Switching Birth Control Methods
May. 3rd, 2011 12:04 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Hello fellow VPers! I really hope you all can help me!
Okay so here is my situation. I am currently on the NuvaRing and will be taking it out this weekend (Sunday May 8th) for my usual withdrawal bleed. I went for a consultation today to have an IUD inserted which will occur on Tuesday May 17th (so nine days AFTER I remove my ring). Now normally I would have just kept the ring in for the extra fourth week but this IS that extra fourth week so by this Sunday, there will be no hormones left. I don't have any more rings so I won't be inserting anything on the 15th when I normally would.
My question is this: I know I definitely need to use backup protection starting the Sunday the ring normally would have been inserted, but should I use it all next week as well since the sperm may survive and the lack of hormones for those couple days may let my ovaries relax enough to ovulate? Thanks!
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Okay so here is my situation. I am currently on the NuvaRing and will be taking it out this weekend (Sunday May 8th) for my usual withdrawal bleed. I went for a consultation today to have an IUD inserted which will occur on Tuesday May 17th (so nine days AFTER I remove my ring). Now normally I would have just kept the ring in for the extra fourth week but this IS that extra fourth week so by this Sunday, there will be no hormones left. I don't have any more rings so I won't be inserting anything on the 15th when I normally would.
My question is this: I know I definitely need to use backup protection starting the Sunday the ring normally would have been inserted, but should I use it all next week as well since the sperm may survive and the lack of hormones for those couple days may let my ovaries relax enough to ovulate? Thanks!
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