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    Sad Nuvaring = pregnancy mimicry! HELP!!!

    OMG I hate that devil ring.

    Here's the short of it: I have a really important photo shoot on Nov. 10th that I have to look my best for. I just took out my Nuvaring a few days ago after having one in for 3 months. These last few weeks, it totally changed my body! My boobs are way bigger, I feel bloated and just chubbier/more cellulite than before. When I lay down, I have a *distinct* and noticeable roundness from my belly button to my pubic area. I have taken lots of pregnancy tests and they're all negative (I've been on continuous BC ... Depo/now Nuvaring for over 3 years).

    I absolutely have to find a way to "detox" in the next week to get this lower stomach bloat to go down! It literally looks like a tiny baby bump! I haven't gained any fat, I don't think, because my eating habits haven't changed and the bump is still hard to the touch like my abs always were except now it protruds instead of being flat like normal! This isn't my body and it's so scary

    Please someone offer advice or help. Will drinking extra water/going to the sauna/working out extra to sweat it out help at all?!

    That horrible ring gave me soooo many side effects that I am swearing off hormonal BC altogether forever!


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    Default Re: Nuvaring = pregnancy mimicry! HELP!!!

    I wish I knew what would help. I've always been on depo and I've never had problems with it. A lot of times if you go on the website for the bc you're on, there are answers to some frequent questions.

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    Thanks hun I loved depo for like 3 years, but it randomly made my hair start falling out in CHUNKS the last few months. As in, I had little bald shiny spot on my scalp like a cancer patient. So I went off Depo ... it was awesome until that happened though.

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    Default Re: Nuvaring = pregnancy mimicry! HELP!!!

    I hated the ring...could never figure out if it was still there and it gave me horrid yeast infections.

    Try a progesterone cream to balance the estrogen bloat. Also, dandelion root capsules. Im so ready for a "male pill".

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    Default Re: Nuvaring = pregnancy mimicry! HELP!!!

    I've been on Nuva for ages, but I haven't had any side effects like you mentioned. That's awful though - I so sorry your body is reacting this way. Some women just don't do well with BC pills.

    Drink a ton of water. Try a sauna like you mentioned and work out like crazy. It sounds nuts, but if you wrap something tight around your tummy (like spanks or saran wrap) and do some hardcore cardio for an hour, it'll 'spot reduce' that area temporarily....I've heard it's an old modeling trick.

    I hope your photoshoot goes well!



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    Default Re: Nuvaring = pregnancy mimicry! HELP!!!

    Ive been on Seasonique for about a year now and I love it. I am very sensitive to birth control. I tried the yearly depo shot and it made me super high strung, anxious and depressed. I also gained 10 lbs from it. I hated it. I've never tried the nuva ring. I've also heard some bad things about how it can form scar tissue in your uterus and make you not be able to have children. If I take any birth control with estrogen in it it makes me really moody and bloated and I break out. I can't complain about one thing with the seasonique though, I would try that one if you haven't, just a thought. You only have your period every three months.

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    Default Re: Nuvaring = pregnancy mimicry! HELP!!!

    Could it be from water retention? I know hormone BC's mess with this.

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    Default Re: Nuvaring = pregnancy mimicry! HELP!!!

    Nuvaring.com
    youll get all the info

    I was on the nuvaring for a few months and never had any side effects....
    except i got pregnant

    I have a friend that has 2kids and when she was pregnant her pregnancy test would say negative, so she went to the doctors and learned she was pregnant with a blood test I believe.

    You might not be pregnant, but it could be bloating and side effects of the nuva ring. Also....if you keep telling yourself you are pregnant your body could be reacting to that and you might get bloated and your body will act like you are pregnant even if you are not.

    I hope this helps and good luck with the photoshoot

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    Default Re: Nuvaring = pregnancy mimicry! HELP!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by liljenna View Post
    Nuvaring.com
    youll get all the info

    I was on the nuvaring for a few months and never had any side effects....
    except i got pregnant

    I have a friend that has 2kids and when she was pregnant her pregnancy test would say negative, so she went to the doctors and learned she was pregnant with a blood test I believe.

    You might not be pregnant, but it could be bloating and side effects of the nuva ring. Also....if you keep telling yourself you are pregnant your body could be reacting to that and you might get bloated and your body will act like you are pregnant even if you are not.

    I hope this helps and good luck with the photoshoot
    She posted this 7 months ago.

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    Default Re: Nuvaring = pregnancy mimicry! HELP!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by UwishUknewhy View Post
    She posted this 7 months ago.
    Ah, thank you! I was trying to figure out why she was freaking out over a shoot 5 months from now. LoL!
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