NuvaRing and scheduling periods?
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NuvaRing and scheduling periods?
| Fri, 07-30-2004 - 10:11am |
I'm currently on a combo-pill and want to switch to the ring. My one concern is still being able to have the choice of scheduling my period by skipping a month as I can now by not taking the placebo pills and going straight to my next pack.
Can this be done with the ring?
Thanks.
Can this be done with the ring?
Thanks.

Anyone out there understand something different?
You are absolutely right! It's a very good idea to read all the literature that comes with your method so you understand the correct way to use it and what to do if there is a problem. The ring is effective for four weeks so it can be left in place an additional week as a scheduling method. Not all women can successfully skip their periods but a ring user has a very good chance of doing so.
Thanks for posting.
Jill
With the ring, you're not committed to a certain number of days. Normally I'm a Sunday start, my period starts on Wednesday morning, and by Saturday I'm just spotting. This weekend (like tonight), I'm going to be out of town and didn't want to deal with the spotting, so I removed my ring last Friday and inserted a new one this morning--no period over the weekend! And if I want to go back to Sundays, I can leave this ring in the extra two days to get me back to Sunday.
If you want to just move your period by a week, it's as simple as leaving the ring in for that fourth week. If you want to move it by a couple weeks, at the normal ring removal time, you'd remove the old ring and insert a new one right away for the next three-week interval.
Yes, you can technically do all this stuff with the pill, but with the pill you have to have a spare pack to take pills out of. And if you're traveling (one example), you can insert the ring before you leave that day instead of trying to remember when to take your pill that night! I travel on occasion, and I find this really useful.
Good luck!
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