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Is Vaginal Bleeding A Sign Of Wearing Off Of A Birth Control Implant,and Is It Bad To Keep It In And Get Pregnant Later On?

Hello so i was wondering i have the birth control implonon in my arm my doctor sed it was good for two years. I was wondering what could be the sighns of it whereing off? and if i were to keep it in and not get it taken out would it do anything? would it be bad to keep it in and get pregnent later on? one more thing so i got it in 2011 its 2014 and i never had a period on it but this last year i have been haveing periiods not light blood but dark and about a medium amount of blood is that a sighn its whereing out or is my body getting rid of old blood? pleas help me thanks
Mon, 26 Dec 2016
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Hallow Dear,

The life of the implant you are having in your arm is two years as your doctor has already informed you. You had put it in 2011. So its life has ended in 2013. It is not good to keep it in the body after it is no more active. When we say it is not active, we mean that the hormones released from the implant are not in sufficient quantity to prevent the pregnancy; however, it is not completely devoid of the hormones.

The very fact that you have started having irregular bleeding, the implant is releasing the hormone erratically in low doses.

You should get the implant removed and replace it with another one if you still want to continue with the contraception. With such extinct implant, you cannot plan your pregnancy appropriately either.

I hope you got the message.

Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
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Is Vaginal Bleeding A Sign Of Wearing Off Of A Birth Control Implant,and Is It Bad To Keep It In And Get Pregnant Later On?

Hallow Dear, The life of the implant you are having in your arm is two years as your doctor has already informed you. You had put it in 2011. So its life has ended in 2013. It is not good to keep it in the body after it is no more active. When we say it is not active, we mean that the hormones released from the implant are not in sufficient quantity to prevent the pregnancy; however, it is not completely devoid of the hormones. The very fact that you have started having irregular bleeding, the implant is releasing the hormone erratically in low doses. You should get the implant removed and replace it with another one if you still want to continue with the contraception. With such extinct implant, you cannot plan your pregnancy appropriately either. I hope you got the message. Dr. Nishikant Shrotri