u/Mmilkmoss

hi! nexplanon question! just need some reassurance 🤍i know i’m probably fine, but this is my version of harm reduction so i don’t mess myself up with an unneeded plan B. my nexplanon was inserted 10 days ago. I used to be on Nuvaring and got my nexplanon during my ring-free week, when my ring had been out for 4 days. I didn’t not put the ring back in like usual after getting the implant.

I had sex last night with a condom, and this morning without a condom. He didn’t finish in me last night, and didn’t finish at all this morning. I’m like 95% sure he peed this morning before we had sex, so there shouldn’t have been any leftover sperm in his precum (i believe that’s how it works? lol)

I’m just worried about pregnancy. I’m pretty new to being sexually active. I’m 19, 5’4, and like 160lbs if that has any impact on how effective the implant should be by now? Normally I would have waited even more days after the initial 7, but we’re long distance and I was feeling impulsive.

Any clarification would really really help! Thank you in advance :)

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19F, I have OCD and severe anxiety, and I’m current out of therapy for a variety of reasons out of my control. My doctor also didn’t give me great answers to questions and I felt kinda rushed out of the office. Just got Nexplanon yesterday. I have a lot of questions, some are stupid.

Some things say “over 99%” effective, some say “99.99% effective” some say “1 in 100 women get pregnant in a year” some say “Those pregnancies were from right before the implant was removed” etc etc etc. I know OCD wants certainty, and with birth control there is no 100%. But what are the odds in “stupid” terms? Like, if I had sex every day and he didn’t pull out, how many days would it statistically take for me to get pregnant? (Or some other clear math statement like that.)

Would I be reasonable to ask boyfriend to pull out every time, and take a plan B on the rare occasion that he doesn’t?

We’re still planning to use condoms for a while, at my request. But I know he’d rather not use them. He’s not pressuring me or anything, I just want to be able to be one of those girls who feels comfortable not using one. I’m trying to work up to it lol.

Does anyone have resources for pregnancy odds using only Nexplanon + pullout? Does anyone have experience using Nexplanon + pullout + another thing (like spermicide, sponge, cervical barrier, etc.)?

I’m worried about my bleeding being crazy. I always had really regular periods before, and I’d been on Nuvaring for a couple years and got really used to the comfort of knowing exactly when I’d get my period. If I end up having crazy irregular/heavy bleeding, is there a precedent for also Nexplanon user also being prescribed something like the pill to help manage periods? Is that even a thing?

Does the implant get less effective over time? My doctor said 5 years, but the booklet and papers that I got all say 3.

I personally know that mentally I could not terminate a pregnancy for my own emotional and mental wellbeing. However, getting pregnant anytime soon would be absolutely catastrophic for me. I know the reasonable answer is “then don’t have sex,” but I want to be like a normal girl and live the life of a normal girl.

Thank you in advance.

Hi. I’m switching from (off-brand) Nuvaring to Nexplanon.

I was supposed to remove my ring on Friday, but removed it Sunday (so, 23 days instead of 21. I got confused.) So it’s now my ring-free week. I’m getting the Nexplanon implant tomorrow.

I’m wondering how many days I have to wait for me to be protected. I saw stuff online about only being immediately protected if you get it during your period (which I won’t start for a few days), but I don’t know how that information holds up when you’re already on a different method of birth control.

So, 1) Is it still the 7 day wait period, even though I was previously on another method?

2. Could I insert my next ring like I usually would (this Sunday) for like a week or two to remain protected if the 7 days is still needed? Or would that definitely not be recommended due to them both being hormonal methods?

I have severe anxiety and suspected OCD, so I’m really not looking to take any chances.

Thank you!!!! :)

Trying to buy a plush. The starting bid is 23, I sent an offer of 25. There aren’t any other bids, and I figured maybe they’d just accept my offer. Couldn’t hurt to try. What happens if they don’t respond to my offer, AND I end up bidding? If someone else places a bid, I don’t just wanna keep hoping the seller replies to my offer, I would like to bid as well. Just not sure how that works! Thank you! :)

PLEASE!! :( This has me so stressed I can’t function. To start, it is likely that I have OCD. However, there is nobody I can talk to this about irl and I think this is safer than googling randomly for reassurance.

We had sex during my period. I am on birth control (generic nuvaring) but can’t remember if it was in for the full three weeks before my off-week. I think it was. It was definitely in for 1/2 weeks minimum. He wore a condom. He pulled out (and didn’t even ejaculate from sex, because I got so nervous that we had to stop.) I put my birth control back in the next day, which was the day I was scheduled to.

The things that are stressing me out:

- Had a little bit of random bleeding like 4 days after my period ended. This doesn’t usually happen to me.

- I think it’s pretty likely that there was some amount of precum on the outside of the condom that transferred from his hands when he put it on.

- I definitely had semen on my hands when I went to the bathroom to wash up until I wiped/washedmy hands off. I’m worried semen somehow got on my tampon when I put it in.

Rationally I know that it’s very unlikely. It would have to go: precum on hands with live sperm inside > survives to outside of condom > survives vagina to get to cervix > gets past cervical mucus (thickened from BC) > get into cervix > birth control fail so I ovulate shortly after period.

I just need someone to confidently tell me I’m okay. All this “probably fine” stuff doesn’t help, you know?

Thank you in advance. I am planning to get an IUD soon to help lessen these fears.