11th
Libido & the NuvaRing
I’ve been having misgivings about the NuvaRing lately. I can’t be exactly sure, but I suspect it’s affected my sex drive. Ever since I started using it, it’s like a switch has been turned down. Not off, exactly, but definitely very low. I don’t think about sex as much as I used to. I don’t really think about it much at all.
On the occasions that we do start to get into it, I find that I’m easily distracted. I’m ticklish, i have a thousand things on my mind, my body doesn’t seem to respond. Otherwise, my boyfriend and I are fantastic. I find him incredibly attractive and we get along really well. We cuddle a lot and kiss, but taking it farther seems to not flow as smoothly as it used to.
The interesting part is that when I remove the ring (for a week each month while I get my period) I find things start to change. After a couple days without it, usually around the same time my period starts, I’m suddenly feeling normal again. I wake him up in the middle of the night and I have dreams about it.
This all leads me to suspect that perhaps it’s the birth control. Has anyone else on the Ring experienced this? I haven’t found anything conclusive during my online searches, but would love to hear from other girls who’ve noticed the same thing.
I found myself wryly wondering the other day if perhaps this numbed libido is the reason WHY the NuvaRing is so effective at preventing pregnancy…
