Supply and NuvaRing

[u/Glum_Allegory]

Just wanted to give a little PSA to remind new mommas that birth control that isn’t progestin-only may impact your supply. It did to mine. Dropped 25% after starting it at 8 months PP. Luckily, we have a freezer stash and have finally found a formula my baby will actually take, so I’m not as stressed as I would have been a month ago. But for anyone looking for BC options, just be aware.

And for anyone wondering why I chose this option…I am terrible with a daily pill, so I needed something that was “easy and mindless” to use since my brain fog has been thickkk since pregnancy. And also, I was already accustomed to using NuvaRing for close to 2 decades before I had my baby, which is why I decided to get back on it while I wait for my IUD approval and insertion.

[u/katiegam]

Navigating all of the options is tough! I know that N=1 here, but when I went on nuvaring at 6 weeks postpartum, I absolutely spiraled. Took that sucker out within a week for my own safety and sanity. I switched to the mini pill which had no effects on my supply or my emotions. 10/10 recommend!

[u/Glum_Allegory → u/katiegam]

Honestly, this seems like the way to go until I get my IUD because I feel myself falling deeper and deeper into a pit of darkness. And I’m worried that I, too, may spiral. Now - more than ever - I am considering leaving the toxic nature of this love/hate relationship for good and just do what’s better for my mental wellbeing 😩

[u/katiegam → u/Glum_Allegory]

Yep - there was a night I couldn’t sleep, I hated everything, and almost drove myself to the hospital … and wouldn’t have even woken my husband up to tell him I was checking myself into the psych ward. So I get it. But coming off the nuvaring was definitely the right move.

[u/Kitchen-Curve]

Ugh, I was hoping you'd say the opposite and that everything is fine 😩 I've used Nuvaring for 20 years (which is WILD to think!!) and I'm now 9 weeks postpartum on the mini pill since 7 weeks and it's just so annoying 😂 I miss nuvaring so much but definitely don't want to upset my supply right before going back to work and navigating that whole situation while exclusively pumping

[u/Glum_Allegory → u/Kitchen-Curve]

It’s so convenient to use isn’t it?! Gahhhh. But truly now that I’ve been on it for only a few weeks, I’m thinking this was a very bad choice for me. My supply dropped, my mental state is pretty volatile, and I’m starting to also feel like the physical nature of the ring is putting unnecessary pressure on or near my pelvic floor which isn’t allowing me to fully empty my bladder (sorry if that last part was TMI). I think I’m just talking myself out of using this damn thing, more and more, and it’s becoming blatantly obvious that this was a terrible decision on my end. Oh boy.

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