which is better for a 16 year old girl: NuvaRing or The Pill?
I'm sexually active and am kind of skeeved out by the idea of having something inside of me for 3 weeks [NuvaRing] and don't want my boyfriend to feel it during sex or have it fall out.
thanks!

The NuvaRing is designed to not fall out or be felt during intercourse, and there is no reason to be skeeved by having it inside your vaginal canal for three weeks. If you use tampons, they can be in you for up to eight hours and penises certainly aren’t as sanitary as sterile medical devices prescribed by a doctor meant to prevent pregnancy.

Your own sense of responsibility should be the deciding factor when choosing either of these methods. If used perfectly, meaning your birth control pill is taken at the same time everyday, then it is 99% effective against preventing unwanted pregnancy. If you are a “typical use” kind of girl, meaning you don’t remember to take it at the same time, then it is 95% effective against preventing pregnancy. Since the ring requires no daily pill popping, there is no typical use, and it is always 99% effective against preventing unwanted pregnancies.

However, the ring is the most expensive option between the two. I don’t know if your health insurance covers it (or if you are insuranced), but average cost is $35-$40 a month, whereas a generic version of the pill is usually on $10 with insurance.