I wasn't exactly sure where to post this question because I have such a wide variety of symptoms, but I'm hoping you can help because I can't get into my dr's office for several weeks.
I've been on the birth control Implanon for about a year now. Since I've had it, i've experienced irregular, long lasting, and sometimes very heavy bleeding on a regular basis. I'm usually bleeding at least 3 weeks out of the month! The doctor told me that my body should adjust to the birth control in just a couple of months, and that my periods would stop all together, but the bleeding problems I've had make me wonder if maybe my body doesn't agree with the birth control or it just isn't working properly. Which leads me to my next question..
A little bit before Thanksgiving, I started to get really constipated, bloated, gas, and my boobs ached! I drank Milk of Magnesia for a few days and ended up having to take laxatives to get rid of the constipation and gas. The constipations and gas are under control now, but the bloating hasn't gone anywhere. My stomach is starting to pooch out (like an early pregnancy pooch), and it's became very hard. There's also been a few occasions where I've had unbearable stomach pain! These symptoms are very similar to ones I had with when I was pregant before besides the bad stomach pain, but what throws me off is that I started bleeding yesterday. I honestly felt like I was pregnant (even though I know with Implanon that it's unlikely). Could I be pregnant, but the Implanon is just causing me to bleed? Or is something else going on that's causing me to have a hard stomach and other symptoms?