Oh dear, oh boy, birth control

Back in like 2009, I would watch MTV and BET after school (I was so obsessed with being older omg). I remember a lot of the commercials on MTV mainly because BET had the same medical compensation commercial over and over. One the commercials that I both remembered was the bedsider commercials. Those commercials reminded me of the weird commercials from the The N. Eight year old me was like man, that will never happen to me. Now before you press the back button and search somewhere else, those two commercials that I did not really relate to then. Who knew that their weird quiet, The N-ish commercial would prove me wrong. In about n the span of two years, I had to deal with TWO different types of birth control, The first was one that I would oppose of at first: nexplanon. I didn't really like where the placement beforehand. One of the girls from the orientation had it and it kinda changed my perspective on it. I did it in late August of 2018 and it was really quick and painless. I was legit shock by the process. Just please PLEASE do not watch videos of people getting it put in and taken out. I did that mistake on the day before it and freaked out (especially since I have a fear of needles). Thank god, my mom calmed me down about it and gave me support of the day of. After the application of it, I ended up having a loooong period that lasted from really August (29th) to February. It would switch up between spotting to light+medium bleeding. It settle down in March and it was a little irregular. Before the implant, my bleeding was very regular but, the bleeding was terrible. My "light" bleeding was medium. I had to change my pad almost every hour, that's how bad it was. With the implant, it was better and shorter (6 days) too. Then it went downhill in this August. It was the second time where I had two lengthy periods in one month. In addition, I had intense mood swings and decided to call it off. That when I got the IUD (Oct 3rd). I got the Mirena one because of the time length and the hormones. I did not have a period until the 29th or so. That's a real big gap. The immediate recovering of it lasted like two days for me. Now I had a period since the 29th which is composed of light bleeding and spotting (medium here and there). The reason I wrote this because when I got it the implant, the experiences was black and white. Either people absolutely love it or would've murder it if it was a human being (most extreme being YouTube comment of a someone cutting it out their arm by them-self). Personally, my experiences and feeling are not that. Before getting the nexplanon, understand that there is a high probability that you will get irregular periods and long period. That's just the truth. I liked it because it lowered my amount of bleeding and cramps. Also, it's really convenient and, good for folks who are bad with routines or busy bodies. On the downside, I got multiple periods in one month and the mood swings would get real fierce for me. With more and more people getting birth control for either sex or just mensutral cycles, remember to keep an open mind. Keep others's experience with different method with an open mind. Your desicion on choosing BC should be a halfway glass of water: one half with awareness of the cons and the other with pros. And do not assume that all birth control is rainbows and glitter pies. Even with "the one", there will be troubles.