Thanks for the tip, but believe me it was
in all the way. This pain wasn't from the
plastic ring this was a burning from the
chemicals. I want to know if anyone else
has this problem. I'm glad it works for
some people, but I had a clearly bad
reaction.
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angelfce725
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 4
Pain Posted: 03-14-06 21:01pm
Ive been on nuvaring for two weeks and I
have not only had my period for this
duration when normally its two days but I
am bloated and having leg cramps in my
left leg. I am definately stopping it
tonight!
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ashes
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Aug 2004 Posts: 62
Re: Pain Posted: 03-15-06 16:25pm
angelfce725
wrote:
ive been on nuvaring for two
weeks and I have not only had my period
for this duration when normally its two
days but I am bloated and having leg
cramps in my left leg. I am definately
stopping it
tonight!
the bloating and the long period is
normal. That happened to me when I
started the pill, it goes away. I'm not
so sure about the leg cramping.
Pregnant On the Nuva Ring!!! Posted: 04-14-06 14:08pm
I thought the nuva ring was the best thing
sinced sliced bread - for 2 months.
Then I got pregnant. :shock: my
husband and I just got married and we were
not planning on starting a family for at
least 4 years...But god had a different
plan! Anyway, I just wanted to put out
a warning - I did the nuva ring exactly as
the directions said, I never even took it
out for a second. But I did have a
yeast infection, and I did use one of
those one shot monistat creams, and I
think that is what did it. - so beware -
the ring can cause vaginal irritations,
etc... But check with your doctor before
you do anything! Baby is coming in
december!
Re: Nuva Ring And Side Effects Posted: 04-27-06 08:11am
beahmr
wrote:
after reading some of the
replys of women who only used them for a
few days or a month. It takes longer
than a month for you to start feeling the
effects, also it is impossible to notice a
difference within one day or hours.
i highly disagree.
If your ovaries produce enough estrogen on
their own, you can feel a difference right
away because you're putting -too- much
estrogen into your system. That is like
saying if you're allergic to nuts you
won't feel the effects of it for a few
weeks. Personally I was allergic to my
dosage on my 3mg dose of bc, and now i'm
allergic to my lower dose. You will
notice side effects; after two days of
ortho tri-cyclen I was bawling my eyes out
for absolutely no reason. Had tingling
in my hand that wouldnt go away. These
are warning signs.
Listen to your body, not the manufacter,
not the doctor! People can be wrong!
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keripuff
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 7
Ugh Posted: 05-03-06 09:55am
I am so fed up with this birth control
thing :twisted: I was on depo provera for
seven years, loved it. Then no one would
give it to me anymore because of the side
effects. So then I got put on the pill.
I told them I wouldnt be able to take it
everyday, im so forgetful. They put me on
it anyway, I missed two days in a row and
bled for a month straight. I went back
and told my physician I hated it, and
wanted something more permanent. Im
thinking iud. I dont want children for at
least 4 years and ive been with the same
man who is to be my husband for 2. She
refused and put me on this nuvaring thing.
I had no idea what to expect but after
putting it in barely an hour ago I know my
boyfriend is going to hate it. There is
no way you cant feel this during sex.
Which means that before intercourse im
going to have to remove it every time.
:x man, I just want something I dont have
to worry about, you think modern medicine
would have figured this out by now.
i am so fed up with this
birth control thing :twisted: I was on
depo provera for seven years, loved it.
Then no one would give it to me anymore
because of the side effects. So then I
got put on the pill. I told them I
wouldnt be able to take it everyday, im so
forgetful. They put me on it anyway, I
missed two days in a row and bled for a
month straight. I went back and told my
physician I hated it, and wanted something
more permanent. Im thinking iud. I
dont want children for at least 4 years
and ive been with the same man who is to
be my husband for 2. She refused and put
me on this nuvaring thing. I had no idea
what to expect but after putting it in
barely an hour ago I know my boyfriend is
going to hate it. There is no way you
cant feel this during sex. Which means
that before intercourse im going to have
to remove it every time. :x man, I
just want something I dont have to worry
about, you think modern medicine would
have figured this out by now.
Lol
hysterectomy?
"which means that before intercourse im
going to have to remove it every time. :x
"
you'll get pregnant this way.
