I take the new version that is 100% effective

“Call me ambitious, but why go for something that is effective three-quarters of the time when there’s one that works one hundred percent of the time?” I comment with a hypothetical question. My hair getting in my face causes me to lift a hand to part it and tuck it behind my ear.

Ms. Stephens gives a nod to Angela, who’s standing behind me as I sit in my previous position on the table, my now shorter legs covered with an oversized pair of jeans hanging off the side of the table. The implant specialist presses a series of keystroke on a keyboard and then places the cold device to my neck again. Two beeps sound off instead of one. After a long pause, Angela walks around the table. She gives me the news, saying, “It worked perfectly. There’s almost no chance you’ll get pregnant now. They say if you ever do want to conceive, let them know and they can deactivate it. But once it's deactivated, they can't reactivate it.”

“And how about side-effects? Surely, Eliza has received some. Though, I’m not saying that I was expecting them to show up. I just know, on an intimate level, the statistics of every participant that wanted this experimental birth control option with 100% effectiveness. And unfortunately, It is not uncommon to see one to two, or even three, side-effects come up. But it’s not the end of the world when you get them. In one way or another, each and every participant manages to work through them, with difficulty of course,” Ms. Stephens speaks up, probably speaking from experience.