I can't really help with your questions, sorry. But I just wanted to take the opportunity to pimp the NuvaRing. It's basically the most secret form of birth control ever. My mom knows that I'm on it, cause I told her. But no one else in my family does. I don't have to remember to take a pill or change the patch weekly. It never comes off cause I've gone swimming or sweated so much (I know the patch isn't supposed to, but for a lot of my friends it did).

It's also almost impossible for the man involved with my "downtheres" to know about it. Even when he's using his hands! I swear, I love the ring.