# Why the hell would any woman want NuvaRing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385 "2006-10-22T00:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/21 "2006-10-23T10:15:56Z")
We have a winner! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/22 "2006-10-23T10:22:55Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] I never notice tampons. [/QUOTE] You must be doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![shizaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@shizaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shizaru)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/23 "2006-10-23T10:46:23Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] How dare you call you “hoo-hah” a “cramhole!” [/QUOTE] I kinda like that. “Cramhole”. heehee… ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/24 "2006-10-23T12:23:35Z")
[QUOTE=BoBettie] Because you just cram it up your cramhole once a month, that’s it! Nice and easy. Who wouldn’t want that? Very convenient and easy to use. [/QUOTE] Not me. If anything touches my cervix, I’m miserable. Tampons, divacups, pap smears, cervical biopsies, deep penetration - crampy and want to vomit. I can’t think of anything less appealing as a method of birth control…though I’m jealous of anyone who can - I so wanted to be a divacup sort of girl. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/25 "2006-10-23T13:07:56Z")
Plus, if you’re lucky, it actually _enhances_ orgasms… for both partners. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/26 "2006-10-23T15:53:24Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] I hate the word vagina. Outside of the OB-GYN which I also hate. Hoo Hah is actually marginally better. But I prefer “cunt”. [/QUOTE] :eek: I usually go with twat but “cramhole” has a certain charm. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/27 "2006-10-23T16:13:56Z")
[QUOTE=overeasy4] Women don’t do the horizontal hula with guys who call it a hoo hah [/QUOTE] What if it’s said in an Al Pacino style? ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/28 "2006-10-23T17:53:43Z")
Can you not taste or feel it with your fingers? Please do not confuse cramhole with piehole. That makes for an unhappy boy/girlfriend and a bizarre pie eating contest. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/29 "2006-10-23T18:01:38Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] What if it’s said in an Al Pacino style? [/QUOTE] I went back and reread the thread using Al Pacino’s voice in my head, it does make the thread even more amusing. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/30 "2006-10-23T18:04:12Z")
I tried the ring and it made me bleed the whole time I was on it. ☚ ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/31 "2006-10-23T19:28:58Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] You must be doing it wrong. [/QUOTE] :dubious: They seem to do what they’re supposed to do…which is just the one thing. And I forget about them once they’re where they should be. And **Dangerosa** I agree with anything getting near the cervix (yes, guys, there’s such a thing as too big) but I’ve never had that problem with tampons. And while I’m here, **gigi** twat is almost as bad as vagina. Almost. But cunt is (IMHO) the direct corallation to cock. Short and to the point. Perky 😛 . ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/32 "2006-10-23T21:01:03Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] :dubious: They seem to do what they’re supposed to do…which is just the one thing. And I forget about them once they’re where they should be… [/QUOTE] What **betenoir** said (re tampons, that is). As for Nuvaring - never used one but I have an I.U.D. anyway, so you can surmise that I’d be all in favour of Nuvaring as opposed to other less convenient methods. Certainly, patches sound a bit worrisome to me - I would always be worrying about them coming off, and the whole thing about contraception is it ought to be trust-able (new and clumsy word). ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/33 "2006-10-23T21:10:09Z")
[QUOTE=you with the face] I tried the ring and it made me bleed the whole time I was on it. ☹ [/QUOTE] Mine killed my sex drive, so I switched back to the pill. Otherwise, it was fabulous. I could never feel it, and I never had to worry about if I remembered to take my pill or not. My husband usually couldn’t feel it either. Also, you can take it out for sex if it bothers you (according to my gyno), as long as you put it back in within a few hours (I think it was 3 hours, but I never bothered taking it out so I don’t quite remember). ---
**Author:** ![Flea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d78d45/32.png) [@Flea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flea)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/34 "2006-10-23T21:10:37Z")
I had a friend who tried it and had the same bleeding problem as **you with the face** , and she didn’t have anything positive to say about it. I guess that’s why I stuck to my good 'ol pill, but I’d use it in a second if it didn’t bloat ya. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/35 "2006-10-23T21:12:10Z")
