birth control?

annam829 · October 2011

hi everyone...i was wondering if anyone has had a positive experience with the nuvaring? i recently figured out that the pill gives me migraines (after 10+ years). ever since baby #2, my bleeding has been bad (sorry TMI) so i went to the dr and was asking if they can give me a different pill?

the dr's are really pushing mirena but a large portion has to be paid out of pocket and i am not interested in shelling out $500+

so she suggested the ring...i am just curious is anyone has had any experience with it? thanks

larrysdarling · October 2011

I was on it for less than a year. I liked it at first but then I started getting horrible horrible debilitating headaches. As soon as I stopped taking it they went away.

I thought it was uncomfortable, also. It felt like it was coming out! On a few awkward occasions it did.

I personally tend not to do well on hormonal bc. We've used non hormonal methods since I went off the ring.

lachute · October 2011

I'm on the pull and pray method but the ring still has hormones so I'm inclined to say it might not help you out.

jennyinyellow · October 2011

I tried the ring and HATED it! My dr. suggested it b/c the pill was giving me migraines and said the ring wouldn't have the same effect. It did. It also made me an emotional wreck.

annam829 · October 2011

that sucks

it supposedly is a "local" hormone, menaing it shouldn't go through your system...this sucks. pull and pray is stressing me out too much...and i also want something to lessen the painful and heavy periods. she gave me a script for loestrin? but i hate to try something and risk a week long migraine

Shannon1110 · October 2011

annam829:
that sucks it supposedly is a "local" hormone, menaing it shouldn't go through your system...this sucks. pull and pray is stressing me out too much...and i also want something to lessen the painful and heavy periods. she gave me a script for loestrin? but i hate to try something and risk a week long migraine

Would you consider charting? The only nasty side effect is waking up at the same time every morning to take your temp

martinsgirls · October 2011

Do you have a smartphone? There is a Fertility Friend app. that helps with charting if you are interested.

ibekatieg · October 2011

I used the nuvaring for years and had a fine experience, FWIW. I switched to the ring because of frequent break through bleeding. That subsided almost immediately, and I was a big fan of not having to remember a pill every day. Just set it and forget it. A bit uncomfortable at first but it became second nature in no time. I've never had migraines on any BC so can't help there.

HeatherWain · October 2011

martinsgirls:
Do you have a smartphone? There is a Fertility Friend app. that helps with charting if you are interested.

This! I used it to get pregnant and it worked like a charm. I also have a period tracker one on my phone as well.

I've actually have never been on birth control pills/rings/etc. in my life (obviously since I was KU at 18 lol) and all the hormone stuff kind of freaks me out. I'm not really one for taking medicine unless I have to so I've never really looked into it. I guess all the side effects kind of worry me and I worry about long term side effects like cancer and such. Charting seems to work for me so I'm sticking with it for now. It was a PITA in the beginning but now I's like second nature. We aren't done having kids so maybe my thoughts about bc will change after we have another.

Tianacheron · October 2011

larrysdarling:

I was on it for less than a year. I liked it at first but then I started getting horrible horrible debilitating headaches. As soon as I stopped taking it they went away.

I thought it was uncomfortable, also. It felt like it was coming out! On a few awkward occasions it did.

I personally tend not to do well on hormonal bc. We've used non hormonal methods since I went off the ring.

Ditto everything above and add a dose of a crazy b!tch on top. And since we're going to start ttc again soon the doc didn't see a point in trying to find me another bc method, we're all about the jimmy hats

PhillyGal34 · October 2011

I think I've done it all and here is my $.02

Pill- cyclical pimples, migraines with AF

Ring- no migraines but it fell out a few times, I didn't hate it but decided to go and get a Mirena

Mirena- turned me into a raging beotch for a few months BUT then I had no periods for a few years and everything evened out after those first 3 months. I really liked it but recently had it taken out to TTC - No Migraines

I am not sure what we will do after we have a kid, maybe mirena or another IUD. I chart now and like it but I hate having a week that we have to avoid or use protection... so does DH. so I don't think that charting will be in our cards

jpfeifer · October 2011

annam829:
that sucks it supposedly is a "local" hormone, menaing it shouldn't go through your system...this sucks. pull and pray is stressing me out too much...and i also want something to lessen the painful and heavy periods. she gave me a script for loestrin? but i hate to try something and risk a week long migraine

I'm on Loestrin 24fe and haven't had any migrane issues. With other pills I either had breakthrough bleeding (not strong enough) or migraines (too strong). It took several different kinds, but this one worked for me. I wanted to try charting, but dh wasn't on board.

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