Well...I am not a doctor, so this is just a guess. But the thing about heat is that it causes the ring to start releasing hormones. So the amount of hormones in the ring would be less than usual. I would tend to think it wouldn't be HUGELY less, but then the manufacturer does tell you not to rinse it in hot water, so I'm not sure.
In any case, using condoms is certainly an option. What it would do to you to skip a month of hormones really depends on your individual chemistry...but it would be perfectly fine to use the ring in conjunction with condoms. It likely still has enough hormones to regulate your body, even if you shouldn't necessarily rely on it for birth control. I think that would be a cautious and perfectly reasonable course of actoin.
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Date: 2011-11-13 03:32 pm (UTC)In any case, using condoms is certainly an option. What it would do to you to skip a month of hormones really depends on your individual chemistry...but it would be perfectly fine to use the ring in conjunction with condoms. It likely still has enough hormones to regulate your body, even if you shouldn't necessarily rely on it for birth control. I think that would be a cautious and perfectly reasonable course of actoin.