OK, my ignorance is showing. Do you ever have to take the NuvaRing out? Or does it magically dissolve or something? And also, what about the level of hormones? The patch is considered a relatively high dose - is the ring similar? I use the patch and it definitely isn’t perfect, especially in the summer when one wants to show a bit more skin. But it’s not THAT bad. The only time I have trouble with it coming off is when it’s on my butt and I soak in the bath (or a hot tub) for an extended period of time. I just learned to check it after going into the water. Otherwise it’s pretty damn convenient. But I’m open to this NuvaRing thingy if it’s as easy and hassle-free as people are making it sound. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/36 "2006-10-23T21:42:22Z")
I work at Planned Parenthood. If our client base is any representation of the general population when it comes to birth control preferences, the NuvaRing is overwhelmingly more popular than the patch–most reasons for which have already been described. To wit: 1. The patch has to be stuck on your skin on some fairly visible places–it cannot be “stuck on your butt” as the only approved sites are the lower abdomen, lower back, shoulderblade, and bicep. Any of these spots may be visible to the world at large on a young woman in the summer. 2. It causes skin irritation seemingly more often than not. Some of my patients would still have square “patch mark” rashes a month later at an old site. 3. It has to be changed weekly. 4. If you have any curves or squishiness at all, it’s hard to keep in place. You have to ensure that they don’t fall off, or at least pay a lot of attention so you can replace them in time. This means that you have occasional risk of pregnancy, and that you spend a lot on birth control if you have to pay for it. 5. Although it’s a lower overall dose of estrogen, it’s delivered straight through the skin and into the bloodstream, so it has a higher estrogenic effect. This causes some women to experience more side effects with it than with other methods. It seems to be really popular with the 15 year old cheerleader set, but otherwise it seems like the majority of women I see try it for a few months and then… go to the Nuva Ring anyway :D. We often will give patients 13 cycles of birth control to cover them for the next year, if it’s something they’ve been on for a while and know they’re happy with. We almost _never_ do this with the patch, because nine times out of ten they’ll be back in three months anyway complaining that they don’t like it anymore and can they please have pills or the ring instead–thereby wasting $300 or so worth of patches which have to be thrown away. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/37 "2006-10-23T21:47:44Z")
[QUOTE=Ghanima] OK, my ignorance is showing. Do you ever have to take the NuvaRing out? Or does it magically dissolve or something? And also, what about the level of hormones? The patch is considered a relatively high dose - is the ring similar? I use the patch and it definitely isn’t perfect, especially in the summer when one wants to show a bit more skin. But it’s not THAT bad. The only time I have trouble with it coming off is when it’s on my butt and I soak in the bath (or a hot tub) for an extended period of time. I just learned to check it after going into the water. Otherwise it’s pretty damn convenient. But I’m open to this NuvaRing thingy if it’s as easy and hassle-free as people are making it sound. [/QUOTE] Each ring is inserted at the beginning of your cycle (day 1 week 1 of your patch cycle), stays for 21 days, is removed the day you’d normally remove your last patch, and stays out for 7 days (patch-free week). You insert a new ring on day 1 again. The hormones are in the vinyl and are released when it heats up to body temperature–it’s body heat and moisture activated. It’s roughly half the dose of estrogen found in most oral contraceptives, but they don’t really translate directly–as I said above, the patch is “low dose” at 20mcg (if I’m recalling correctly) but because of the delivery system has a higher estrogenic effect. I find, and this is only anecdotal keep in mind, that most women do not seem to experience side effects with the ring. I can’t praise the ring highly enough in the world of combined contraceptives, it’s very convenient and easy to use, but like anything it doesn’t work out for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/38 "2006-10-23T21:56:49Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I usually go with twat but “cramhole” has a certain charm. [/QUOTE] Brendan Behan (playwright) once called it a woman’s “cathedral.” Nice double-meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/39 "2006-10-24T01:10:32Z")
[QUOTE=ShelliBean] Can you not taste or feel it with your fingers? [/QUOTE] In my experience: taste, no, feel it with my fingers, yes, feel it with my penis, rarely but it did happen. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/40 "2006-10-24T02:46:35Z")
“Hoo-hah” is unacceptable? Hmm. Well, how about “babyhatch”, then? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385.md?page=3)