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keripuff
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 7
Posted: 05-03-06 13:24pm
Um I think it was posted a couple times in
this thread and it states in the pamphlet
that you can remove it up to three hours
without losing the effectiveness of birth
control
but if you're a medical professional im
definatley apt to believe you
um I think it was posted a
couple times in this thread and it states
in the pamphlet that you can remove it up
to three hours without losing the
effectiveness of birth control
but if you're a medical professional im
definatley apt to believe
you
i am not a medical professional, I am
going to be in training to become one.
And it stands for all birth controls that
it is alright to take it within a time
span of within 4 hours, but if you do that
regularly (not always on time) then it
reduces the affect. I know this
personally because I ovulated on my last
birth control.
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mariana
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 79
Posted: 05-03-06 23:01pm
keripuff
wrote:
um I think it was posted a
couple times in this thread and it states
in the pamphlet that you can remove it up
to three hours without losing the
effectiveness of birth control
but if you're a medical professional im
definatley apt to believe
you
you can take it out for three hours per
month...Not per day!! It says so on the
nuvaring website.
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keripuff
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 7
Posted: 05-04-06 19:11pm
I ended up having to take it out during
sex because it hurt him, then he calls me
today, developed these weird "bumps"
:shock: yea haw
i ended up having to take it
out during sex because it hurt him, then
he calls me today, developed these weird
"bumps" :shock: yea
haw
"but if you're a medical professional im
definatley apt to believe you"
i took this in a negative way as in "why
would I believe you" so if I am mistaken I
am sorry, but this is an advise forum for
health help. We are only offering help
pertaining to what you had said, and as
said by mariana, "you can take it out for
three hours per month...Not per day!! It
says so on the nuvaring website. "
the bumps I am not sure about, but it
could be your body reacting to the
constant removal and insertion of the
ring. The ring has chemicals on it, and
from the sounds if it you're removing it
way too many times.. It might be possible
you have a rash and gave it to him?
Irritation?
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keripuff
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 7
Posted: 05-04-06 22:45pm
No I honestly meant that statement
sincerly, im not going to dismiss you if
you've got medical backing behind it.
And ive only had the ring for a day or so,
im not constantly taking it out and
putting it back in, I was curious last
night if he was going to be able to feel
it so we had sex and he said it was ok at
first but then it kinda hurt, so I took it
out for the rest of the time (10
minutes....Max?) and then put it back in
as for the bumps, he gets them whenever he
has a reaction to something, like soap or
antibiotics or in this case probably the
hormones. Im not sore, and I cant feel
it, but I feel like whats the purpose of
birth control if you cant fully enjoy
yourself?
no I honestly meant that
statement sincerly, im not going to
dismiss you if you've got medical backing
behind it.
And ive only had the ring for a day or so,
im not constantly taking it out and
putting it back in, I was curious last
night if he was going to be able to feel
it so we had sex and he said it was ok at
first but then it kinda hurt, so I took it
out for the rest of the time (10
minutes....Max?) and then put it back in
as for the bumps, he gets them whenever he
has a reaction to something, like soap or
antibiotics or in this case probably the
hormones. Im not sore, and I cant feel
it, but I feel like whats the purpose of
birth control if you cant fully enjoy
yourself?
Honestly im just upset they wont give me
an iud
it's best to leave it in the entire time;
it's not a pill that you take ahead of
time. The irritation (my guess) is the
hormones.
And I completely understand about the
wanting to fully enjoy yourself. I'm
almost 20, and I can't tolerate hormones..
And I have a steady hopefully-long term
commited relationship. It becomes a
hinderance to not be able to tolerate
things, seeing I have a boyfriend who is
paranoid without two forms of protection.
In my opinion, the ring isn't worth
having. I've heard many people have
gotten pregnant on it, it comes out, it
hurts, it's irritating.. But what
doesn't work for some people works for
others. In my opinion, i'd rather have
a cervical cap and use condoms, rather
than poison my body with hormones I can't
tolerate.
As for an iud, there are different types
out there, but personally I wouldn't
suggest one just because of some facts:
they're not for everyone
they are long term in the sense if you get
an infection, you can become infertile..
Infertility does not fix itself
they can unattach
they can move
if you have endometrial problems, they can
intensify these through infection.
My mother had a full hysterectomy after
waiting since she was 24 and was told to
get one then. She's 38 now, and got the
operation last year. All her organs
were stuck together in a mass; I can't get
the iud simply because my body has a
tendancy to reject certain thing. I'm
afraid of infection. I'm afraid of
genetics.
