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I've only been on NuvaRing for a week. But I'm not nearly so dizzy as I was on the pill. Haven't tested it yet to see how my hubby feels about it. I'm assuming though that the thorough disgust and nausea at the sight, smell and taste of hamburger last night is because the ring has the same hormones as being pregnant. Hoping that we're not pregnant right now. Have slight acne breakout. That is all for now. We'll see how I feel after more than a week.
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I started using Nuvaring a year ago and finally decided to take it out a month ago. It was my boyfriend who finally pointed out that maybe my extreme mood swings that coincidentally started when I began using the ring could be attributed to it. I would cry and become angry literally every time I had my period, I have always been somewhat emotional when my period started but never like I have been in the past year. I started using it right when we began dating, and I attributed my extreme dryness to getting older (I'm 21). Right when I took it out I was back to normal again. Pro's: my breasts grew a cup size, my face was clear, and I loved not having to think about taking a pill every day. Con's: No sex drive, dryness, crazy mood swings.
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I have been on the Nuvaring for 5 years and have had no problems. I do find it uncomfortable during intercourse but it has become habit to take it out, during and reinsert afterward. I definitely have not had a lower sex drive (to which my husband complains, he can't keep up). I have gained weight but cannot say it was NuvaRings fault. I have had two friends who have also used the NuvaRing. One was only on it for 3 months before discontinuing due to hormonal issues, however she said they were less than any other hormonal based birth control she had tried (several pills and the patch). The other friend was on it for three years before complaining of a lower sex drive and discontinued, becoming pregnant two weeks later. Ages between 18-25.
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I've been on Nuvaring for about 2 months after trying 3 different birth control pills over the past 3 years. I definitely recommend it for those who have mood swings or tiredness while on the pill and need a low-dose hormonal birth control option. For me I haven't had problems with either since I started Nuvaring. The only complaint I have is that sometimes the ring gets uncomfortable during sex and dry, but I've just gotten into a habit of taking it out.
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I have been using the ring for about a year and a half now and I can relate to the symptoms everyone has been experiencing. Lack of sexual drive, mood swings, very sensitive, breast grew a cup size but is always very tender. Gained about 10lbs, was very emotional about everything. The only good thing about the ring is that you insert it for three weeks and once you remove the ring my period comes three days later like clock work. I had to stop using this birth control due to side effects. Hubby was pleased with the bigger breast but upset with the mood swings and lack of sexual interest.
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I started using the Nuvaring approximately one month before my wedding day and never used any kind of hormonal birth control before. That was a mistake. I thought it'd would be easier than trying to remember when to take a pill- and it was, except, that on my wedding night, I was experienced great discomfort, which I thought was due to lack of experience? Dryness and pain. Not fun at all. My newlywed husband and I didn't think of it, until after the three weeks, and then the one week of not having the Nuvaring in. One week later, put a new ring in, and then started having serious pee issues- pain and burning, moodiness like all get-out, headaches. So five days later, took the ring out, and had another period! Am going to try the FemCap (2nd generation).
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I will be starting my third month on Nuva Ring tomorrow. I'm not in love with this birth control and might discontinue. The first month was great, no symptoms at all. On the third week I took the ring out as directed and started my period the next day. This second month hasn't been so great. I pretty much began having pregnancy symptoms. I have nausea, I vomited once, and tender breasts. I just feel slightly sick and have been for the last 2 1/2 weeks. This week I am off the ring and I was supposed to put a ring in tomorrow but had to go to the doctor to get a pregnancy test because I have completely missed my period. I'm not thank goodness, but these side effects have been getting worse.I have been getting headaches and I am moody brat lately. Not good
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A very simple birth control to use.. I couldn't remember pills so I was on the ring for almost 3 years (I'm now 29). My sex drive has been reduced to nothing, except late in my period, not coincidentally when the ring has been out the longest. My periods are short, only about 2 1/2 days of light flow, but the cramps start 2 days before that and last right up til I put the next ring in. Worst of all is the depression and mood swings. I have a great life, but when my husband asks what I want for lunch, that has been enough to reduce me to literal tears lately. Also, I've gained nearly 40 pounds despite being more active than ever. I just came back from the gyno and got a copper (non-hormonal IUD) inserted today.
