I got my implant February 12th. I was on day 4 of my period. I went on to have my period for an additional 2 days like usual. No bleeding until March 6th. I bled my 6 days. When my period was over, I started experiencing brown discharge or maybe blood... Not much, but enough to need to wear a thin pad. On the 19th of March, I started another period. Ended 5 days later. That being said, from March 24-current (April 14th) I've been non stop experiencing more brown "blood." Sometimes it lightens up and I think it's going to stop, then it gets dark again.
If my boyfriend and I have sex, I start bleeding actual blood for 30minutes- an hour, then experience brown blood again. I don't know if I have a problem, or if it's normal. I haven't seen anything about bleeding brown blood for a month or even longer really at a time. Only for a couple of days then it stops. Should I be concerned? Also, is brown blood or discharge considered "spotting?" Or is spotting just mainly a little bit of pink/red blood?
Nexplanon - Is non stop brown blood or discharge normal?
Question posted by ellenirene on 14 April 2015
Last updated on 17 November 2022
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I know this is kinda a long shot considering this post is from almost a year ago, but I'm desperate. I gave birth on Oct. 20th 2015. Got the nexplanon put in on the 21st, I am currently 4 months post partum and still bleed, and have dark brown/ black thick discharge. No doctor has figured out what's wrong, I just don't know if I should stick with it a bit longer and see if it stops, or if excessive bleeding / discharge is a sign I should just have it removed, for those who have had it removed and go on a different birth control what was it and how do you like it?
I can't be of much help but I can let you know you are not alone. I had my son October 27th 2015 and had my nexplanon put in when he was 8 weeks old. Now I'm experiencing the same thing as you with back pain and cramps off and on, emotional all the time, bloated and nausea. I don't know if I can stick this out. I might have to try something else. :(
omg i really thought i was the only one my goodness it feels nice to no im not alone, i had my lil man in july i had a implanon beforehand and had no problems but when i had the nexplanon i have not stopped bleeding most of the time it has clots too i never have a break and when i do its like two days max and then bam its back again im constantly moody from the time i get up the slightest thing aggatates me and i just feel like such a horrible person i didnt no it was due to the implant though i thought there was something wrong with me is there anything you can get to tame these mood swings coz i got two kids who are desperate for a happy mummy but its hard when ur constantly pmt'in and i cant get an appointment till the 22nd of march im just sick of being angry but its incontrollable sometimes do anyone else get like this or is it just me is there anything i can do ? please help
I had my son June 12, had to wait at least 6 weeks to have mine implanted. I had it put in August 11, hours after it was placed I began having the brown discharge. I figured it was just old blood being that I hadn't had a period since having my son (I have irregular periods.) To this day, I STILL have this brown discharge!!! I've went maybe 4 days discharge free the entire time!!! I am absolutely fed up!!! Literally over 6 months of constant discharge!!! I plan on making an appointment tomorrow to have it removed! I CANNOT have another child, so we will find an alternative method! Screw Nexplanon!
I also have this birth control and i got it july 14, 2015 and for the first 6 months i had my period with may be 1 week break in between months. Now almost a year im still geting the brown/black discharge. It change my mood, i am always mad because everything annoys me, im depressed alot, im bloated all the time and im not sexual active. This really changed me so therefore i will be taking it off next week.
my 3rd child was born nov 2013 was on pill until i fell pregnant again last year and miscarried so thought id try the implant as 2 of the girls in work said its fantastic theyve had no problems etc so figured id try it so had it put in sept 2015 and i have been constantly down since mainly due to the fact i rarely stop bleeding they say to give it 6-8months to settle however im seriously contemplating trying another form of contraception i keep getting black discharge (not dark brown black black!!) this month was actually the first time i didnt bleed for 3 weeks however since i started again 10 days ago it has changed from red to dark brown to nothing for a day then so far 4days of thick black discharge and clots having really bad pains alongside it too =( i just feel so fed up of constantly having to wear something as its always a chance and on the days i dont bleed if me and my partner have some alone time i always end up bleeding again for at least a day or 2 afterwards!!! =(
Omgosh please let me know what you've discovered since your comment in 2016! I'm desperate!
I am going through the exact same things to a T as all you other woman.
But I talked to my doctor as well and she said that Brown discharge is not one of the long term side effects how in heck would she or any doctor even know fact on side effects when they t the ones who have to deal with it and I wanted t taken out but she convinced me to keep it in but Know now that was stupid idea to listen to her because now I'm ing thru emotional mood swings and depression anxiety an fainting spells on top of he nasty ads Brown discharge I wish would stop t has yet too. But I still have in plant in too tho so I'll just have to wait n see after its out if it clears up pray to God it does because it is not a clean or healthy feeling I know an makes me feel gross.
I'm glad I'm not alone I was freaking out still am tho cuz nobody wants to have to deal with issues like these right ladies l
I did this for four months. I got the implant removed and immediately quit bleeding. Its the worst experience I've ever had in my life. I was depressed, my hair fell out, and I was always bleeding. But it worked because nobody wants to sex each other on a bloody v. yes its normal sweet heart.
Thank you guys so much for replying to my question! When the gynecologist said "Spotting for the first 2-3 months," I was expecting spotting... Not nonstop bloody discharge. Hopefully by the end of the month, I will have stopped bleeding. I don't want to spend another $155 to get the damn thing removed when I just spent that much to get it put in! All I know is I'm tired of bleeding. And this emotional roller coaster I'm on needs to come to an end as well. I haven't had a problem with depression luckily, instead I have changes in mood and emotion within minutes to the extreme. I mean, happy one minute, mad the next. Then feeling bad that I was mad and crying because I can't control my anger and emotions. Then back to happy because being upset isn't gouge to fix anything. -this is all within a 5-10 minute period. I'm just not the same person!
