Switching to Nuva Ring!

[sex-and-sun.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of switching from ortho tri cyclen to the Nuva Ring. And this question is for nuva ring users. 

I was wondering if during sex, does your partner feel the ring at all? I would think that during fingering, he/she would, but does it bother them?  I really don't want it to get in the way of sex hehe. 
Also, I want to skip my period while on the ring, have any of you done this succesfully? without spotting....

Thank you!! 

EDIT: Thank you all for the responses!! I'm hesitating now because I plan to have a lot of sex this summer with my partner. And it looks like for the majority of you, your partner does feel the ring at some point. But I might give it a try!

Comments

[kaelstra.livejournal.com]

1. Does my partner feel it during sex? No, not PIV sex. He does, however, notice it if he fingers me. It doesn't bother either of us however, since he's aware it's what I use. He likes to playfully threaten to "yank the pulltab" out sometimes though, lol.

2. Yes, I've been skipping my periods for about four months now on Nuvaring without spotting.

[hercurvestofear.livejournal.com]

Boyfriend has never felt the ring before, but at one time for whatever reason it was a problem for me, so we'd take it out for sex. You can take it out for up to three hours, just keep it somewhere clean and clean it with soap and luke warm water before putting it back in. Never clean it with hot water, heat releases the hormones and exposing it to heat outside of the body can reduce its effectiveness. When you're on a period break and you get your new ring you have to store it in the refridgerator. I never had a problem with forgetting it or anything.

As for skipping periods, I've never done that so I can't offer any thoughts.

[x-hypatia-x.livejournal.com]

1.) He notices it fingering me and says that he could notice it in some positions during sex if he thought about it, but that it's not uncomfortable or inconvenient (during either fingering or sex).

2.) I only tried once, and I tried by leaving it in for an extra week like the directions say is okay. I ended up spotting for that week and the one after, which was less than desirable. But I'll probably try it again soon by just putting a new ring in after three weeks.

[xdreamsofdramax.livejournal.com]

Just to let you know, the first time I tried the 4 weeks in, 1 week out option I spotted that extra week in and the week out, but since then I have had no problems, so you might actually still be able to successfully use the 4 in, 1 out option. Your body was probably trying to adjust to the new pattern and that may have caused a spotting reaction that you wouldn't always have. You may always have that same spotting, but by the same token, you might not.

[poppleshatesyou.livejournal.com]

Former ring user here.

My partner did feel it during sex and didn't like it much, but you can take the ring out for 3 hours per 24 hours (http://community.livejournal.com/birthcontrol/847569.html).

I never tried skipping my period with the ring, but the results for most people are varied. Some experience breakthrough bleeding some don't, it all depends on the person.

If you check the memories in the Nuva Ring (http://community.livejournal.com/nuva_ring) community you'll find all sorts of good information. Good luck! i hope your body likes the ring alot more then mine did! (It really was great only having to think about my HBC a couple times a month!)

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

With respect to the whole "ring out for 3 hours" thing, I should probably point out that I've called the Nuva Ring hotline a couple of times and spoken with two different representatives about this issue. One told me 3 hours per 24 hours, like the post to which you linked; another said 3 hours per 3 week cycle. I know that I'm not the only one who's experienced conflicting advice from the Nuva Ring reps.

I don't know which irks me more: not to be able to find a conclusive source for this, or the fact that even the manufacturer's hotline isn't a conclusive source. :(

[poppleshatesyou.livejournal.com]

damn! i was hoping someone wouldn't say that! Stupid hot line not even knowing whats up! i hate it when manufacturers can't tell you specifics on their own product.

[rachelish.livejournal.com]

My partner could feel it. I never got a good answer out of him on if it hurt him or not. The first few times we had sex he just kept saying, "it feels so weird. that is so weird," which was not really what I wanted to hear during sex. After that he didn't really mention it much, but he did ask me to take it out once. i think it probably bothered him more than he said.

[sunshine-burn.livejournal.com]

It doesn't seem to bother my partner. He's never said anything about feeling it during PIV sex, so I assume that either he can't feel it or it doesn't bother him. I should ask him sometime so I have a more definitive answer.

[loonylupinlover.livejournal.com]

Fingering, yes. ...I don't see how you wouldn't feel it during fingering! But during PIV sex, the majority of the time neither I nor my boyfriend feel it. Occasionally it's uncomfortable for one or the other of us (usually if it bothers one, it bothers the other), and if switching the angle doesn't help I'll take it out. I don't have to do that very often at all, though. Most of the time it just chills there unseen and unfelt, a little plastic vagina ninja. :-P

[xdreamsofdramax.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend has only felt it once during PIV sex, but does feel it if he fingers me. He has told me specifically that it doesn't bother him at all, but just in case your partner can feel it, I would reccomend telling them you are on it first so they know what it is if they feel it. Otherwhise that could be quite startling for them.

Also, I have skipped my period successfully with Nuvaring, and I've also done 4 weeks in, 1 out so that I had 5 week cycles. I've found that personally I prefer the second option because when I was skipping periods, my cramps were a bit worse when I had my period, but both worked fine for me and were options my GYN gave me. The very first month I was on Nuvaring I spotted when I tried to mess with my cycle, but since then I haven't had any problems.

[gothstar.livejournal.com]

My fiance only feels it sometimes, and sometimes he swears he feels it when it's really not in there, lol.

I've skipped and been fine.

[awoodnymph.livejournal.com]

I've been on the NuvaRing with three different partners. The first 2 never felt it and my current boyfriend has only felt it once (his penis actually pulled it out). I asked him if it bothered him that one time, and he said no. And obviously, he can feel it during fingering, but that doesn't happen often because I don't like fingers going in that deep.