Conditions: Continuation Rate of Contraceptive Implant
Keywords: Etonogestrel Implant Implanon Nexplanon Long Acting Reversible Contraception
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 60
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
The investigators are examining if there is a difference in continuation rates of the etonogestrel contraceptive implant between women who have the device placed immediately after delivery, before leaving the hospital, and women who have the device placed at the routine 6-week postpartum visit. There will be 60 subjects total, randomized in a 1:1 ratio, for 30 in each group. All participants will follow-up at the same postpartum clinic 6 weeks after delivery. They will then be contacted at 3, 6, and 12 months postpartum and asked to complete a brief survey. The investigators hypothesize that continuation rates of Implanon will be higher in the immediate postpartum placement arm than in the delayed placement arm.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Etonogestrel implant placed in the hospital after delivery, before discharge home. arm 2: These subjects will have the etonogestrel implant placed at the 6 week postpartum visit.

Interventions: intervention 1: Etonogestrel implant
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: This will be placed in subjects in both arms. Those in Arm 1 will receive the implant in the hospital postpartum. Those in Arm 2 will receive the implant at the 6 week postpartum visit.

Protocol document: