nuva ring question

[burnedxoutxstar.livejournal.com]

Okay...can someone explain something to me? :\ I feel like a dumbarse since I've been using the nuva ring for years and don't know this.

I have read that if you have your ring in for 4 weeks and then take it out, you are protected during your ring-out week.

But I have also read that if you take your ring out for whatever reason (like to have sex or something) and leave it out for more than 3 hours, you need to use a backup method of protection for 7 days.

What makes the second situation require protection? Is it that the hormones have not had a chance to build up because it hasn't been in for the entire 3 or 4 weeks that you normally keep it in?

Comments

[tigerlilylynn.livejournal.com]

I believe that it works like the pill.
You need a minimum 21 protected days to get protection for the off week.
The three hours is like a missed pill.