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SuperGinger! posted:Currently we're only using condoms(was on trinessa but then the prescription expired), so I'm supposed to start using Nuvaring when I get my period. Is there a reason you're waiting until your period? Because you can start Nuvaring at any time, just wait 1 full week for the hormones to kick into your system entirely and you're good to go.
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saulwright posted:I hate to selfishly pop in here with a potentially paranoid, uber specific question, but here I go: Yes. e: For some extra authority to reassure you, from their website: http://www.thepill.com/thepill-faq quote:Am I protected from getting pregnant during "inactive" pills? Kerfuffle fucked around with this message at 10:27 on May 13, 2013 |
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Your body can freak out a bit coming off hormones yeah. If that swelling isn't going away see a doctor asap
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Niemat posted:How many days would you give it? Late response sorry.  I was going to say if hadn't improved over a week, make an appointment, and if it got noticeably worse then go see someone immediately. Swelling on joints can be caused by a number of things, some troubling, so it's really just a safe than sorry kind of thing. If it were me mention it next time you're at a yearly appointment or something.
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May 19, 2013 20:49
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Hiro Protagonist posted:This post may seem a bit paranoid, but I wanted a more educated opinion. Earlier today, I put Neosporin on the area between my groin and thighs because I had some chaffing issues. About 3 hours later, me and my girlfriend had sex with a latex condom. I didn't see and tears or anything, and she used spermacide before hand, but I wanted to know if this could be a potential concern. Thanks in advance! What is the question? If the neosporin in between your thighs ruined the condom protection somehow? If so, no. Also your girlfriend really shouldn't be using spermicide, it's really not good for vaginal health at all and can easily cause yeast infections. I don't even think the additional pregnancy protection it offers is isn't all that substantial.
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May 21, 2013 10:21
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Nah it's only an issue if something oil based is used as a lubricant. For what it's worth, look into the cream-type neosporin. It just absorbs and dries so you don't have to have goopy neosporin rubbing on your clothes.
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May 21, 2013 11:35
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Is there any reason an OBGYN's office wouldn't be able to check with my insurance if something is covered? I've left messages asking but I haven't heard back and it's been like a week. Their office is ridiculously busy so I'm not surprised, but I don't want to try to keep calling their office in vain. I just don't want to call my insurance myself if I can avoid it because I am a huge baby.
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Jul 19, 2013 00:15
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Guess I'll suck it up then, thanks everyone. 
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Jul 19, 2013 02:46
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Wooo my insurance said the procedure I asked about was 100% covered sans any expenses the office might include for visits. 
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silversiren posted:My boyfriend and I had an accident last night and I bought the Plan B pill this morning because I'm one of those extremely paranoid people with that kind of stuff. Thing is, I'm also taking antibiotics. I know antibiotics can affect how well birth control works, and Plan B, from my understanding, is just a giant dose of birth control, so will the antibiotics negate the effectiveness of the pill? If you call the pharmacy they should be able to tell you. I've had pharmacies refuse to give me straight answers on antibiotics and birth control before though. You can call any pharmacy and ask this if you want to though so you aren't stuck if yours won't tell you what you need to know. Not all antibiotics directly affect the effectiveness of birth control, iirc only a handful have been shown to.
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e: misread I need a nap
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Sep 2, 2013 22:34
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Might wanna make the video a regular link.
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Oh man, I'm sorry Bulletkiss. How weird that the left one just totally fell out like that. At least it's fixable. Thanks for posting the follow up.
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Erysipelothrix posted:E: I live in Boston. Never be afraid to ask questions.
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Skyla is pretty new, it's pretty much made for women who haven't had kids yet so the insertion process is easier. I assume it lasts a couple years less than mirena simply because it holds less hormones? Sorry about the wait for your IUD and the flat out (very badly reasoned) refusal from your gyno over Essure. The 35+ age thing is think is already kind of sketch, but whatever, I get it. But requiring you have children is ridiculously outdated thinking to me.
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Snorb posted:My girlfriend and I were intimate Thursday, Friday, yesterday, and today. She took a dose of Plan B today, and according to her period tracker she'll ovulate about Wednesday/Thursday? Not very. Buy some pregnancy tests. Plan B works best the sooner it's taken, and you're on the very edge of when it can possibly still work. Please look into a regular form of birth control. Plan B is not Plan A.
