Spotting and No Period

[NicoleW09]

Lexi is nine months old now, and I quit birth control three or four months ago because I tried the NuvaRing and hated it (my cervix was really low when I put it in, and it made it uncomfortable). This month I had spotting at ovulation, and I didn't think anything of it until DH told me that the condom had broke two days before the spotting started. At 8 dpo I started spotting and have been spotting brown and red ever since. Most of the time it wasn't enough to make it to the pad I wore, and was mainly only when I wiped. I tested with an answer brand hpt on Sunday night and it was negative. I was supposed to start my period monday, and I didn't. Just spotting still. So, today I started my second pack of NuvaRing because even though I don't like it, I don't want two babies so close together, I'm afraid it would overwhelm me too much.

Should I go buy some FRER and test again just to be on the safe side? Because now I'm not even spotting at all, and since giving birth I've been extremely regular. And if I am pregnant, I don't want to keep the nuvaring in because I don't want to cause myself to miscarry for not thinking.

[Clysta]

Hard to say. If you DO choose to use the NuvaRing though, just remember to use additional protection for as long as it specifies to. Usually it's a month you need to use protection while it become effective.

[NicoleW09]

Well I feel like we need to do away with condom use. Dh doesn't always use them an we just dont need another baby right now. We had sex today with a condom an I noticed my cervix was high, normally its lower when I start af.

[Clysta]

I would definitely get a pack of FRER's and test tonight as well as tomorrow morning to see what it shows. If you are pregnant though, putting the NuvaRing in won't actually do much except maybe cause you to miscarry so I'm not sure using it will help. It takes time to actually offer protection as well so I personally would say don't bother with it and just not use it.