The newest contraceptive option - Vaginal Ring
If you want newest, easy to use, once a month contraceptive method, ask your doctor about vaginal ring. The vaginal ring is a new contraceptive method that offers protection against pregnancy without inconvenience of barrier methods, spermicides or remembering to take a daily pill.

How does it work?
The ring is a unique "combined" hormonal contraceptive method which consists of a flexible, transparent, plastic ring of about 2 inches (5.4 cm) in diameter and about 1/8" (4 mm) thick. The ring contains hormones; estrogen and a progestogen, similar to ones found in combined oral contraceptives (the pill). You insert ring into vagina yourself, this is very easy to do. The ring is left in place for 3 consecutive weeks, same number of days that is in one cycle of oral contraceptive pills. During this period it releases a steady low dose of hormones which prevent pregnancy by stopping release of a mature egg (ovulation). After three weeks, you remove ring to make way for a menstrual period, after a ring-free period of 1 week a new ring is inserted for another three weeks and so on.

How effective is it?
When used as directed, ring provides a reliable and high degree of protection against pregnancy. The reliability is comparable to that of pill. The exact position of ring in vagina is not critical for its action. As long as it feels comfortable ring is in right position and will release hormones necessary for contraception.