WANTED: Female scubadiving volunteers to test contraceptive implants

We all know that as of yet, no woman has volunteered to dive while being pregnant because there is no way of knowing how the pregnancy might be affected.

Sure, there are several sea mammals that gestate underwater but then again, they can stay up to an hour underwater on a single breath . . . So, if a human female can do that, maybe she'd have the prerequisite for being pregnant. Maybe humans can be pregnant and dive but there is no research to substantiate that and with no volunteers, no research, no research, no proof. It's the old chicken and egg thing.

Now, with that overlong intro done, on with the title topic:

Referreing to a recently introduced subcutaneous device with time release of female hormones so as to provide contraception. The device releases hormones into the body by way of the implant put under the skin and so for a period of 3 years.

There is no specific bibliography or experience on the special subject as regards to scubadiving but, as the release of active substances is based on solution of the chemical principles, and not on mechanical or electrically driven injection, there should be no adverse side effect connected to diving.

A piece of advice could be to investigate about the resistance to external pressure of the implant with the manufacturer, as this can be an issue of interest not only for diving but also for any other kind of activity wherein undue pressure would be applied on the implant.

The only other implants that are frequently used underwater are breast implants. But then, what are those implants filled in with ? Salt water, kind of like sea water now, isn't it.