Has anyone had problems conceiving after NORAPLANT?

[rubbiesfire]

When I was 18 I got pregnant withmy first child. I gave birth to him when I was 19. 3 weeks after giving birth to my son I became pregnant with Twins. I made it to my 4th month of pregnacy in which sadly I miscarried. The doctor recomended I gaev my body some time to rest. and Offered Noraplant. he said It could be removed  when ever I felt at a later date.  Well After 1  year of 80 lb weight gain  and migraine headaches  I went to my doctor and told him of my syptoms. He prescribbed IBprofen for the migraines and sent me on my marry way.  Well for the remainder of the year I went back and forth complainingof the pain in my arm and the headaches and the steady weight gain. Finally 2 yeas and 3 months later they removed the noraplant in a painful way. I felt like they where cutting my arm off.  
Any way I finally got the noraplant removed in 1997 I was told it would only take a short time for me to get pregnant they said it would be 6months - 1 year.
   DUring this time The weight gain jumped another 40 lbs  and and the migrains have been on and off alot less from before. My last pregnancy ended in Miscariage again.
   ANd in 2001 I had to have my right OVARY AND FALLOPIAN tube removed due to cysts.

HAS any one gone through any of this? or something of this sort? Is there a class action suit? If any one has gone through this have they had a baby  healthy following this?

[Hithere211]

I had Norplant inserted into my arm years ago, twice.  I no longer needed it because I got my tubes tied. That was about 7 years ago.  In the past years I have been having really bad pains in my left arm where they were.  I feel really bad all the time.  Memory loss.  Hard time concentrating.  Chest pains (they can find nothing wrong).  If anyone knows what to do, please let us know.

[stefansmomma]

   I had my first child in Feb. of 91, I was 17.  I had Norplant put in when he was two. I got married in 93 and a year later had it removed to try to have another child.  I have had periods as painful as my labor pains with my son ever since.  I have had Laprascopic surgery and in 07 was pregnant but it was ectopic and ended up having a complete c-section because it ruptured my tube.  Now I'm about to get remarried and it looks like our only option is invitro but I'm not even sure if I can carry it to term. My only son passed away when he was almost nine and now at 36, my time is running out. If there is anyone out there..............help.

[tammy5874]

It all makes sense to me now. I was 16 when I had my daughter in 1990, in 1991 I had norplant put in and had it taken out in 1998. Ive been trying to have another child every since then and nothing!!  Ive been to many doctors that said noting is wrong with me ive been poked prodded and scraped and still nothing.  I know that this is a result of the norplant I have 4 other siblings and they have had NO problems having children.  this is very disheartning to me i am now 35 and the only hope i have now is that my 20 yr old daughter will have some children.

[sunflower09284]

I received the Nora PLANT when i was eightteen and it was a study process  at Southwestern University . I was raped and felt safe afterwards. I  am now 29 and just recently married . I did'nt have the insurance to get it removed and my husband wants children now. I am so afraid I won't be able to conceive,  because all symptons i HAVE  read have occurred in my body.  I weighed 130 then, i am close to 155pounds and I work out so much . I don't understand. This is not fair it is like we were geeney pigs.  Is there a petition we can sign . If anyone can help me please email me ***@****  ( dallas tx) I have had the migrane headaches, long periods four weeks or longer, lowerback pains . I feel the stems in my arm and  it hurts sometimes. I have to wrap it or take pain pills.   I don't know what to do . If there is a doctor that is safe and have some  dignity please help me . I don't want to die and i feel this could be hazardous to my life even though I take vitamins and  eat  right . i don't want to lose my husband . I won't feel complete without a child .  Please if any one can help me . Have mercy and May God Bless You.  Thank You  ....... Thank You

[claudsch]

Well, I got my first Noreplant in May 2004, I had a long period of like 6 weeks. After that, no period at all and no complaints. In April 2006, I had it removed cause I wanted to get pregnant. Sure enough I conceived the following month and gave birth to baby boy in February 2007. June 2007 I got my second one and had it removed in December 2009 to get pregnant again. I do not know yet if I am pregnant... Will find out soon.

[Jennafl]

At the age of 22 I visited Planned Parenthood to have the Norplant inserted in me in 1994, which was 6 mos after my only child was born.  It was not only to prevent another pregnancy at the time but to regulate my periods in which I always had problems since my first menstrual flow at the age of 15.  I didn't even know I was pregnant until I was 16 weeks along.  After about 4 years I was advised to have the Norplant removed by a new ob/gyn due to the return of symptoms involving my period.  There were major complications when it was removed because one of the capsules had traveled down my arm.  Thankfully, they were able to locate it & remove it.  Though, I have ugly scars as a result.  My mother, who's career has always been as a teaching chemist at a hospital (now for over 40 years) & who is usually "immune" to "bloody" situations, panicked for the first & only time when she saw how much blood I lost in the procedure.  Following the procedure I continuously bled for over a year. My doctor then diagnosed me with endometriosis solely based on my symptoms.  I'm now in my second marriage & I am trying to have another child for the first time.  Since then I have had a few miscarriages & ovarian cysts.  It's been said by my new ob/gyn (although again not verified) that I may have polycystic ovarian syndrome. I'm starting to wonder if I'm able to conceive another child.  I have not been on birth control pills for over a year & still suffer extremely heavy periods with severe pain but I don't want to give up trying to conceive.  My husband's first wife did not want to have children while he always did.  My doctor doesn't seem to want to take the time to find out if there is anything wrong with me except by encouraging me to keep taking birth control pills to control my symptoms.  I am now in my late 30s & my husband & I feel time is running out.  I really hope I don't have to go to a fertility clinic just to find out if I'm still able to conceive.  Any help would be very much appreciated.  
(Also, I was always under the impression that my ex-husband was the reason I had trouble having children during our 12 yr relationship at the time when we were ready to conceive, since he had severely injured one of his testes, thus, our daughter was a "miracle child;" apparently I was wrong since he has now successfully had two more children in the last 3 years, so this has also been a "wake-up call" to me.)