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I have been using it for a while now. I get very moody, severe migraines and of course, my sex drive was non-existent. My husband hated it and begged me to switch. I have actually stopped using it just recently because it fell out. I didn't even know it fell out until I got my period all of a sudden. It's very convenient though. That was the only good thing about it besides that my periods were lighter.
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I've been using Nuva Ring for two months now. It's my first attempt at hormonal birth control, so I was a little nervous about side effects. I give Nuva Ring high marks for ease of use -it's really great in that sense. Unfortunately, NuvaRing has killed my libido, which started shortly after I began using it and has only gotten worse. At first I thought it might be coincidental but now I know it's not. My first month on NuvaRing I also had a moderate acne breakout (very unusual for me). This hasn't happened again, though. I also get nausea the day after I insert a new ring, though I think that would fade if I kept using NuvaRing. I hate to give up a birth control that's so easy to use, but I refuse to spend my life without any sex drive.
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I have been on NuvaRing for about two and a half years and it is fantastic. My periods were significantly shorter and lighter. Before starting the ring my period was a least 5 days long and I would need super plus and super tampons each day. Once on the ring my period lasted about 3 days and I rarely need super tampons. In addition, I didn't have to worry about taking a pill at the same time every day. That being said, I have noted a bit of dryness during sex and the ring can occasionally be difficult to insert, again due to dryness. Other than those side effects, which are relatively minor and easily remedied with personal lubricant, my experience with the NuvaRing has been a great.
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Nuvaring was great----while it was in! Once it was time to take it out, I had the most unbelievably horrible period I've ever had! Bad enough that I almost asked my husband to take me to the hospital. I was in excrutiating pain for 2 days, and very uncomfortable for an additional 2 (which is weird because my period is normally 2 days long).
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I have always used Natural Family Planning until my husband and I started working at the same hospital and our hours made it impossible to keep track of everything like we had previously. I decided I'd try the lowest dose of Birth Control which is the Nuva ring. I had it in for less than one week because I became extremely depressed, crying spells, constipated, and nauseated. All of this mattered but I felt like my body needed to adjust to this... until, after sex I was bleeding and the left side of my vagina was very painful.
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I've been on NuvaRing for 3 months. I chose Nuvaring because I knew I couldn't be trusted with taking a pill everyday but wanted birth control to help regulate my periods, ease mood swings, and clear skin. On Nuvaring still have mood swings, more headaches now, at times feel very tired, still have bad breakouts and also an almost non existent sex drive. I assumed all this was because I was home with 3 little kids, until I noticed a pattern while on the Nuvaring. Three days after I take the ring out, I have a surge of sexual desire (also this is when my period starts, figures). I'm going to stick with it for another 2 months to see how it goes, meanwhile I'm going to talk with my doctor again about better options.
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It seems that a lot of the people describing their experience with the NuvaRing are of the younger generation. I'm 31 and have been using the ring for the last 4 months after being on Ortho Tri Cyclen for years. Within the first 2 weeks of inserting the ring my body went through changes as if I was in puberty all over again. My breasts swelled, and became annoyingly sensitive, my face broke out with acne and I gained weight over two months time. On top of all of this, I've been over emotional and tired. The convenience of the ring is nice, but definitely not worth all the side effects for me.
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I was never on any kind of birth control before I started NuvaRing. I was on NuvaRing for approximately 8 months. The first month of being on NuvaRing I didn't have any problems or complications. However, the remaining 7 months of being on NuvaRing I had nothing but problems but my doctors never suggested that it could have been NuvaRing until I discontinued using NuvaRing.
-I started using NuvaRing in November 2008.
-In Dec.2008 I got sick and I was prescribed an antibiotic that might have caused me to get a yeast infection. My continuous treatment for yeast infection and BV (bacterial vaginosis) lasted until July 2009 and that's when I was told by my family doctor to immediately remove NuvaRing.
