Nuvaring - Irritating?

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Registered: 07-27-2003
Nuvaring - Irritating?
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Thu, 04-05-2007 - 8:55am

I was wondering if any of you Nuvaring users out there ever had vaginal irritation from having a foreign object in there for so long. I think thats one of the things I'm most worried of about switching over from the pill to Nuvaring.

Also, do you have to keep the same schedule every month? Like every month does it have to be in for 3 weeks than out for 1, or every month does it have to be in for 24 days and out for 4...basically do you need to keep the same pattern, or can you change it based on your plans? For example, I want to do the 3week/1week pattern, but can I leave it in for 24 days on one month if I'm going on vacation?

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 2:04pm

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NuvaRing users... Please share your experiences...

      Jill

    

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 3:00pm
ok i was lurking and since im a previous nuvaring user i though id try out answering some of this and giving my experience. was having a foregn object in their for so long irritating ? nop it dident seem to irritate me my dr told me i could take it out rinse it off with cool water and put it back in if i wanted to. I did do that a day or two after my period. i wore it for three weeks then took it out for one week. My dr did tell me that i could wear it for that extra week or i could take it out and put in a new one and skip my period all together. he recomended me putting in a new one as oposed to just leaving the old one in for the extra week even though it would still have enough hormones in it for that extra week. i did leave it in a couple times for a day or two extra say if i was to take it out on friday and we were going cmping for sat and sunday id leave it in for sat and then take it out on sunday when we got back. I stoped using it because well hormonal bc just doesent work with my body i have way too many side effects and i just couldnt handel it so we switched to condoms for a while then decided ot have a baby. Ill be looking into getting a diaphram most likley or mabie a cervical cap after the baby comes in aug. Hope i helped some let me know if i can answer anything else or if my explanations was funkie hugs hope it works out well for it it was great not having to think about taking a pill every day
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