But it's up to you what you chose, some
things work, some things don't. I
learned I don't tolerate hormones through
8 months of wanting to kill myself,
attacking people, and crying. Some
people are happy as a clam on them. Got
to mix and match, try out different
things, and see what works for you and
your boyfriend, but mainly you.
I used the ring for a bit. I was using
the pill for about 3-4 years then switched
to the patch because I kept forgetting to
take the pill. I was on the patch for
about 1-2 years but then my doctor got me
to switch due to cronic migraines. I
switched to the ring. It was ok. I
didn't get pregnant off of it or anything,
but I just felt weird putting it back in
when I was supposed to because I was still
on my period.
The only other thing that I didn't like
was that you have to put it in and take it
out around the same time and same day.
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redray
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1
Posted: 01-03-07 11:17am
I just started on the nuvaring almost 3
weeks ago and I love it so far. When I
first got married I tried
ortho-tri-cylen-lo (spelling?) and I
didn't like it at all. I felt depressed
and weird all the time and also lost my
sex drive, which was dissappointing since
I waited to have sex for marriage and then
didn't have the drive anymore....Anyway I
went off bc for a year and we used
condoms. Finally I got tired of the
condoms so I decided to try out the
nuva-ring. So far I like it, I hope that
continues! The side effects that I have
noticed so far in mild form are:
sore/growing boobs the whole month,
feelings of starting my period all month,
and one day after running I had a serious
burning/sore sensation on the outside of
my vagina (like robindr described in an
earlier post). I'm hoping all these
things are just initial side effects and
aren't anything that are going to happen
every month. We'll see! But after
reading the posts about people getting
pregnant on nuva-ring I am starting to
wonder....I wouldn't mind if I got
pregnant but I wouldn't want the baby to
be effected in anyway by the hormones from
the bc...That would be my only concern.
But I am going to stick with it. It's
the most convienient/comfortable form bc
that is out there in my opinion.
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greenstone
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Iowa
Nuvaring Posted: 02-28-07 13:42pm
I've been using the NuvaRing for 3 cycles
now. The first few days of my first cycle
with the Ring, I experienced irregular
emotions (depression, extreme
irritability, etc) but thankfully that
passed after the first few days, and has
not returned to that degree since. I do
notice that I am more irratable than I was
before I began to use the Ring. I had not
been using any form of birth control for 2
years because I had such problems with the
pill in the past. I've also noticed with
the Ring that I have (sorry if this sounds
terrible) but more discharge than before,
which is really annoying. Also, I lose
more hair when I shower than I did before.
Also, I have gained a bit of weight,
which is abnormal for me, as I am very
consistant with my weight. I notice but
nobody else does. But on the other hand,
I don't have to remember to take a pill
everyday, I can't feel it, nor can my
boyfriend, and I'm NOT PREGNANT!
So...hope this helps.
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Pocky4kitty
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 10 Location: california
Posted: 03-01-07 18:07pm
wow..I never heard of this
before...interesting to know..
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Jaydensmommy
Advanced Support Team
Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 1689 Location: Wisconsin
Re: Sex And Nuvaring Posted: 03-01-07 18:59pm
jtmwo3
wrote:
Okay I just started the
nuvaring and now i'm terrified because of
all the things i've read. Will my
husband be able to feel it during sex??
And if he can, is it going to make sex
less pleasent? Someone please hlp me out
here.
You can take the nuvaring out for up to 3
hours (during sex) I was told this by my
gyno and it states in the package insert I
believe. Since my partner was able to
feel it we just took it out during sexual
activity and replaced afterwards. I do
advise taking it out during intercourse
because mine had falled out once and I
didn't even notice until a week later and
I had gone a week without it.
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lespie
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1
Relieved Posted: 03-18-07 13:59pm
I am so thankful that I found this forum.
I thought I was going crazy. I have become
soooo depressed since being on the ring. I
thought it was just me or that something
was wrong with my marriage. After reading
all of the replies, I feel so comforted. I
completely see myself in all of the
symptoms that everyone else is having. I
am also having a lot of urinary tract
infections. I never had them unitl I
started taking the ring. I use to take the
pill, but I had to come off of that
because I was having such severe migranes.
I enjoy not having the migranes, but the
depression and weight gain is getting to
be horrible. I beginning to wonder if
birth control is really safe for women.
