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Question: Is it possible to get my period over with faster?

Background: I'm on NuvaRing. Like normal, I took the ring out on Monday and my period started up on Wednesday, just like it always does. Sometimes it'll last through Sunday. Sometimes it'll be done by Saturday afternoon. However, this time around, I'd really like to be finished and done on by Saturday, early preferably. And I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to do this now that I'm already bleeding.

I'm open to "natural" ideas as well as advice involving the NuvaRing.

Many thanks!

Comments

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

sticking your new ring earlier than you usually do (like tomorrow or wednesday) might make your period stop sooner. I've noticed mine stops about a day sooner than it usually does if my ring is only out for a couple of days before the new one is inserted.

but I'm glad you made this post because I'm also interested in other answers. once I see that I have my period, thus no babies inside, I want it to go away asap.

[pygmybugs.livejournal.com]

I just throw my new ring in a day or two early. My period usually quits pretty quickly after that. I go on a 3 weeks on/1 week off cycle, so the added day or two doesn't compromise my protection at all (since it's good for 4 weeks in). If you're running a 4 week cycle, you might want to bump your ring-out day up the same amount, just to be safe.

Totally okay to wear the ring while bleeding (many people start or finish their withdrawal bleeds with the ring in). The only caveat I can think of is sometimes removing a tampon, it likes to hook on the ring and pull it out a little. Just keep an eye on it so you don't lose it in the toilet. And sometimes it likes to snuggle down into my menstrual cup and hide.

[otherrootbeer.livejournal.com]

Put your ring in early and take it out when you'd normally take it out. (You're technically still protected if you leave your ring in for an extra week, then have your ring free week.)

[archangelbeth]

Anecdotally -- for I don't usually have the libido and the time/privacy to pull this one off -- I have masturbated to orgasm, once a day, three days in a row, and my period was over about a day earlier.

At the least, it's unlikely to be a terribly unpleasant method to try.