Don’t want a baby and won’t for a while? We’re in a lucky position these days: women have a variety of choices for contraceptives that last beyond day-to-day use, from the ever-popular IUD to the contraceptive implant. The second option, which is marketed under the name Nexplanon or Implanon, was my chosen contraceptive choice when I decided early in 2016 to look for a more long-lasting baby-preventing alternative to the Pill. (I forget to take it. I’ve thrown it up and had pregnancy scares. It’s a pain in the neck.) So what’s the procedure actually like, and is it fundamentally bizarre to have a small matchstick-sized piece of plastic inserted into your arm casually at your doctor’s office? Answer: yes, but it’s also AWESOME.
What’s Getting A Contraceptive Implant Like? I Got One & Here’s What Happened
