If the ring has been out for less than 48 hours, you need to wash it and put it back in as quickly as possible. You’ll need to keep it in until the day it was due to come out.
Extra contraception isn’t needed if:
- You’re in the first week after the ring-free break and you used the ring correctly in the week leading up to the break
- You’re in any other week of your cycle and you used the ring correctly in the 7 days prior to it coming out
If the ring has been out for more than 48 hours, you need to wash it and put it back in as quickly as possible. You’ll need to keep it in until the day it was due to come out.
If it’s the week after a ring-free break and you’ve had unprotected sex this week or in the break, you might need emergency contraception. You might need to take a pregnancy test in 3 weeks’ time.
If it’s any other week of your pill cycle you don’t need emergency contraception, provided you use the vaginal ring correctly in the week leading up to the ring coming out.