"i&#039;m reaching the end of my first implanon stint. i&#039;ve had it for nearly three years now and it&#039;s been interesting. before i was on the pill and never had any side effects so i thought i wouldn&#039;t have any with this one. 

getting it put in hurt like hell. some people didn&#039;t bruise apparently, my arm looked like it had been broken. it was black and blue and sore for about two weeks. after that my periods became less and less frequent. i&#039;ve always been irregular so that was fine and for the second year that i had the implant i barely had a period. maybe one or two days every few months. 

now on the third year i&#039;m find that the bleeding is very minimal but almost constant. every time i have sex my period will start up and last for about a week."