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.
Instructions For Using NuvaRing to Skip Your Period: 1  Determine the month that you want to use NuvaRing to skip your period. 2  Make sure that you are using your NuvaRing the month before the month that you want to skip your period. 3  After you have inserted your NuvaRing and left it in place for three weeks, take it out on Day 1 of Week  4.