Have you been considering getting a birth control implant? Besides preventing pregnancy, it can help make your period more manageable (goodbye, PMS!) and kick your mood swings to the curb. But you might be wondering how much it hurts, how long will last, and what the side effects REALLY are. In this episode of Firsts, one girl let us tag along to watch her get an implant for the very first time to see if it's really as scary as it sounds. Besides that GIANT needle, it looks like getting an implant is NBD.