Birth Control?

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Real quick timeline of my birth control trials:
Fall 2015: started the pill and had breakthrough bleeding so my doctor switched me to a different pill, continued to have breakthrough bleeding so sometime in 2016 I started Loestrin FE pill and finally had success with no breakthrough bleeding. After being on it almost two years I noticed weight gain/inability to lose weight and my sex drive was lowered significantly. I was also terrible at remembering to take my pill. 
June 2018: I switched to NuvaRing. I like not having to remember to take a pill everyday but in my third month I have significant breakthrough bleeding and I haven’t noticed a big improvement in my sex drive. 
Where do I go from here?! I’m seriously considering going off of birth control and doing natural family planning/pull out and condoms because I’m tired of not feeling like myself due to hormones. I am NOT open to getting a uteran implant but I would be interested in the arm implant if any of you have tips either way let me know!!

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1000% don’t do the arm one. You could bleed for months straight and could get logged into your muscle. Try natural family planning. You just have to be smart about it. I’ve never been on birth control and only have become pregnant when I was trying to! Even after my daughter I denied getting on birth control and it worked out just fine. Use condoms and track ovulation to avoid it. I never even used condoms just pulled out but I don’t recommend doing that if you 100% do not want to end up pregnant. Condoms and avoiding ovulation will work just as much as birth control would.

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I have the arm one lol. Almost 3 years with it and no scares or complications. I haven't had a period, there is no raised scar where i had mine inserted and I can still feel it right under my skin so it's not lodged into my muscle or anything. Also, the likelihood of it being lodged into your muscle isn't that common because it only happens when it's inserted incorrectly. It's been all pleasant and I haven't had a bad experience or side effect from it really besides occasional mood swings. Irregular bleeding is the most common side effect by like I mentioned before, me (and 33% of users) don't experience any bleeding. I love my implant lol.

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FYI it’s not good to not have a period. Yes some people get lucky with good fertility but going without periods can seriously damage your fertility

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I would try the arm one. No, it’s not for everyone but if your body response well it’s so nice! I got it back when I was 17 and loved it. Made my period go away almost instantly. It lasts 3 years. 1 month before I was due to get it out I chose to get it out because I had heard it could try to be hard to get pregnant after you get it out. That’s a lie😂 I got it out, never had a period and BAM next month I get a positive pregnancy test. That pregnancy ended with my baby in the sky unfortunately. I got it out back in because I wasn’t ready to try again right away. 9 months after I got it back out and BAM 5 days later I conceived (I know because of the ultrasound what day we conceived). Now I have a little 2 month old and got it back in today☺️ totally pain free getting it in, numbing shot obviously you feel. Arm is a little sore after. No scars. You can get it out whenever you want. Another comment mentions the muscle can grow around it. This happened to me with the first and it just took a little longer when they took it out. Still couldn’t feel anything 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’d definitely try it out

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Do NOTTTT do an arm implant! It literally made me crazy and I gained tons of weight. It also hurt and bruised when it came out. Not to mention an ugly scar.

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Pull out isn’t an effective birth control. The arm implant will make you have a big bruise and most woman can see where it is as it’s raises the skin and can feel it if you pick it..

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