"i wish i could say i had a good experience with the nuva ring but i didn&#039;t. i was one of the unlucky ones who suffered through very severe symptoms the entire time. i had severe cramping/abdominal pain for the entirety of the time i was using the ring. they were so bad that i took time off from work because i could not stand up. i bled almost constantly the entire time, and it was very heavy spotting, heavier than i had ever had from a period before using the ring. i bled heavily during and after intercourse. 

after the cramps became unbearable and i could not stand bleeding as heavily as i was i decided to come off nuva ring. it took my body seven months to stop bleeding heavily. i had heavy periods for two weeks at a time as my body readjusted. and even now my periods last longer than they did before using the ring. i also have spotting in between periods, and i never had spotting before using the ring. 

i&#039;m starting a new birth control, and i&#039;m hoping my body goes back to normal soon."