I started Nuvaring around September of 2014. It is now June of 2016 and I still use Nuvaring. In the beginning it had really messed with my body causing me to break out really bad and my period was always late or early and my premenstral symptoms were like never before. My cramps hurt more than ever, my flow was heavy and dark, and I felt like it wasn't working for me. Before Nuvaring, about a year before, I had tried the pill and it had only lasted a month before I stopped because I was too forgetful for the pill and it cause me to have a month long period. The reason Nuvaring stated off so badly with me is because my body was just getting used to birth control in general. I did a lot of crying those first few months and felt so emotionally unbalanced. My boyfriend at the time would ask me to take it out while we had sex because he said it hurt or whatever. Now that some time is passed and I have a new boyfriend everything is fine. I don't recommend taking it out for sex! My doctor told me that's very risky and often most of the time it fails is because of taking it out for intercourse. I recommend Nuvaring because it's once every three weeks instead of every day or every year. Plus, not that I'm proud of it but there should've been many times that I ended up pregnant and I have never been pregnant. Hope this helps anyone looking for a new birth control method! 💟