NWR - getting off birth control.

Following! Also any side effects anyone's experienced? If I ever forget to take mine I get bad cramps so really worried that will happen when I permanently stop.

Following! Want to start trying to get pregnant shortly after wedding so am interested in this

I was having high blood pressure while I was on the pill so I stopped as well, but I quickly switched to an IUD which has been much better overall! In between, I didn't notice much change, but I've never had many volatile symptoms.

I took the pill for a few years & when I stopped I didn't get my period for like 3 months. Ever since stopping the pill my period has been very irregular & horrendously painful. I just had a Mirena IUD put in a month ago- so far it seems awesome!

Following! I don't have any advice, but I've been on BC for about 10 years straight so definitely interested

It can take 6 months to regulate. I did right away but not everyone does. I was on it for about 8 years straight.

I was on BC for 10 years and had to go off because of high BP. I have mirena now, but I think I got my period 2-4 weeks after going off. All I remember was that it came out of nowhere and it was super heavy and I had to leave work. Traumatizing lol.

I went off about the same time as OP. The only issue I have had is some cramping. I'm due to start next week. We'll see how it goes.

I was taking the pill for over 10 years and when I decided to stop putting hormones into my body. It's now been two years since stopping the pill. When I first stopped I didn't get my period right away. It took about two months. It's been pretty regular tho shorter then a full 28 days. I'm more around 24 days but they only last 3-4 days total which is super nice. The only side affect I feel like since stopping is I get more acne now. I hope this helps!

I used the ring for five years and stopped six months ago. My period came as planned and has been regular ever since. I've had regular and light periods all along though, with very minimal PMS symptoms.

Good to know most of us are in the dark together lol. I was on once before many moons ago, for medical reasons. I was only on for like a year. It came back normal after that. We will see what happens. I've had the breast tenderness and other PMS symptoms right on schedule. I was hoping I'd be lucky and it would come on time. I guess we'll wait and see

Following! Been on it for 7 years and planning on getting off it right before the wedding to get pregnant

OP, I am literally on the same schedule as you. I didn't start my next pack in February and was also supposed to get my period this past Thursday but nothing. I was on the pill for 12 years straight and so far, the only side effect I have seen has been extreme bloating. It's starting to get better, but I'm feeling majorly fat and gross The reason I decided to stop was because I didn't get my period in December and then didn't get it again in February, and I have always been regular. I also plan to start TTC once we get married, so I figured stopping now would be a good idea.

I went off in February, it started about a month and a half after going off. Lasted 4 days, few cramps and my skin broke out a little (noooooo! not this again!) and I swear my hair is a bit oilier, but otherwise, it wasn't too bad. I recommend downloading a period tracker app so that it will help you remember --if you're like me the only way I knew when it was coming was the pills went from orange to green, lol.

And I've been ovulating (so says the discharge in my panties). So I'm miffed I have all the signs but no period. Husband doesn't want to get pregnant till at least July. Makes it hard to track my ovulation when I don't know what my cycle is going to be like. Boo, I wanted this to be easy lol.

@AMW - that's the only way I knew also haha. I downloaded a tracker the day I stopped taking them.

Jazmin aren't you concerned you might randomly get symptoms or your period on the wedding day if you stop right before?

I'm going to finish out the last pack through the wedding just to be sure I don't have any surprises, then I'll be done with it.

I did the opposite! I actually got on it in December after being off for years, I mean YEARS! Lol. My body is still doing weird things! Good luck!

Okay, let me tell you my horror story.

I was on a brand of bc for 3 years, until it started drying me out. Thats right, no period at all, I was freaking out and taking pregnancy tests for 2 months before I went to the doctor, he said it thinned my lining to nothing and I should go off it for a while. Now my normal periods had been light and not terrible on the cramping before they stopped.

Now. When I tell you my shark week came in a month with a BLOODY VENGENCE, I am not exaggerating. I was having to change my supers every 2 hours, when I could get out of bed, because my cramps where like nothing I had felt before, I was bedridden for 2 days.

Now I'm good, just simple cramping and a very timely everything. But that was the worst I can ever remember it being...

Goods luck lol

I went off BC for one month after my surgery because I wasn't able to take the pills for 4 days. (Wasn't allowed to even have water for 4 days). My period was regular that one month. My Gyno also only recommends I stop taking BC the month we decide to start trying. He doesn't believe the body has to get "rid" of the hormones. I've also been on it for about 10 years.