From the moment you get out of bed in the morning, life comes at you fast, and you spend a lot of your day managing all the moving parts to keep everything running smoothly. So, when something comes along that can simplify your life, you want to know more. This is a good description of the Nexplanon® birth control implant.
Nearly 65% of reproductive-aged women in the United States use birth control, and a top choice is those we refer to as long-acting, reversible contraceptives, which include the implant.
At Women’s Clinic of the Rio Grande Valley, Dr. Fernando Otero and the team partner with women to meet all of their family planning needs, and many of our patients are thrilled with the set-it-and-forget-it birth control implant. Here are 5 great reasons why.
The Nexplanon implant is a small, thin rod that we place just beneath the skin in your upper arm. Once in place, the implant slowly releases progestin into your system to prevent pregnancy. And there’s nothing you need to do to support the contraceptive — it quietly works behind the scenes.
In terms of margin of error, the implant excels. You can skip daily pills, condoms can break, or you might forget the spermicide with your diaphragm. These are all common issues that come with other birth control methods, but not the implant.
Another reason why the Nexplanon implant is so popular is that it does its job extremely well. The progestin that the implant releases works in 3 different ways to prevent an unplanned pregnancy:
This three-way action is why the implant enjoys a near-perfect protection rate of 99%.
Not only is the birth control implant mostly hassle-free, but you don’t have to do anything for a while to keep up the protection. After we implant the Nexplanon, you can enjoy 3 years of superior protection against unplanned pregnancy.
We implant the Nexplanon during a quick, in-office procedure, and we use a local anesthetic for your comfort.
If at any point during your use of the Nexplanon implant you want to have children, you simply return to our office and we can easily remove the implant. Once we do, your fertility is back online, assuming there aren’t other issues.
As you can see, there’s a lot to appreciate when it comes to long-acting, reversible forms of contraception. If you’d like to explore the Nexplanon implant further, we invite you to contact one of our offices in McAllen or Edinburg, Texas, to schedule an appointment.
