetime.

Tylanas

replied on March 20th, 2008

Especially eHealthy

Update:

As several other users have stated, Norplant is no longer available in the USA due to numerous problems with the implant itself and with how it was being administered.

Now, Implanon is available! Instead of 6 sticks, it is just ONE. It is flexible, so it's much less likely to break. The benefits are numerous. Doctors are also being required to go through an extensive training course before they are allowed to offer Implanon at their clinic.

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