birth control
"I just got the Nexplanon placed 5 days ago. The insertion process was a breeze in my opinion. I have tried the Intrauterine device before and if I had to choose between the two placement methods I would 100% choose Nexplanon. All you feel is the anesthetic shot and that's nothing. My arm is bruised, but not sore (kind of itchy actually). I went swimming two days after getting it placed and had no problems.
As far as bleeding goes I haven't had any yet. I was on the pill before hand and got the Nexplanon placed at the beginning of the placebo pill week, so I was supposed to start bleeding, but haven't yet. My provider did say that women who were on the pill before getting this placed have less bleeding problems. I will update if anything changes!"