-The diagnosis of my recurring problems with yeast and BV was that my body was rejecting the foreign object and it was continuously acting as if it is fighting the bad bacteria which ended up leaving me with no lacto-bacilli (the good bacteria). I know that everybody responds differently to certain medicines but I just wanted to share my experience with others out here who might be experiencing the same symptoms as I did.
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I have been on Nuvaring for 8 months now and overall I've had a good experience. I used to be on the pill and would always have a period every 2 weeks instead of 3, since I've been on Nuvaring I'm right on schedule. If the ring "slips" it's an easy fix, and it's nice to not have to worry about taking a pill every day. It has only come out twice during sex, but again, easy fix. You can take if out before sex if you want if it makes you uncomfortable thinking your partner can feel it. My only complaint with the Nuva ring is that it has lowered my lubrication during sex.
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So I've been on the Nuva Ring for one week now. Yesterday I began to get very severe stomach cramps as if I was about to start my period. Today they are even worse. I can't take the pill because they make me so nauseous I can't keep any food down so my doctor figured the ring has the least amount of hormones but I'm in so much pain. On the up side you don't have to remember to take a pill, I'm not nauseous and you really can't tell it's in there and the boyfriend doesn't mind it. I too am very depressed and want to sleep all day.
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I have been using the Nuva-ring for about 5 years. I used the Nuva-Ring because I would forget to take the pill. At first things were awesome because I would insert it in and leave it in for 3 weeks. Well over time my moods got weirder and weirder. I'm starting new birth control next month. I'm tired of having bad moods and being sick all the time. I'm not saying I don't recommend it but I know it's not for me anymore.
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I would strongly suggest this product - I've been using it for about a year and a half with no complaints. Occasionally it slips down a little, but that's easily fixed. The only difficult part is that you don't develop a routine, so you have to mark a calendar to remember to take it out / put it in. I've only forgotten once, by a little less than a day, but that meant I had to wait a week to have sex.
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I've been on NuvaRing for 4 months and so far it's been decent. I've been on roughly 8 different types of pill form contraceptives and had a variety of side effects from most of them, so my doctor finally suggested NuvaRing. I did have some side effects (mild bloating, headaches, irregular period, acne) however, most have subsided or become tolerable. Most of the side effects I've experienced are typical for me, especially for the first few months after switching to a new brand. Overall it's great and convenient, stays in place and makes life easier.
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I have been using the NuvaRing for a bit over 2 weeks now. I love it. I was a bit cautious about having sex with it, and worried that my boyfriend would feel it inside my vagina. He can't feel it and I have never experienced a "slipping out" or was afraid that I was going to lose it during sex. I know everyone's body is different. For me, I'm small 100lbs 5 feet, the other two oral birth control pill I've tried Ortho-tricylen and Aviane both made me horribly moody and I had non-stop breakthrough bleeding on Aviane.
Overall, I say NuvaRing is the best birth control yet. My sex drive is boosted, I can forget I'm even using birth control for three weeks, and I am not moody at all. I feel like a teenager again.
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I have just finished my first month on Nuva Ring. I am unable to take regular birth control because of high blood pressure, and so far no problems from Nuva Ring. Also, I have migraines regularly and didn't want to try a IUD or anything inserted in my arm. The only problem I have had is when the Nuva Ring is out after the 3 weeks, I get VERY heavy menstrual flow and bad cramps. This is unusual for me, since I usually have a 2 day period with light flow. Don't know if it has anything to do with the Nuva Ring or with having a baby 8 months ago.
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This is my second month on Nuvaring and so far I have absolutely no complaints. I love the ease of just inserting it once a month and just removing it 3 weeks later. I have had no mood swings, weight gain nor depression. As a matter of fact I think I have even lost weight because it seems to have subsided my constant cravings. I would definitely recommend Nuvaring to anyone.
