If you start NuvaRing on or before the last day you could get the next injection, you have continuous protection. If you started NuvaRing after the last due date for Depo Provera, you should use a backup method of Birth Control for the first seven days.
Yes, it's OK to start NuvaRing while still on Depo Provera. It probably makes the most sense to wait until two weeks or fewer before the next injection is due.
If an accidental pregnancy occurs, the Nuva Ring should not cause a miscarriage.
There's no need to stop using hormonal contraception, including Nuva Ring, for as long as you don't want to get pregnant. Nuva Ring and other hormonal birth control methods have no effect on future fertility.
Pregnancy is possible, but Nuva Ring is a highly effective method. Pregnancy is unlikely in the situation you describe.
Nuva Ring reduces the risk of pregnancy while you use it. After stopping Nuva Ring, women do not have a decrease in fertility. 85% of couples using no pregnancy prevention will get pregnant within a year. This number is the same for couples who have used Nuva Ring, and for couples who never used hormonal birth control.
For women who had regular periods before using Nuva Ring, ovulation resumes two to four weeks after stopping the Ring. 85% of couples will get pregnant within the year after stopping Nuva Ring.
Not effective at all, I was a week late on the neuva ring and got pregnant!
If you used Nuva Ring correctly in the previous three weeks, there is no increased risk of pregnancy during the ring-free week.
If 1,000 couples use Nuva Ring perfectly for a year, three will get pregnant. Since there are no perfect couples, pregnancy rates with typical use are higher than that, but there are no good data to date on typical failure rates with Nuva Ring. It's probably lower than typical failure rates with the pill, for which 8 pregnancies can occur among 100 couples using the pill for a year (higher for teens). After stopping Nuva Ring, women get pregnant at the same rate as women who never used Nuva Ring. It does not impact future fertility.
Birth Control pills, ring, patch, DepoProvera and the IUD are not barriers.
Yes. Some women will experience a significant reduction in menstrual flow, sometimes to the point of absent or spotty withdrawal bleeding, but most women continue to have monthly withdrawal bleeding on NuvaRing.
No, Nuva Ring doesn't lead to bacterial vaginosis, and it should not be removed and washed daily. .
If you used it correctly in the three weeks prior to the ring-free week, you're still protected.