Can I take nuvaring out during intercourse?

Hhhmmm. I have always loved the nuva ring and never got pregnant for years... had a crazy all nighter love in... like four hours of intercourse and my boyfriend found the ring on the floor. I said it could be out for a few hours and we went back at it. That was the 4th week of having my ring in... I skipped periods... I stopped using the ring and thought I didn't get my period because... I just hadn't had it for almost a year. But no, somewhere in that last week... sigh... I wouldn't recommend it... was it out more than 3 hours combined with the ring on its last week of protection? Be careful and don't pull an all nighter and not know when it fell out or when you should have put it back in.

No, no, no! I asked my health care provider and read in the manual about if you take it out but insert it back in no longer than 3 hours you should be good. Nope. I have been on the Nuvaring for 8 years, had a very serious, long term relationship with while being on this birth control, never got pregnant. Until this past year with my current relationship. I had never received complaints prior to, but he could also feel it (he is I guess you could say well above average in that area). So we took it out and place it right back in after intercourse. Here we are now with our 6 month old daughter. If you don't want to get pregnant, do not take it out or use another form of birth control if you do. She's the best thing that has ever happened to us!! But a big, good surprise!

Yes you can for a minimum of three hours no more and you put it back in asap

Hi, I just saw this post as I was doing some research. When my doctor suggested this form of bc for me, she said it could be removed for a very maximum of 3 hours if I wanted to for intercourse.

It's funny that one of the commenters mentioned to look at the patient info on the NuvaRing site, and said you CAN'T take it out, whereas I found this further down on that same page:

NuvaRing® can accidentally slip out of the vagina while removing a tampon, during intercourse, or straining during a bowel movement. If NuvaRing® slips out of the vagina and it has been out for less than three hours, you should still be protected from pregnancy. NuvaRing®can be rinsed with cool to lukewarm (not hot) water and reinserted as soon as possible, and at the latest
within three hours of removal or expulsion (slipping out).

Personally, my boyfriend can feel it, so knowing that it can be taken out for up to three hours is helpful.

The part about cleaning it is only if you have to take it out and reinsert it... you don't have to regularly clean it. Once you've used it for the 3 weeks, you can throw it out, have your week without it, and then put in a new one.

Hopefully this helps!

No!!! You need to keep Nuvaring in for for 3 weeks, take it out for one week, (7 days) then replace with a new one for another 21 days! If you take it out , you before 21 days you can get pregnant.

No. You dont want to be taking nuvaring out during sex. If it bothers your bf then you should probably talk to your provider about other options. Having Nuvaring in and out isnt a good idea and will end up putting you at risk for pregnancy.

They have a big black letter statement that says leave it in place for 3 weeks. It also says if you feel it it may not be back far enough, so here is the web site for it, there is alot of good info on it. http://www.nuvaring.com At the bottom of the site it says patient info, if you read all that you'll be an expert on it.