NuvaRing

RumbleLina · March 2011

Anyone use NuvaRing for birth control?

OB just gave me three months worth to try out when my body gets rolling but I am not 100% sure I am all for it yet. So if you have experience with it, good or bad, can you tell me about it?

Also, I am hoping to skip periods due to keeping PMDD symptoms at bay and even though they say it is not FDA approved to do that she said I can still do it with the NuvaRing. If you have any experience with that too, tell away!

TIA

MamaBecca · March 2011

I used it for about 6 months I think. It's easy to put in and I didn't notice any side effects. I think it's great... for someone who is not sexually active.

Everytime we fooled around it was literally a game of "ring toss". The darn thing would get pushed out of place and hit on my pubic bone and feel uncomfortable until I took it out. It says in the booklet that it can be left out for up to 3 hours then rinsed off and put back in, so if you plan on some action then you can just take it out ahead of time.

I definitley recommend using the sample you got. It has alot of good things about it. And it made my periods alot lighter even after only taking it for 6 months it took over 3 months to get a period after I stopped taking it.

RumbleLina · March 2011

MamaBecca:

Everytime we fooled around it was literally a game of "ring toss". The darn thing would get pushed out of place and hit on my pubic bone and feel uncomfortable until I took it out. It says in the booklet that it can be left out for up to 3 hours then rinsed off and put back in, so if you plan on some action then you can just take it out ahead of time.

Well that would be a mood killer..."Wait, wait, let me take out my vaginal ring first!"

I guess we will see what happens with the three she gave me. Is there a possibility you were not placing it far enough up there?

meep13 · March 2011

I just started using it 6 weeks pp i've been on it for two months and love it. So far no side effects. It's so easy to use and my husband doesn't notice it at all and I can't feel it at all. Also my periods have been a lot lighter than they used to be and no more cramps or back aches

Sleep2Live · March 2011

Today is my first day on it, but my husband actually LIKES the feel of it. I myself haven't noticed it at all.

genaruthp · March 2011

*lurking from 3rd tri*

I was on this for six years before this pregnancy. Pills were awful for me, gave me migraines. I loved the niva ring. My OB had told me to stretch out my cycles, so I did 4 weeks in, 1 week out. And for certain occasions I would skip a cycle.

It worked well for me. I have really heavy flow during my period and if I can skip, that says a lot (at least to me). Also, sex was never uncomfortable for DH or I. He noticed it in the begining, but quickly got over it. I never found it uncomfortable enough to remove before sex. And never lost it or anything.

I would love to go back on it after I have DD, but my OB doesn't reccomend it for women who will be nursing so I am hoping to try the IUD. Good luck!

Edited to add: I had the most success putting it in sitting down (on the toilet), and I would twist it into a figure 8 so it was more compact and sturdy. It will spring back once inside, but that allowed me to get it far enough in that it was comfortable. I also don't like tampons cause I can feel them and this BC didn't bother me at all.

mldain · March 2011

I really enjoyed being on the nuva ring. I did find it very annoying when I had sex, it would come out all the time. Also the first few weeks I used it I could feel it. I really disliked that. I have a posterior cervix and idk if this makes a difference but I would have a plethora of vaginal farts after putting it in. Sorry if that was tmi. On the up side my periods were really light. I felt much happier most of the time and I had almost no pms symptoms. If I weren't getting an IUD I'd get the nuva ring again.

StellarStina26 · March 2011

I was on the NuvaRing for over a year and I loved it! It was so nice once a month and I never had problems with it falling out or being pulled out from sex. You just have to get it inserted right, which sometimes takes practice.

saraboston · March 2011

I Love, love, love, love, love the NuvaRing. I used it for years pre-prego and never had issues with it coming out during the fun stuff (even the really great fun stuff). I skipped periods all the time too--one of my favorite features--I'd have one about every 3 months when I'd start spotting through. I would just wear it for 4 weeks then put a new one in. I'm going back on it as soon as we're done BFing, maybe sooner because this pill stuff blows.

kmlevine04@gmail.com · March 2011

i used it for about 2 years and loved it....but one side note - i also got pregnant on it! i had put it in a week late last summer and tada - i have a 3 week old:) Fortunately, we were about to start trying to get pregnant anyways! That was going to be my last month on birth control and we were going to start trying in July..funny how life works! So just make sure you put it in on time..unless you want another LO!

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