I have been experiencing a painful and unbearable allergic reaction to my birth control only during and after intercourse. This allergic reaction is a very strong burning sensation and intense redness and swelling of the entire genital area that lasts for several minuets (something like a ½ hour or more). I considered the possibility that I may be allergic to my partners semen (which has been reported to be an actual medical problem) so to test this theory we used a condom along with the nuva ring but the painful burning allergic reaction would still appear during and strongly after intercourse (so much so that I could not move from so much pain and my boyfriend had to help me into a warm bath to sooth the irritation). I couldn’t take it anymore it was just too painful! I switched to a different form of birth control (the pill) to see if I was having an allergic reaction to the nuva ring and within a week the allergic reaction did not reoccur. I was thrilled that I found a solution to this very painful problem. I talked to my doctor to explain what happened and she didn’t seem too convinced that was what was going on. She told me that maybe I just became accustom to my partners semen that it wasn’t causing an allergic reaction anymore. I when with this theory of hers both because my life is so hectic and my schedule is so crazy consequently I kept forgetting to take my pill… so I went back on the nuva ring. It took no time at all for the problem to be back! The first time I became intimate with the nuva ring in place I was having the same awful allergic reaction. I am getting off of this form of birth control for good now and sticking with the pill. I am going to try and use Yaz. I have never heard of such an allergic reaction to a BC...