My girlfriend has been on the nuvaring
since September 2007. She put in the
current ring on April 2. We had
unprotected sex that weekend (April 5-6)
because her period just ended and she was
on the nuvaring. (Thinking that she isnt
fertile at the moment, combined with the
birth control) Last week (about 8 to 10
days ago) she was diagnosed with some type
of staph infection, and put on Cephalexin
(she told the Doctor she was taking
Nuvaring) So she started taking the
medication about 12 days after unprotected
sex, and a little over 2 weeks after
inserting the Nuvaring.
She started bleeding on Sunday (April 20),
and it was enough to warrant using a
tampon. But by Monday, it had stopped. The
ring was not supposed to come out until
April 23 or 24. She still has it in and is
not taking it out until it is supposed to
come out this week.
is there any reason she should get her
period/bleeding BEFORE taking the ring
out? Can the medication cause this
bleeding? She is also under a lot of
stress with the end of the semester coming
up. She said its like a normal period, not
any lighter or heavier than normal.
-concerned boyfriend-
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Lawyergal
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 05-22-08 14:39pm
Antibiotics can effect the birth control
and can cause break through bleeding, have
her check the information packet with the
ring. It can also effect the
effectiveness of the birth control itself
so be cautious and use protection til
she's been off the antibiotics for a
while. Stress may be exacerbating the
breakthrough bleeding. If she goes for
7-10 days or it gets extremely heavy (like
a pad an hour) she should call her doctor
immediately!
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anniek
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 425 Location: , Iowa Usa
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Posted: 05-23-08 08:00am
Yep like said above I'm sure it was just
some break through bleeding. Also make
sure to be careful the antibiotic can
cause it to be less effective. My boss
always told me 24 hours after the last
dose of antibiotics then its out of your
system. Unless your on like a z-pak these
stay in your system a total of 10 days, so
5 days after your last dose. And also
sometimes women just have a little break
through bleeding for no apparent reason
I'm sure she is just fine unless the
bleeding continues for a long period of
time with out stopping, then she needs to
go see a Dr.
