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What Is The Cause Of Cramping And A Maroon Discharge When On Nexplanon?

Hello, my name is Danielle. I am 19 years old, and I have a 15 month old son who was born in December of 2012. I am currently on Nexplanon and have been since December of 2013. Since I have been on Nexplanon, I have had my period once. That was about three weeks ago, and it only last approximately three days. For the past two days, I have had very, very slight cramping. I ve also noticed a maroon/brown/dark red color of discharge, or whatever it might be. I ve only been pregnant once before and didn t experience anything close to this, I ve never miscarried, and I know nothing about miscarriage. I m not assuming this has anything to do with a miscarriage, but a friend told me that s what she thinks it could be. Any idea on what could be going on? I could really use some advice. I m married to my son s father and we always have unprotected sex (except for my Nexplanon), but he usually pulls out. Sometimes he doesn t though, but it s rare. Please. Any advice would be extremely helpful! Thank you.
Tue, 18 Mar 2014
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Hello Danielle and welcome,

I am Dr Nilajkumar a consultant gynecologist and I will be helping you in your queries.

Please do not worry as this is unlikely to be a pregnancy. This may happen due to nexplanon. You do not need any other protection method as nexplanon is sufficient.

However the first thing to do in any female with bleeding is a urine pregnancy test as it removes this most common possibility by an easy step. If the test is negative, other causes are cervical polyp, fibroids, erosion that may lead to such discharge. Missed abortion also will produce similar discharge. A vaginal examination by a gynecologist and an ultrasound will help in diagnosing the cause.
Hope this was helpful.

Thanks for using HCM.
Have a good day.
Dr Nilajkumar Bagde     
Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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What Is The Cause Of Cramping And A Maroon Discharge When On Nexplanon?

Hello Danielle and welcome, I am Dr Nilajkumar a consultant gynecologist and I will be helping you in your queries. Please do not worry as this is unlikely to be a pregnancy. This may happen due to nexplanon. You do not need any other protection method as nexplanon is sufficient. However the first thing to do in any female with bleeding is a urine pregnancy test as it removes this most common possibility by an easy step. If the test is negative, other causes are cervical polyp, fibroids, erosion that may lead to such discharge. Missed abortion also will produce similar discharge. A vaginal examination by a gynecologist and an ultrasound will help in diagnosing the cause. Hope this was helpful. Thanks for using HCM. Have a good day. Dr Nilajkumar Bagde Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology.