Norplant?????? Trying to Decide On a Bith Control Or Patch?? Posted: 05-10-05 17:38pm
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
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YossyNJ
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I Don't Think They Still Offer Norplant In the Us Posted: 05-26-05 05:05am
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.
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MONA 1
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Your Concerns On Noraplant! Posted: 06-20-05 14:11pm
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.
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kizzy_bear
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Birthcontroll Issues Posted: 06-20-05 14:23pm
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
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desperate housewife
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Iud Posted: 06-23-05 09:00am
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.
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myself
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My Experience Posted: 07-23-06 16:41pm
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.
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Posted: 07-23-06 17:00pm
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.
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myself
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Posted: 07-24-06 02:02am
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.
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Posted: 07-24-06 13:54pm
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...
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ytsim
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Noraplant Posted: 03-20-08 04:25am
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.
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Posted: 03-20-08 10:31am
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.