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I been on Nuva Ring for 2 months. I love the ease of it. It is so nice to just forget about it for a few weeks and then take it out and have your period. The down side for me though, was that I became moody the first few days then that got a little better. During intercourse it would fall out. And also sometimes I could feel it slipping, but never fell out. But one the the side effects I have that I don't like is no sex drive. He wants me on something but if these are the side effects I'm going to get I don't want to be on anything. Also a good upside to the ring for me is it helps me gain a little weight as I'm a little under. All in all it's pretty good other than the few side effects I am having.
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I found Nuvaring mostly unproblematic, convenient, and easy to use. (I did have mood swings that might be attributable to it, but it's hard to say, since there were other factors involved.) The main problem, however, was that I had frequent breakthrough bleeding: after 7 months use it was like I was having a very small period 20 days out of the month! Very annoying, to say the least. The doctor told me that meant the hormone dosage was too low for me and has proscribed Kariva for me instead, so we'll see how that goes.
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I was on NuvaRing for 7 months. At first all went well, but after awhile I started losing interest in sex and became very moody. Within a month of stopping NuvaRing, I was back to normal.
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SINCE I HAVE STARTED USING THIS, I GET ANGRY FOR NO REASON. HAVE BEEN OFF FOR WEEK AND A HALF AND MY HUSBAND WHO DOES NOT WANT KIDS HAS ASKED ME NOT TO GO BACK ON.
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It's been one week and I feel EXTREMELY tired and depressed. I really want this to work so I'll give it a little more time. It's easy to put in and I don't feel it at all. But I'm sleeping like 12 hours a day, and feel like I'm swimming through mud. Also, I've been having random cramps, or sharp pains in my abdomen.
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I used this birth control a couple years ago and had no trouble, but I used it again from February-September of this year and ran into bad side effects. My sex drive went way down along with lubrication. I saw the doctor who ended up removing the ring for 3 months and everything returned to normal. I lost weight afterwards as well.
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I love the Nuvaring. Since I've been on it, I've been emotionally normal (at least I think so) and my doctor put me on an extended regimen so that I only have my period every 9 weeks. It definitely makes those periods tolerable. Yay for Nuvaring.
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I have been on the ring for several months now and absolutely love it. I don't like the more dramatic IUDs, but wanted something more reliable and convenient than spermicide condoms, etc. I'm terrible at remembering to take the pill, so the NuvaRing has been perfect for me. It goes in easy and I can't feel it. My boyfriend has no complaints either, theres only been ONE instance where he claimed he could feel it.
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I have used several pill form birth controls and the NuvaRing is my first non-pill method. I really like the fact that it is hassle free.I always had a hard time remembering to take the pill. Also, unlike the patch, it is not visible. I am the type who likes to have a period each month as an additional reassurance that I am not pregnant, so it is a better option for me than the shot or other period-free method. The side effects that I have experienced were mostly common- some water weight gain, shorter and lighter menstrual cycles, some cramping during my cycle. Some new side effects that I do not enjoy is a regualr (heavy) vaginal disharge which is stated as common for the ring. Also, I have random abdomen cramping.
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I LOVE NUVARING! I have NO side effects and my doctor said it was safe to use it continuously each month, how convenient is that! I get to pick and choose when I have my cycle and I insert it and forget about it for the month, it's the most idiot proof product ever.
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NuvaRing is my first kind of birth control and it's convenient because I don't have to remember to take a pill everyday. It has also evened out my up and down hormone mood swings but it's difficult to use when I am away traveling for a few weeks and happen to be needing to place the next one in. This is something I didn't think of until I planned a 14 day trip, which ended up right in the middle of my cycles.
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I love NuvaRing. It's so much easier than the pill and it makes me feel safer because it's a lot harder to mess up. The only problem is that it's really expensive.
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Absolutely LOVE IT! With every other birth control I've used, my periods were unpredictable, but they have been almost perfect since I started the NuvaRing. I have gained a few pounds, but that's no big deal, because it beats thinking I am pregnant every month or that I'm going to die from losing so much blood.
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Very convenient. Most of the time, I don't even know it's there. I've experienced some emotional and physical side effects, mostly during the first day after I put a new ring in, but they started to subside after about 3 months' use. My boyfriend initially didn't want me to try NuvaRing, but it doesn't bother him now.
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