That blue thing in the middle is the nuvaring digital hourglass which is just about the coolest piece of technology I have ever seen. It lets me know how many days are left in my cycle and when to remove my flexible plastic ring. Digital hourglass! Awesome!
That little novelty is the only part of the nuvaring experience that I can confidently endorse. In the week since I began the program I have felt nauseous and sad. These may be side effects of the ring, or a combo of strange meals and teaching-induced-exhaustion, I’m not sure. The nausea isn’t that bad, really- it goes away if I eat a little snack. But depression? That is not what I need at all. Yesterday I cried about four times! I don’t know why! I was having a very nice day with Mike! It has to be hormones, right? I shouldn’t be in tears because I can’t find a comfortable bra at Target. I also shouldn’t be in tears at 11 am Saturday morning because “my weekend is almost over.” I’m hoping that my body will adjust to these new hormones and I will stop crying very soon.
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Ugh… This is why birth control is scary, right? But I guess the idea is that you stick it out through the (hopefully) short period of ridiculous emotional stuff and when you come out the other side your life is simplified. I’ve always been too scared of hormonal imbalances to start the process at all, so I’ll be tracking your birth control adventures with great interest and hope!
what you do is you give it 3 months, and during those 3 months you keep VERY specific track of what’s going on. Every day you write down exactly how you felt, whether you were sick, if you were depressed, you monitor your sex drive and your energy level, your acne, your weight. Because if you don’t write it down, you will forget what it felt like to be normal, and then after 3 months you won’t know if you feel normal again or not. If after 3 months you are still writing “felt sick and emo all day today,” then the NuvaRing is not for you and you should switch to something else. TRIED AND TRUE METHOD! There are definitely fluctuations at first, so don’t be disheartened–these side effects could easily fade over the next month or so and everything could work out fine.
I have never had a positive experience with birth control, except, you know, not getting pregnant.If you still feel like shit after 3 months, I would totally recommend changing birth control. You might have to lie and say you don’t get migraines,though. Just don’t try the rythm method, or “family planning method”, unless you really want to be depressed.This is turning into the Debbie Downer entry. But no one ever talks about this issue!
My friend Josephine was on NuvaRing and I remember she had a really tough time (emotionally) when she first started. I think she is cool now. She loves talking about this kind of stuff, so if you want her contact info, email me and I will hook you up.
I don’t know. I tried going on birth control once a few years ago, and stuck it out for 6 days (I know, I KNOW, you’re supposed to try for longer and get through the crap) but honestly, I was so out of control emotionally, in such a black hole of weepiness and paranoia and bad dreams that I finally said FUCK IT, I’ll use condoms, this isn’t worth it. Anyway, I don’t find condoms that inconvenient, and if they break you can always use emergency contraception.
Hm, well, I’ve never tried the nuvaring, but I can say that for me, I was on the pill for tons of years straight with zero side effects, and since I went off I get emo PMS and terrible, near-debilitating cramps unless I religiously pop the anti-inflammatories for 3-4 days every month. So for me, the hormonal birth control felt like a more manageable and stable situation, and the no-pill state feels like my body decides it hates me once a month. I’m not convinced it’s worth NOT being on it, frankly. Except that my insurance makes it a pain in the butt, so they win and I’m not bothering. Jerks.
That is a cool piece of tech, I’d like one that reminded me to pull out my checkbook and pay my rent.
The dope part of condoms is standing in the check-out line, condoms all on the conveyor belt, and just being all “yeah, sex.”
good luck.
(your comments don’t allow italics, my steeze is nothing without italics)
ritchey is right. i hate these hormone drugs women are expected to take. my new man is a doctor, and i had a chat with him about it and he agreed with me that they suck. condoms might be expensive and a bit of a pain in the ass… but at least they dont make you depressed, acne ridden, bloated, fat or naueseous.
good luck with it. don’t put up with too much crap
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Hey where can you buy that thing….im super busy and cant remember anything..
where can you get that hour glass? lemme know please =] cause that is awesome
where can you get that hour glass? lemme know please =] cause that is awesome