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My first trip to the gynecologist was memorable for all the wrong reasons. I was 17, and my doctor was—to be blunt—an old guy with a pony tail. When I asked him about birth control to help with my hormonal breakouts, he made a weird joke reminding me to use protection (which isn’t exactly something you want to hear from someone that could’ve gone to high school with your Dad). I left the office feeling very weird and very much without a birth control prescription.
Flash forward four years and I was graduating college, accepting a job offer, and moving to New York City all within a one week time span. It was the most exciting time in my life, but my anxiety was also through the roof. The stress made my jawline flare up with a string of acne that could rival the Hawaiian islands. And spoiler alert, as a single woman moving to a brand new city, I planned on dating and even *gasp* having sex. Just like all of you headed to campus for the first or fourth (or fifth) time.
I’m not exaggerating when I say Nurx changed my life. All I had to do to get started was download the app, answer a few questions about my health history and goals (#1 is to not get pregnant, btw) to determine the best form of contraceptive fit for me, wait a few days for a doctor to review my information, and boom—I had a prescription. You also have the option to put in your insurance information (in most cases, your health insurance will bring the monthly cost of your birth control down to $0), but I opted out of this since I’m irresponsible and lost my insurance card during my move. Once you have your prescription, there’s no need to fill it at a pharmacy—Nurx sends it straight to your door.
Within a few days Nurx texted (!!!) me to let me know that a doctor had reviewed my information and prescribed me a contraceptive pill called Sprintec. (FYI, you can specifically request a prescription for a ring, patch, or shot if that’s better suited to your lifestyle, but the pill had the added benefit of being shown to clear hormonal acne—which was important to me.) A week and $15 later and my first pack arrived in the mail.
That’s literally it—it’s so fast, so affordable, and so effective that I can’t believe every single woman isn’t signed up for Nurx. Since I have automatic refills set up, Nurx charges me $15 once a month (only because I didn’t put in my insurance information, otherwise it would be $0) and sends me my pill pack for the month. I receive a text when I’m charged, and another one when my pill pack is on the way—there’s no losing important notifications in my spam folder. Now I feel completely protected from pregnancy (little reminder that you still need to use condoms to protect from STD’s, and Nurx can help with that too 😉) for less than what I spend on beauty subscription boxes each month. No uncomfortable gynecologist visits, no post-sex panic.
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