vaginapagina | WHY AM I STILL BLEEDING?

Ok, so last Sunday I switched from Ortho Tri, to the Nuvaring. I skipped my placebo week on my OTC, and inserted my ring like my doctor suggested. I began bleeding Sunday night (i normally begin bleeding the first day of my placebo) I was expecting a full blown period, or spotting. But I have been bleeding for a week now!!! (my normal period is normally 4 days) It's somewhere between spotting a a full blown period... but still!!! What is going on here? I'm tired of bleeding!!! When will it stop? Has anyone had a similar experience? Should I be worried?

Is this a good judge of how my body will react to stacking? I plan on (as my doctor suggested) Leaving my ring in for 4 weeks and inserting another ring on the day of removal to skip periods. I'm hoping to be able to go 3 months between periods, but would settle for 2. I'm beginning to get nervous at this point that my body just likes to bleed and it will never stop (ok- perhaps I'm getting a little melodramatic here...)

In other news after this marathon bleeding session boy am I glad I'm a recent Diva Cup convert. I can't imagine how many tampons I would have gone though.

Update... still very hormonal and irritable. I will be going to the health food store to pick up some Vitamin B tomorrow and hopefully that will help my overall mood. Thank you all for the advice!