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| Sun, 02-24-2008 - 12:55pm |
I'm 23 years old and have been using the NuvaRing for almost two years. I normally remove and replace my ring on Saturday mornings, but 3 weeks ago, I woke up on my "new ring" Saturday and realized that I'd forgotten to go to the pharmacy. I called in the refill and went to pick it up, but it was several hours past my insertion time by the time I got it in.
My bf and I are your typical red-blooded couple, monogamous, HIV and STD tested, and we use the ring as our sole form of BC (I know...shame on us).
In the past few weeks, I have been almost constantly constipated, have gained about 10-15 pounds, have been feeling hungrier (intensely hungry) much more often (where I could normally eat twice a day with a couple of small snacks, I am now constantly "healthy snacking" and eating large meals 3 times a day), tired, and very emotional. I haven't had any "implantation bleeding" and I am expecting my period by mid-week (yesterday was the start of my ring-free week). My breasts are slightly tender (although it could be that I'm going to get my period?). I guess the only strange symptom is the weight gain and the hunger - at 5'3", I have been roughly 102-109 pounds for the last 6 years (since going away to college) and have struggled to gain. Suddenly, I'm 120 and slightly "full" looking in the lower abdomen.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! :-)
