Women health issues (The public version)

[Medusa]

I couldn't figure out a section to put this. Anywho...
Anyone have any experience with the Nuvaring and any side effects?
Thanks.

Eh I figure post your questions here. Just try to use words like vajajay or cookie. :P

[Amber]

I've never had any experience with the ring. I can't take birthcontrol so hubby got snipped :-\

[pihlaja]

I don't know about the ring because I can't take "combination contraceptive pills" (my translator website haven't got too wide range of vocabulary in this kind of matters ). I mean pills that have both estrogen and progesterone. That's because my grandma has died to thrombosis AND I have had aural migraine. So I take minipills, which have only progesterone and they haven't made contraceptive rings which only had progesterone.. But i wish that would be an option, because it sucks to take a pill everyday. (of course I could take a two-years-lasting progesterone capsule to my arm.... but I don't like the idea. )

[Sin]

I'm on the pill so I honestly haven't a clue.. actually I had to good the nuvaring to find out what it was!! this is what the internet says on the subject of side effects

The common side effects reported by NuvaRing® users are:

■Vaginal infections and irritation
■Vaginal secretion
■Headache
■Weight gain
■Nausea
In addition to the risks and side effects listed above, users of combination hormonal birth control methods have reported the following side effects:

■Vomiting
■Change in appetite
■Abdominal cramps and bloating
■Breast tenderness or enlargement
■Irregular vaginal bleeding or spotting
■Changes in menstrual cycle
■Temporary infertility after treatment
■Fluid retention (edema)
■Spotty darkening of the skin, particularly on the face
■Rash
■Weight changes
■Depression
■Intolerance to contact lenses
■Nervousness
■Dizziness
■Loss of scalp hair

but this is all stuff you've probably already found yourself.. to be honest it sounds uncomfortable to me :P

[volcaniclastic]

[quote author=Sin link=topic=687.msg10183#msg10183 date=1288970480]
I'm on the pill so I honestly haven't a clue.. actually I had to good the nuvaring to find out what it was!! this is what the internet says on the subject of side effects

but this is all stuff you've probably already found yourself.. to be honest it sounds uncomfortable to me :P
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"Loss of Scalp Hair"?

[Raphaeline]

I have only had one person mention the Nuvaring to me, and it was a story about an allergic reaction, so it's not pleasant. Unfortunately, I have nothing useful :-X

[Ophidia]

[quote author=volcaniclastic link=topic=687.msg10192#msg10192 date=1288971527]
"Loss of Scalp Hair"?
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Most birth control that has a high androgen factor (e.g., male hormones) has this potential side effect. I was on Lo-Ovral for years & it started giving me male pattern baldness... so no more Lo-Ovral.

[volcaniclastic]

[quote author=perzephone link=topic=687.msg10200#msg10200 date=1288972270]
Most birth control that has a high androgen factor (e.g., male hormones) has this potential side effect. I was on Lo-Ovral for years & it started giving me male pattern baldness... so no more Lo-Ovral.
[/quote]

good gods.

All the more reason for me never to use birth control (which I don't, nor have ever even tried)

[Sin]

[quote author=volcaniclastic link=topic=687.msg10203#msg10203 date=1288972702]
good gods.

All the more reason for me never to use birth control (which I don't, nor have ever even tried)
[/quote]

actually you know what... This is putting me off birth control now.. xD I've already had to watch aload of my hair fall out once.. I wouldn't want to see it happening again perminently

[pihlaja]

[quote author=volcaniclastic link=topic=687.msg10203#msg10203 date=1288972702]
good gods.

All the more reason for me never to use birth control (which I don't, nor have ever even tried)
[/quote]

Yeah, but the point is that if you get side effects you change the pills, not try to suffer the side effects. :P Because it really depends on the person and the pill mark if you're getting the side effects or not and also if they have both estrogen and progesterone or just the second one. Same hormone but different pills and you might react compeletely differently. I've changed mine once because the previous ones made me grouchy.

Also one point in NuvaRing is that because it's changed once a month, the amount of hormones stay more stable and because of that you're supposed to get less side effects than with pills taken once per day. (Btw, i've heard two of my friends praise it and that's why I would have liked to test something similar)