JUST SO EXCITED! 😃

This might be weird to others but to me, it will feel like a brand new life! Little backstory on my experiences with birth control, when I was 15 years old I had irregular periods and I’m talking about having a period 2-4 times a year since I first started my period at 12 years old. I also had a dermoid cyst on my ovary and I would have real bad cramps and sharp pains so my OB put me on the birth control pills to help regulate my period and help out with the cramping. I was on the birth control pill for about 6 months and I was fine on it but it made me not have any periods at all and plus I ended up getting my cyst removed and got off the birth control pills after that. I didn’t take any birth control at all until I was 17 years old when I had been in a relationship with my ex and it was almost a year after we started dating that my mom made me get on it after a pregnancy scare. I got on the depo shot and got my first shot, I bled for 3 months and they told me once I get my 2nd shot that the bleeding will eventually stop but I didn’t like the bleeding and was scared of bleeding the whole time that I was on it so I didn’t go back for my 2nd shot and I bled for 3 more months so 6 months total. I was pretty much living with my ex and his mom and sisters so there was 4 of us girls total and I don’t know if it was from them but my period cycle started syncing with theirs and my period became regular for the first time ever in my life and even moving out after two years of living with them, my period remained regular and on time each month. I didn’t get on anymore birth control since we found out that my ex was infertile anyways, confirmed by the doctor. Fast forward to May 2017 when my now fiancé helped me get out of my relationship with my ex since he was very abusive in several different ways. Me and my fiancé started dating June 2017 and I was just so happy for the first time in my life dating someone. I called and scheduled to get on birth control and they couldn’t get me in until September 2017 so we used condoms but the week of my birthday in June, we didn’t use a condom that time since we went out drinking and got slammed and didn’t realize until we woke up naked the next morning. At the end of June toward the beginning of July, I found out I was pregnant with my son just from one night not using protection. I had my son March 8th, 2018 and got on the depo shot again in April 2018 and I thought it would be different since now my periods were regular than it was years ago when I first got on it but nope, in fact it was worse. I bled for 6 months straight with no break like I did the first time when I was 17 years old then after that I haven’t had a period since and that was back in September. When I got the 2nd shot, I had zero sex drive, weight gain, real bad mood swings, didn’t any patience and it was affecting my relationship with my fiancé. I kept telling myself that I am calling to get off the shot to get on something else but I kept stopping myself because I would make excuses and tell myself that I was scared to get the NuvaRing and that I couldn’t take the pill everyday at the time same time and I didn’t want the patch because frankly, I have never heard of it. I didn’t want the arm insert because I heard horror stories about that and didn’t want anything like the iud because we plan on trying for #2 by the end of the year and my OB office is always so busy that if I wanted to get it taken out by the end of the year but didn’t call until last minute (and I’m meaning 2-3 months before I want it out) then I would have to wait even longer. I wanted a birth control that I could stop on my own without having to wait for the doctor to take it out of me. Finally back in March of this year, I called the OB and told them that I need off the depo and on something else because it’s taking a toll on my physical and mental state and it’s ruining my relationship with my fiancé. I went in last Tuesday and told them that I want the NuvaRing and I want to give it a go. My OB tried to push other birth controls on me like the IUD or arm insert but I said no and had to say no like 5 times before leaving. She also tried to tell me that she can prescribe me some other meds to help with sex drive and my mood swings but I stuck to my guns and said no, I want the NuvaRing and only the NuvaRing. She finally let it go and called in the prescription and scheduled me in for my next appointment and I was so happy especially since she was trying to force me to switch to a different birth control or tried to get me to stay on the depo. I know it doesn’t mean a lot to others but I am so EXCITED! When me and my son left that appointment, I was jumping for joy and texting my fiancé about it and even my mother! 😅 I am so ready to have my body and mind back! I will NEVER get on the depo even if that’s the only birth control out there. I am so ready to have my sex drive back and to have my happy family that I’ve been waiting for over a year now. I put my NuvaRing in tomorrow and just wait for my hormones to be normal again. I understand that there are side effects for every birth control and this could have negative effects also but I heard so many good things about it and I love the fact that I can do it myself and not have to worry if it’s in correctly since it’s like putting a tampon in. I know it sounds weird but I am ready for my regular periods to be back! Here’s to me praying and hoping that this birth control works for me 🤞🏻 if you read the whole thing then you are one brave person because I wrote a lot 😅 lesson learned is I need to speak up more and sooner and listen to my body a lot more! Thank you for reading if you did!