I hate the ring now. I was on it a couple yrs ago and all went fine. Got on it again about 2 months ago. The first month I spotted pretty much the whole time...miserable! Into the second month itching, swelling, burning after sex started. I thought that it was some sort of infection, so I got some antibiotics. They did nothing! I've decided now that the common problem here seems to be this damn ring! I've taken it out now...SO not worth being miserable everyday!