Yes, stopping NuvaRing will normally cause bleeding. Just as you bleed when you remove NuvaRing after three weeks, you will have withdrawal bleeding after you stop NuvaRing permanently. Your regular menstrual pattern should restart within four to six weeks.
You have the same protection from NuvaRing with or without bleeding. Using a second method can increase protection, but it's not required just because you're bleeding.
Breakthrough bleeding may last for days or weeks when you skip a period with hormonal birth control. Typically, it just lasts for a few days.
There is no weight limit for using NuvaRing.
If you get your period while NuvaRing is in, continue using the ring as scheduled. You can use tampons or pads for bleeding according to your preference. This unscheduled bleeding is common during the first three months of using the ring. If it lasts longer or has other symptoms, or if it just bother you, talk to your heatlh care provider about other birth control options.
Inserting NuvaRing during your period is likely to slow bleeding, but it may not stop altogether. Starting NuvaRing during the first five days of bleeding gives immediate pregnancy protection.
When you take out Nuva Ring for the last time, you'll probably experience your usual withdrawal bleeding. After that, usually your next period is in 4-6 weeks. If you were irregular before using Nuva Ring, you will probably go back to that irregular habit after Nuva Ring.
No, but it can cause spotting. In the first three months, you may have irregular spotting or bleeding. It's less common on Nuva Ring than on the pill, but it can occur. After the three month "breaking in" period, you should see more regular periods and lighter flow. If you have a problem in which you haven't had a period for some time, then Nuva Ring may help bring on withdrawal bleeding at the end of the three week "ring in" period. Whatever bleeding you have, just keep using the ring on the schedule on your calendar, regardless of bleeding.
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Some women will have no withdrawal bleeding on NuvaRing, and others will have bleeding. Any amount of bleeding or spotting "counts" as a "period" if you're on hormonal birth control.
Spotting while skipping periods with birth control is a common complaint. It is not a sign that the method is less effective.
The first thing I would suggest is talking with the doctor who prescribed the NuvaRing. Bleeding for months at a time is not the correct response from withdrawal bleeding, when you stop using any hormonal BC. The best way to stop using any hormonal BC is at the end of your cycle. Use it daily as directed, through the last one in the monthly packet. I don't know if this is a possible fix, but since you want to get pregnant - switching to a mini pill for a couple cycles. There is only progestin, no estrogen. It may be enough hormone to get off the NuvaRing and stop the bleeding, after two or three cycles, then get pregnant after your first period.