starting/stopping nuvaring

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-22-2005
starting/stopping nuvaring
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Wed, 05-03-2006 - 6:59pm

Hi,

I've been using Nuvaring since October, and it's been a great experience so far. However, I'm going away next year, so my BF and I will be doing the long-distance thing. =(

Since I'm not going to need it for a while, I was wondering whether it would be ok to stop the Nuvaring for now, and simply start it before he visits me, and then stop it after the visit. We're only going to see each other twice during the year, so I'd rather not stay on Nuvaring for the whole year. Are there side effects to starting/stopping birth control? The money is not so much an issue since I have great health insurance, and birth control is super cheap where I'm going..but is the effectiveness lowered when I don't use Nuvaring constantly?

Thanks for any advice!

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Wed, 05-03-2006 - 8:33pm

Hi curiousaboutitall, welcome back!


      Jill

    

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 05-04-2006 - 7:20am

I stopped Nuvaring two months ago, and I'll be starting it again tomorrow.

Judie Cl for Birth Control