Insurance that helps pay expenses for nursing care or other help in old age sounds like a great idea. But when companies started selling long-term-care insurance policies decades ago they did a poor job of figuring out how much to charge, forcing them to repeatedly raise rates to consumers.
Just yesterday I went to the doctor to start on the NuvaRing. The doctor had me insert the ring at the appointment even though I'm at day 15 of my cycle. When I got home, I read that women who are starting NuvaRing who haven't been on another form of oral contraceptive should start the ring between days 1 and 5 of their cycle.
Nuva Ring is a flexible ring about the size of a ponytail holder that is full of hormones. It is a form of birth control that provides the hormones vaginally instead of orally. You place it inside your vagina towards the cervix and leave it there for 3 weeks. The Proper Use of NuvaRing Contraception NuvaRing was the first vaginal birth control method. 2  It is a plastic, flexible ring a woman inserts into her vagina monthly to prevent pregnancy.