You may, or you may not. You should continue to use Nuva Ring as directed regardless of any bleeding. Namely, if you had the ring in between three and four weeks, remove the ring and put in a new one on your normal day. (In other words, if you were supposed to take it out on Sunday, and took it out on Wednesday, put in the new ring the following Sunday, even though it wasn't out a full week and you may still be bleeding.) If you had the ring in for more than four weeks, consider using emergency contraception, remove the ring, insert a new one right away, and use a back up method of birth control, like condoms or abstinence from vaginal sex, for seven days.
When you stop Nuva ring, you'll normally have the usual withdrawal bleeding you experienced in prior months of ring use. After that, if you had regular 28 day periods prior to using Nuva Ring, you can expect your next period in 4-6 weeks.
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.
You may skip your period, have irregular spotting, or notice no change in bleeding pattern.
Yes, you should take a pregnancy test if you had unprotected sex during the last month. The late period could be due to pregnancy or due to delayed ovulation after Nuva Ring.
Like any hormonal birth control method, Nuva Ring is likely to cause lighter flow and shorter periods than you had before you started on it. Sometimes, on Nuva Ring, the flow gets so light that you don't notice anything at all. That is normal, and there's no need for concern if you used the ring correctly last month. You can take a pregnancy test if you're concerned, though. Whatever bleeding you have, just keep using the ring on the schedule on your calendar, regardless of bleeding.
The question is a little confusing... You left it in for the 4 weeks so that you could skip 1 months withdrawal period. Then you took it out for 1 week to have the withdrawal period at the beginning of the next session. Did you reinsert a new ring after the 1st week of the new session? If you did not reinsert the ring after the period that you mentioned and you have had unprotected sex your period may be late because you are pregnant. But it is also possible that your body is still adjusting to the ring. Refer to this from the Nuvaring pamphlet/websight: You must check for pregnancy if: 1. you miss a period and NuvaRing
If you used Nuva Ring correctly in the previous three weeks, there is no increased risk of pregnancy during the ring-free week.
It's uncommon for it to go on that long, but breakthrough bleeding is common in the first months of using Nuva Ring. 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. Whatever bleeding you have, just keep using the ring on the schedule on your calendar, regardless of bleeding.
That's not necessary. You just have to insert or remove Nuva Ring on the same day of the week. The time of day is not critical.
If you used it correctly in the three weeks prior to the ring-free week, you're still protected.
If you had the Nuva Ring in for at least seven days, you had protection against pregnancy. There's not enough information given to know if you took birth control pills correctly, or if more than seven days passed since stopping the last pill and starting the new ring. Making mistakes with those steps would also increase your risk of pregnancy.
Ack! You're scaring me! You should be putting in a new nuva ring exactly four weeks (28 days) after you took out the old one! I'm worried that you're doing something like changing it on the 28th of each month. That approach will put you at increased risk for pregnancy in the long months (January, July, August, October, December). Please call your health care provider today for retraining on proper use of Nuva Ring, and on any steps you need to take to reduce your risk of pregnancy.On the other hand, putting in a Nuva Ring early does not increase your risk of pregnancy, so, if this was the first time you did it based on day of the month and not number of weeks, you are not at increased risk.