Well, i'm new to birth control, and I just started nuvaring. It's a device that is inserted into the vagina for 3 weeks, then removed for one week, then you repeat the cycle. It's super easy to use, it even comes with stickers to put on you calendar to remind you. It has a low dose of hormones, which is a plus that the patch does not offer. Check it out at Nuvaring.Com talk to your gyn, and do research there are sooooooo many methods other than the pill, and there's and entire archive of pill brands.