"i have always used natural family planning until my husband and i started working at the same hospital and our hours made it impossible to keep track of everything like we had previously. i decided i&#039;d try the lowest dose of birth control which is the nuva ring. i had it in for less than one week because i became extremely depressed, crying spells, constipated, and nauseated. all of this mattered but i felt like my body needed to adjust to this... until, after sex i was bleeding and the left side of my vagina was very painful. "