If you take your birth control 2 hours late11/10/2022 ![]() If you take the Nuva Ring out for more than 3 hours anytime or restart it later than the 5th day.You miss more than one pill in your pack.You are late starting your next pack (after the 7th day).You are starting your first pack of pills on Sunday.Use a back up method (condoms) for a week if: Nuva Ring can be used continuously by removing the old ring after 24 days and inserting a new one immediately. Many women insert the Nuva Ring on the first day of the month and remove it on the 25th day of the month for 5 days to have a period. Insert Nuva Ring by the 5th day of your period and use condoms as a back up method for the first 7 days in the first month. Your next period may be delayed until you finish the pill pack. Quick start: start the first pill in the pack on the day of your office visit as long as you are not pregnant.Contact the office if you experience “period” like bleeding on continuous pills. Do not stop your pills if you are spotting. Spotting may occur in the first few weeks, but should improve with time. Monthly pills can also be used continuously as long as you skip the sugar pills. Your pill pack may contain 3 months of pills and a week of placebo pills or may not have any placebo pills at all. Continue for 3 months or longer as directed by your health care provider. Using pills continuously: Start pills on the first day of your period or the first Sunday after your period begins.This method may make your periods shorter & lighter, improve acne and PMS. 24 day pill pack with 4 placebo pills: Start this pill on the first day of your period (no back up method is needed) or no later than the 5th day of your cycle.You do not need to use condoms as a back up method to prevent pregnancy. 21 day pill pack with 7 placebo pills: Start your pill the first day of your period and no later than the 5th day of your period. ![]() It is ok to restart a new pill pack even if you are still on your period. The 21 and 24 day pill packs have placebo pills (sugar pills) and your period will usually start after the first or second sugar pill. Be aware that you will probably have some bleeding for a few days and it is ok to continue taking the pill. If you miss 1 or more pills, take it as soon as you remember and “double up” to catch up in your pill pack. Try to take your pill at the same time every day (morning or night). It is safe not to have a period as long as you are on birth control. Many women are now using birth control continuous to relieve menstrual problems and for convenience. That is because the birth control pill or ring is “withdrawn” for a period to occur. ![]() Periods on birth control are not “true” periods, but called withdrawal bleeding. ![]()
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