In the first three months of use, you might have irregular bleeding, but you can expect it to settle down to a pattern of bleeding during the ring-free week, often starting on the fourth, fifth, or sixth day the ring is out. Put the new ring in on schedule regardless of whether you're still bleeding.
Yes, inserting NuvaRing before your period can delay bleeding.
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.
Yes, you should remove or replace the NuvaRing on schedule regardless of any bleeding.
If you inserted NuvaRing during your period, you're likely to bleed again in two to four weeks.
Yes, inserting the first NuvaRing will often shorten a woman's period.
After 29 days wearing the Nuvaring, you remove it (for 7 days). Then you get your period and you use the softcups. You're period is already over, when you have to insert a new Nuvaring. So you''ll never have to wear both at the same time. a user of both ;-)
Yes
Skipping your period with NuvaRing does not increase the risk of pregnancy. Using hormonal birth control with a shorter or absent break may actually lower the risk of pregnancy.
If you start using NuvaRing on day one of your period, you will be instantly protected because you are not ovulating. If you wait until days 2 - 5, you could not be protected if you have already started to ovulate.
The signs of pregnancy on NuvaRing are positive pregnancy test and missed periods. Take a pregnancy test if you think you might be pregnant.
If you put the first one in and day one of your period, you get earlier protection.
You wait the 7 days and put another nuvaring in. You'll only have a period if the hormone level is low enough, some people lose periods altogether on the nuvaring.