birth control
"I got nexplanon November 2015. First, my experience inserting the rod was not that painful, the only part that hurt (and it hurt like a b*tch) was the lidocaine shot the doctor used to numb my arm. For a few days afterward though, I didn't want to move my arm certain ways because it caused a sharp pain on each end of the rod and caused bruising. 



I have always had extremely heavy, painful, and long periods before I was on birth control and while I was on the pill. They would last approximately ten days each. About a week after I got nexplanon, I got my period. It was just like my normal periods, but instead of ending it just got lighter until it was just spotting and has been bleeding ever since, but I barely ever cramp like I used to."