DO YOU FORGET TO TAKE YOUR BIRTH CONTROL PILLS?
If you occasionally forget to take your birth control pills, you should consider using the Nuvaring. The Nuvaring is a soft flexible plastic ring that is inserted into your vagina and removed after 3 weeks. A new ring is then inserted one week later. Just like birth control pills, the Nuvaring contains a combination of estrogen and progesterone. Instead of having to take a birth control pill every day, the Nuvaring prevents pregnancy for a full four weeks by slowly and continuously releasing estrogen and progesterone into your body every day for 21 days. Since it contains the same types of hormones that birth control pills contain, using the Nuvaring has the same risks and benefits for your health. As compared to birth control pills, the major advantage of the Nuvaring is the convenience factor.
Although many of my patients were initially resistant to the concept of wearing a vaginal ring, well over 90% of my patients who have tried the ring have been very satisfied with their contraceptive choice. The Nuvaring is easy to place and remove and it does not interfere with spontaneity or intercourse. You will not even know it is there and your partner will probably not know either- and if he does notice something, it won’t bother him. The Nuvaring cannot get lost inside of you and it rarely slips out. When properly used, the Nuvaring is 99% effective.
For more information, go to the Nuvaring website at http://www.nuvaring.com/Consumer/index.asp or schedule an appointment with me for personalized contraceptive counseling.
