Recently I have decided to start the Nuva Ring form of Birth Control. I have read a lot of mixed reviews online of the product and so I decided to write down my experience with it. I will write down the symptoms I experience, like changes in appetite, sex drive, mood and sleep habits. First off I should give the facts.
I am 18 years old, somewhere in the area of 5’3″ or 5’4″ and 160 pounds (I know, I’m a fatty :p).
I have never before been on birth control in my life mostly because my mother is completely against the use of hormonal birth control. She is a woman of the 70s and remembers all the horrible things that birth control did to women in that time period. My mother now believes that messing with your clock and reproductive system is stupid. She also believes hormonal birth controls will lessen your chance of getting pregnant in the future, when you go off them and want to have little screaming, pooping, money sucking parasites. There have been many studies and they all conclude that modern birth control only hinders the ability to get pregnant while taking them. My mother has many conspiracy theory ideas to counter this argument. So pretty much, this is a whole new adventure for me and I have no idea what to expect.
I inserted my first ring on January first 2009 at around 4pm. I so far have had no real symptoms. I had pain in my lower abdomen similar to the pains I get when I am ovulating but I think that this is around the time I ovulate. I have experienced no mood swings as of yet (I have heard they get pretty dramatic!). I also haven’t seen any change in sex drive (I’m one of those horny little beasts). So who knows? I am not suppose to start having condomless sex until January 10th, so, maybe I’ll start seeing some symptoms then?
I went to Planned Parenthood to get the Nuva Ring because I have a lack of health insurance (woo!).Instead of inserting it after my period and following a cycle like that, the NP told me to start it on the first and take it out on the 27th. I am suppose to start my period that day or the next day and then insert a new ring again on the first of the month (I don’t have a period the month of February). I guess this is a general schedule they go by for all women so it is easy to remember.
So.
Day 3, Month 1, no symptoms as of yet.
:] talk to you all soon!
