Nuvaring Period Skipping Attempt Gone Wrong ! Posted: 06-11-07 14:44pm
I tried to skip my period on NuvaRing and
failed miserably. I did the four weeks
with the same ring version. I got my
period on the day I would have taken the
ring out as scheduled, had it all through
that week, and it just keeps going. I'm on
day 18 of my period now. I started my new
ring as usual and it didn't change
anything. What do I do now? Just ride it
out?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-11-07 14:54pm
Yeah, pretty much all you can do now is to
wait for it to stop.
Many women have a horrible time trying to
skip their periods on horomonal birth
control that isn't meant for skipping.
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kangaroo87
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Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 10
Posted: 06-11-07 15:25pm
Ok, so I stick to my normal ring schedule?
People were saying that the only way to
get it to stop would be to remove the
ring, give it a week, and then put a new
one in and start over. But there's no way
I want to waste 40 bucks doing that, nor
do I want to have to wait to have sex
because I'd have to wait for the BC to be
effective again.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-11-07 16:05pm
You can skip on Nuva ring, the problem is
that it takes 2-3 months on any form of BC
in order to have a successful skip.(for
many women it takes time)
KEEP the nuva ring in, basically you just
need to ride it out.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 06-13-07 14:56pm
Yeah, also you need to replace the ring
after four weeks at the latest, cause then
the medicine runs out. I would just put
the new one in and wait it out.
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kangaroo87
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Posted: 06-17-07 00:07am
Oh yeah, I've been sticking to my
schedule. If I'm bleeding as a result of
skipping I'm not at risk of becoming
pregnant, right? That would only be if I
was bleeding with no skipping and it was
signaling that my BC was not suppressing
ovulation. Since the bleeding is simply
because my body didn't tolerate the
skipping I'm fine if I had sex during the
bleeding so long as I replaced my ring on
time, right?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-17-07 11:55am
You are safe as long as you have had a
steady supply of horomones in your body.
By skipping your period, you have more
than assured this. You should be safe.
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kangaroo87
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Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 10
Posted: 06-17-07 12:00pm
Ok great. A pharmacy student told me I may
not be fully protected, but when I
explained to her WHY I was having
breakthrough she didn't seem to
understand. I just wanted to make sure I
didn't do something really stupid by
having sex the other night. lol. Thanks!
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Georgia59
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Posted: 06-18-07 17:34pm
As long as you replace the ring no later
than four weeks, you are fine. I promise.
Read the label, it will say the same
thing.
She is only a student, right? I have a
friend who is a pharmacy student as well.
She doesn't know everything yet. Maybe she
thinks you are keeping it in to long, but
they are good for up to four weeks. After
that there are not enough hormones, but
there are until then. Even if you are
bleeding. That doesn't mean you aren't
protected.
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Anne123
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Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 290 Location: Canada
Posted: 06-19-07 08:53am
Yeah, if I recall correctly the Nuvaring
booklet has instructional information on
how to do "continuous use", which is
leaving it in for 4 weeks and removing old
ring and inserting new ring on the same
day.
Sounds like you're fine, but it really
sucks that skipping didn't work for you.
It didn't work for me either.
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