NWR - getting off birth control.

I been off for 5 years. I'm actually getting my tubes tied this summer. I had to wait until I was at least 25, or had 2 or more kids. FH already has 5 and we decided we aren't going to have any children together.

If you ovulated you can reasonably expect your period within 18 days. Luteal phase is almost never longer than that. If it's been longer than 18 days, you didn't ovulate when you thought or should take a test.

That's interesting saraleap. I had 2 different GYN's tell me it takes 3 months for the body to "get rid" of the hormones. Well from the sounds of it, it sounds like when it does arrive I'm in trouble!

I don't think it takes time to get rid of the hormones. If that was the case, people would get pregnant from missing one pill

Any time I've gone off a birth control that minimized my period (depo shot and pill), it always took a couple months to go back to normal. But I've never been regular and my period always seems to start on a different day every month.

@TaMory, while I was on it I had a no show period twice in that 5 and a half year span. Once a few months after I started taking it, and once the summer before my wedding. After it happened the first time, I asked my doctor and he said it was normal. I was one one of the lowest dose ones.

@love4life- good luck to you also!

@ Stephanie Y - that's good to know. And you're right, it's possible I didn't actually ovulate, but I think I did.

I was on BC for a few years because I had awful cramps to the point of throwing up and immobilizing cramps. I got off of it because I had a lot of spotting and my gyno at school was a typical southern Christian and would give me a lecture every time about not having sex until I was married. My periods have always been irregular (come once every 2-6 months) now it comes every month. For two years off of it I had lighter periods with minimal cramps. Recently it has been getting worse, but I think it's because it's always been a bit off.

My period went all crazy. It's been 3 years and it'd better now but still not super regular

I'm planning on finishing the pack of BC that I am on at the time of the wedding, and then stopping. I would be due to start a new pack the week after our honeymoon, so I just won't start that one. I'm worried about the stress of last minute planning causing my body to revolt and have me start my period on our wedding day if I were to stop after this pack is done!

My gynecologist said that many women that have been taking BC for awhile may end up getting pregnant right away, as the body is all "Woo! No extra hormones! We aren't being tricked into thinking we are pregnant by the pill now! Ovulate! Ovulate! Ovulate!" He's had multiple patients get pregnant their first cycle after stopping BC.

Mine was a week later than I was expecting the first month after getting off BC. I had been on BC for over a decade.

ETA: I almost lost my mind, I was 1 day away from testing. We want to wait at least 3 months after getting off BC before TTC.

I stopped the pill after years and years and three months after I was pregnant, so I never got a regular period.

Be careful! I stopped taking my pill after 10 years to try out natural family planning bc hormonal mood swings were driving me crazy- was trying to track ovulation and use condoms when we needed to. Took temps every day, paid attention to ovulation signs, etc. Totally got pregnant anyway the first month off the pill. That was 3 years ago lol.

Once i stopped Birthcontrol pills my period started 4 days later and lasted extra long until it regulated itself. A little over a month later i was pregnant

Lol thanks ladies! I told my husband he better be prepared to maybe get pregnant sooner then expected. Thanks for all the advice!

I was on birth control since 2006. I got off it briefly 2x. The first time was because I had a lump in my breast that turned out to be benign and the doctor took me off it for about a month. The second time I came off of it was when I started my raw food diet and started eating organic back in 2012, that last for about 3 months. While off it in 2012, I still got my period. However this last and final time I got off for good. I got off back in November 2015 because I was getting crazy migraines and I thought it was part of the cause. My doctor told me that if I was prone to migraines that bc increases your risk of stroke so I am no longer going to take again. I had my period the end of December into January. It completely skipped the rest of January. Then it came the end of February to March and nothing yet for March. So to say it's a little weird is an understatement lol. was getting nervous when it didn't come like the period tracker said it would, however, I realize that my body is trying to find it's rhythm so I have to give it time and let nature take it's course. It does come, so what I have been doing is eating healthier and I plan to exercise more. I don't want to take any medication or hormones to bring my period on. I plan on researching various herbs that may help and consulting my doctor and go from there. It is normal though to miss your period when coming off of bc especially if it was abnormal when you first started. Do some research and talk to your doctor about it.