Hello. I'm 24 years old, married and I'm helplessly confused about Nuvaring. I started using Nuvaring today at noon, which is saturday 12/1. Here's the list of the dates my period started in the past 5 months: 7/23, 8/22, 9/24, 10/20, and 11/22/07. I found a website that said I could insert it the first of the month and take it out on the 25th.
This threw me off, because as far as I know, I'm supposed to keep it inside for 3 whole weeks (21 days, right) counting today as day 1. That said, I must remove it on fri. 12/21 at noon, then re-insert it seven days later (friday 12/28.) I'm confused! Should I count the day I remove the ring as day 1?
Whatever happened to starting the ring on the first day of the month, in my case, Saturday; removing it exactly 3 weeks later (same day of the week) getting your period around that time, then inserting it back one week later (same day.) Please help me figure this out and make my bc as effective as possible. Thank you!
2007-12-01 13:22:54 · 1 answers · asked by modena360chick 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
It should be around the first day of insertion after last period (going based on what I've heard others say), but I would recommend calling your doctor's office next week and ask to speak to the nurse to get further clarification on the instructions as to when to count the days leading up to removal of ring.
2007-12-01 22:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