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Plan B is now effective up to 5 days, but the odds are still pretty bad. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/stlouis/emergency-contraception-23428.htm
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Coco Rodreguiz posted:Last night the condom came off me into my girlfriend last night. So we got the condom out of her and ran out and bought Plan B and she took it right around 2 hours after sex. From everything I know that's a pretty much textbook example of how Plan B is supposed to be used so I think our risk chances of pregnancy are pretty low but I'd figured I'd ask here in case there's anything else I should know. You should be fine. Her period will probably be completely thrown off to hell for awhile though, so don't panic over that. It's not a for sure thing, but just a heads up.
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Granted my knowledge of the intricacies of all the new insurance stuff is vague at best, but your nuvaring should still be free under the ACA regardless of your insurance? But to answer your question, if it were me I'd consider implanon or an IUD if you know something isn't going to be covered. I've been on nuvaring as long as you have, and if I ever were to try switching that was mentally my next choice.
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Nov 6, 2013 03:38
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Minnesota Nice. posted:My apologies if this has been posted before, but this is a really long thread. Apparently Essure is going through a redesign, but has refused to take the current model off the market.
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That sounds like a completely horrible doctor what the hell. If she doesn't bother being gentle during PAP smears I somehow sincerely doubt she did everything she could for your IUD insertion. I'd absolutely get a second opinion.
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appleskates posted:Just an update (I posted about a month ago because I wanted off birth control pills, asked my doctor for an IUD and was pushed towards the NuvaRing.) I LOVE IT. I have not changed my diet or exercise plan, but have lost 8 lbs in the past 2 weeks. My sex drive is SO back, and i'm not crying for no reason all the time, anymore. My partner can't feel it at all (I was planning on removing it during sex but we've been spontaneous and I just haven't bothered.) It's just so awesome. I also found out my copay for it will only be about $30, which is still a lot more than the $9 I was paying for Ortho Tri Cyclen, but it's totally worth it. I had a bit of nausea that first week but it passed. The best thing about it, really is that my HUGE appetite is just gone. I don't have an urge to get up and eat for an hour and then snack all day. I love you, NuvaRing. How are insurance plans skirting the whole free birth control thing? Ugh. I get my nuvaring for free. Either way though, Nuvaring has a discount thing here: https://www.activatethecard.com/6733/landingPage.html This is different than what I used previously, and but it seems more convenient and you get a bigger discount, your doctor should have them to give out if you ask. This goes for just about every brand name prescription.
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I have the same insurance brand. Wonder what the deal is?
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Millard Fillmore posted:Ohhhhhkay, so apparently they filled my prescription with a generic brand, is this still okay? You will still absolutely have the same birth control coverage, however you might have side effects you didn't have on the name brand. Generics have the exact same active ingredients, just different inactive ones.
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Is there any reason to pick Mirena over Skyla? I'm losing insurance soon and I kind of want to prepare for the worst by at least having birth control for 5 years.
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Evelyn Nesbit posted:Do the hormone-y type of IUDs have any of the same non-baby-prevention benefits of bc pills? I've been taking yaz for several years (originally prescribed to help with PCOS side-effects, which it's great at), but I'm not always 100% about doing it on time. That wasn't a problem when I was single, since I was either not having sex or using condoms for hookups, but I'm in a relationship now and I'd like to be able to not use condoms, but also be more confident that I won't get pregnant than I am currently. It does, it also has the bad parts but all that varies by the user. Mirena's hormone seems to cause acne more frequently but it can also make your periods go away so that's cool.
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appleskates posted:My doctor and my pharmacist both advised keeping the rings in the fridge up until insertion. Is that not what most people do? (Sometimes my dr will give me a box of five, and I just keep them in the fridge, and sometimes I get them one month at a time from the pharmacy.) Either way I keep them cold because my OB told me they are "activated" by being at body temperature, which is pretty much all summer here in the South. I was told the same. I also live in a hot area but they probably tell people that by default so they arent left in the car or something.
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Nuvaring can safely be kept at room temp, they're just generally stored in the fridge. Leaving them in a hot car or something is the most likely temperature risk I can think of that would actually reduce effectiveness.
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The Baroness posted:From last page, but I had one script that gave me really bad nausea the first day or two of every 'new' month/pack, but then it went away and the rest of the month was fine. This lasted the entire time I used that BC (the patch, not a pill) I still deal with this on Nuvaring. It's perfect other than that. But I've found a way to cheat the system by taking it out a day later than you would normally and using the new one a day early during the off week. Nausea is reduced considerably and I can actually function. This is probably a Nuvaring-only solution though, since you can use them for up to 4 weeks at a time and they won't lose effectiveness. Not really that related but I figured it might help someone else dealing with the same problem. :v
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