Can I take out ring after only 3 days?!

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-24-2003
Can I take out ring after only 3 days?!
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Tue, 10-12-2004 - 2:26pm
I started Nuvaring on Sunday for the first time and have already decided that I don't like it. It keeps trying to fall out and I'm sick of having to push it farther back in. I am a nursing mom to a 7 week old and want to switch to the Mirena (have just discovered insurance will cover it!). Can I take the ring out today or will that freak my body out?

I still haven't had AF since having the baby (probably because of BF). Will only three days on the ring cause AF to come early if I take out the ring today?

Any help will be appreciated. TIA.

Chris

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Tue, 10-12-2004 - 5:07pm
Hi Chris, welcome!

You are BFing and your doctor gave you a method that has estrogen in it? I thought estrogen is supposed to suppress your milk production! Usually their docs. give nursing moms a progestin-only-pill. It's hard to say what will happen with your BF hormones going full force. If you hadn't just delivered you would probably have a withdrawal bleed after removing the ring, but in your case you might bleed or you might not. You might want to ask your doctor what s/he suggests. Let us know how you like Mirena, ok?

Good luck,

      Jill