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What Causes Weight Gain,pink Vaginal Spotting And Fatigue While On Implanon?

I ve been on Implanon for 2 years this coming October. Its been nothing but a problem causing my periods to mess up and terrible weight gain. I went to the doctor and he said its deep and he s surprised I haven t fallen pregnant if I have an active sexual life. Well, I must ve slept wrong because one day about 3 months ago I woke up, my arm was sore and when I touched the rod it would click? Anyway, I was very sexually active with my partner, I d say nearly 7 weeks ago now. 6 days after the last time we did the baby dance as people call it, I got period like cramps - sort of a tugging sensation- and started spotting pink and brown blood in my cm. 2 days passed and I was getting the same thing along with tender veiny breasts, nausea, extreme fatigue and turning my nose up at anything spicy or cheesy. Then I bled heavily with no cramping for 4 days, was fine for 7 days after that, then pains with heavy bleeding for 4 days, fine for 7 days after that, and then again I got the 4 days of cramping and heavy bleeding and now its completely fine again but now I m getting an extreme amount of cm and its very milky coloured, I ve been having vivid dreams, rushing to the loo more than I usually do, my nausea has settled down but I ve been craving pastas and roasts and all these savory foods when I ve been more of a fruit person myself. My breasts have grown a cup size and they re naturally different sizes to each other since I was about 12. My nipples ache not even I can touch them. I ve never experienced any of this on Implanon before. They say they can be side effects but I ve been on this for nearly 2 years so surely the effects would ve happened before? I ve taken dozens of tests, all seem to be negative, I white line will appear and then disappear (first response) and then what seems to be a colored indent will appear but my family doesn t think its a proper line (I have read that some women s hcg levels don t appear high enough to show on hpts so maybe that s my problem if I am pregnant?) Some days I have a heavy feeling in my uterus like someone s replaced it with a rock, I ll press down and feel absolutely nothing. I have the worst lower back pain which I have never experienced my whole life!! Like never and its hitting me so hard allllll the time! If I was pregnant I d be nearly 9 weeks since my last proper period (what seemed to be like my usual period) would be July 10. Sometimes I swear I can feel flutters but I don t know if its gas or what, I ve never been pregnant so I wouldn t know, although I question sometimes when I don t feel a fart coming on lol. I ve seen many women and I have friends who have fallen pregnant on Implanon, so it must definitely be possible, do you think I m pregnant? I also check my cervix often and depends on the time of day, sometimes its hard sometimes its soft, sometimes its tightly closes sometimes I think its the slightest bit open but it hasn t been open for 7 weeks now even when I was bleeding! It feels very swollen and it hurts after I have sex now so I dont know if that could mean anything? I ve also been taking my bbt and I was 36.6 before any of this started, ever since, even when bleeding I still checked and for the last 7 weeks the lowest its been is 37.5 and the highest is 38.1 ! And my rested heart rate has gone from a smooth 66 beats a minute to a whopping 120 beats a minute!! Please help would I best just to get an ultrasound and see if anything shows up??
Thu, 28 May 2020
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Hi,

Implanon is a long acting contraceptive preparation, It contains hormone progesterone. Irregular periods, scanty or heavy bleeding and weight gain are side effects of the hormone. These effects are more in early days and may come intermittently but contraception would be there for the committed time. For severe bleeding you can take cap CVP Gynae to control the bleeding.

Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Weight Gain,pink Vaginal Spotting And Fatigue While On Implanon?

Hi, Implanon is a long acting contraceptive preparation, It contains hormone progesterone. Irregular periods, scanty or heavy bleeding and weight gain are side effects of the hormone. These effects are more in early days and may come intermittently but contraception would be there for the committed time. For severe bleeding you can take cap CVP Gynae to control the bleeding. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician