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Hello everyone welcome back to my channel my name is deanna taking off and i’m a woman’s health nurse practitioner if you have no clue who i am and new to my channel please check out my first video i go into what a nurse practitioner is and why i’m doing this just so you have an understanding of where all this information is coming from you know there’s so much
Out there online that is more anecdotal about what individual people experience and yes that can be great but everything is different for every single person so it’s good to have information as well from somebody who you know has more unbiased opinion so that’s why i’ve created this channel to give some useful information help you make the best decision for you
So today i’m going to be talking to you about the hormonal birth control ring or it’s called the nuvaring i have no affiliation whatsoever with that brand but that is the the main ring that’s out there there are a few new ones coming out on the market but the one i’ll be referring to is the nuvaring or the birth control ring so this is a ring that gets inserted
Inside the vagina i actually have a sample for you to see so this is what the ring actually looks like so it’s a circular ring that is easily to bent and you bend it together and insert it inside the vagina it stays in there for three weeks and in the fourth week you remove that ring and that is the week you should get your period so the hormone and actually inside
The ring and the hormones are being released into the vaginal tissue every day throughout the day and that is how it’s preventing pregnancy by preventing ovulation so the ring itself actually works very similarly to the pill and the patch so all three of those methods have the same group of hormones in an estrogen and progestin to help prevent ovulation or from an
Egg being released to prevent pregnancy so what’s nice about the ring is instead of taking a daily or putting on a patch every week this ring is changed monthly so it’s nice for the person who thinks i can’t remember to take a pill every day you can change something every month and you also have the full control of having control over your birth control method
It’s something you do yourself so usually when i bring this up to patients and women in general i either have a hmm okay that sounds interesting tell me more or no that sounds gross i don’t feel comfortable count me out so it really tends to go either way there’s not a lot of in-between so the way i always present this is if you are pretty used to using tampons
And feel comfortable using tampons it’s really very similar in how you put it in because when you put a tampon in there’s no way it can get lost in your body there’s really no wrong way to put it if you feel it you just kind of adjust it and that is exactly how the ring works as well it’s not going to get lost in your body there’s no wrong way to put it you just
Insert it and if you still feel it a little bit you adjust it it stays in for the three weeks and i’ll just show it again when it’s time for removal you just put your finger in and kind of hook the ring to pull out the ring and then that’s the week you get your period after seven days of having it out you put a new ring inside and that is how you’re using it so
Because it’s something that is every month again it’s about 98 to 90 percent 99 98 to 99 percent effective if you use it correctly changing it every month but you know with typical use if you find yourself forgetting to take it out or if you find that it’s out of you and you’re not sure how long it’s been out those are arrests that bring it down to about 93 to
94 percent effective with typical use so you know if you want more information on how the side effects work check out the birth control pill video the combined birth control but video because that goes into a little bit more detail of the side effects which are all pretty much exactly the same as with the ring but the main thing i wanted to share in this video
Is just what it looks like how it’s used and like i said it tends to be a love-hate relationship if you don’t feel comfortable and this doesn’t sound like something you’d want to do that’s totally fine there’s other methods out there and different things that might work better for you so i hope you enjoyed this video just a quick overview to help give you more
Information so when you’re going to your gyn appointment you have some useful information that you can go off of when deciding on what’s the best method for you if you liked this video don’t forget to like and subscribe to my channel please comment below if you have any questions or clarifications i love hearing from you and check out my instagram account it’s
Act underscore the ladies guide go over all different information throughout there as well thank you so much for watching and i look forward to my next video
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All about the birth control ring-BIRTH CONTROL SERIES | As told by a Nurse Practitioner By The Lady’s Guide