So, I've been on the Nexplanon for about a year and 3 months, now. I have been period free up until about 3 weeks ago when I had heavy brown discharge. The next day, it stopped. A week ago I had the same thing happen to me. Light brown discharge. Next day, again it stopped. Now today, I check and once again I have light brown discharge. I haven't had my period since about a month before I got the Nexplanon. This is the first time in a year I've got this random brown spotting. I've noticed it happens after my boyfriend and I have sex. About a day or two later. Does anyone know what's going on? Is this even normal???
Worried1027 I am experiencing almost the exact same thing! I don't know what's wrong but it has my boyfriend spazzing out telling me to go to the doctor.
"So, I've been on the Nexplanon for about a year and 3 months, now. I have been period free up until about 3 weeks ago when I had heavy brown discharge. The next day, it stopped. A week ago I had the same thing happen to me. Light brown discharge. Next day, again it stopped. Now today, I check and once again I have light brown discharge. I haven't had my period since about a month before I got the Nexplanon. This is the first time in a year I've got this random brown spotting. I've noticed it happens after my boyfriend and I have sex. About a day or two later. Does anyone know what's going on? Is this even normal??? "
I have had the exact same thing happen to me. I'm going to see the doctor again and see what's happening because the boyfriend is flipping out. Please respond with solutions besides doctor's visits because mine doesn't know what to do. I'll likely find a different doctor.
I have almost the same thing but I have the implant for about 4 months now and I been discharging brown nothing major but it's been going on for 2 weeks now. Didn't have my period after I got the implant. If anyone knows why it happens it would be really helpful thank you.
Omgosh it's taken me forever to find symptoms resembling my own!
I got Nexplanon August 5th. Didn't bleed for one, maybe 2 days. Then non stop PERIOD period for FIVE months to the very week. I kid you not. Stopped COMPLETELY on the 2nd day of December. I've had a heavy period at LEAST once a month for 3 days each & then spotting the next week & a half, ever since. So I'm constantly having something happen.
I HAVE noticed it's more frequent & heavier after being intimate with my partner, but as most of these comments agree, my mood is a 180 from how I was before, I am so sleepy sometimes, depressed every so often very badly, then angry and resentful. I'm not the same person and it breaks my heart.. But what if I'm almost through the worst? What if I'm not? Will it last like THIS until its expiration date?
I agree I got mine in after my third son in December 2016. In April I had a 12 day cycle,and now in may I'm currently on 14 days and counting. It seems like it's going to go off and then it don't. This thing is horrible for me. Getting it removed this month.
I am 22 years old and i got my nexplanon implant end of February it was normal but then end of March but for some reason i got brown stuff when me and my husband had sex. i have brown/ old blood or red/pinkish blood come out since then keeps going stops for a day then comes back. i don't know what i really should do? Should i worry and get it removed, it works fine, its just that happens and its getting annoying. Help?
I have been on my period non stop heavy bleeding for 5 almost 6 freaking months every since I got it I have a appt to get it takin out on the 15th depression has been worse and anger too can’t seem to keep happy the only plus to this is I haven’t gotten pregnant
I have had my implant for over 8 months now and I still have bleeding and brown discharge so I’m to the point it won’t ever stop.. I recently got married and my doctor had to give me birth control pills in order to stop bleeding. So to me this is the worst method to get
My implant was inserted October 1st and I didnt start bleeding til maybe about 3 days ago ( Oct. 29) now its brown almost black “blood” which i agree is completely repulsive. Glad to see I am not alone on this subject
i got mine in on the 22nd of October, and I've been having mostly brown discharge with a little fresh blood + uterine tissue when my period was supposed to happen... after i have sex with my boyfriend i am in so much pain that i swell up down there and it burns like nothing else. its also making me so dry that the skin around my genitals is FLAKING, red, sore, and itching all day. I told my doctor all of this and i was told to "take some ibuprofen and wait it out until your body adjusts"... What a joke.
At first constant bleeding is not unusual. Then you stop having periods for a while.
My gynecologist said for the first 2-3 months to expect spotting, but is it unusual that I didn't bleed for the first month? I thought it was weird that I didn't bleed and then all of a sudden it was nonstop!
Is the brown blood considered spotting? I don't understand it really... I've read that brown blood is "old blood" but I shouldn't have that much old blood should I? I feel like I shouldn't be having that much old blood. It wouldn't bother me so much of the blood was pink or red. This brown almost black stuff grosses me out and makes me nervous thinking it's "old."
i would love to hear how you are now. I got my Nexplanon inserted on July 22nd on the last day of my period. I was period free until August 8th when I got it again. After the normal 4-5 days, i started getting the same brown blood that you mentioned and have it ever since. Somedays worse then others but every day consistently. Are you still having it? Did it ever stop?
Would love to hear how you are doing.
@kaismama
I eventually got it removed. I bled the brown blood for a week and stopped bleeding. I waited 2 months to start another birthcontrol, trying to wait to regain a normal cycle. I never started bleeding and my boyfriend (certified EMT) and I decided to go ahead and start my new 3 month birthcontrol pill. I have been 120 days "late" with no blood of any kind. As far as emotional issues and energy, within FIVE minutes of having the nexplanon removed, I felt energetic and HAPPY! It was night and day difference and I was shocked to say the least.
I have my last baby almost 4 years ago. Although my nexplanon is expired for almost a year now, since having it put in my arm I have experienced the same dark brown blood/spotting and bleeding after during and after sex to this day.
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