Have you STOPPED using birth control??

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  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
    My main side-effect from stopping the pill was pregnancy.

    LOL This made me laugh!

    I have been on the pill, shot, and mirena in my day lol. The pill I stopped because I was getting yeast infections from it, not sure why or how.. the shot, It took almost 2 years to get pregnant with my first daughter, but aside from that, no other side effects. I had mirena taken out in October to try for our 3rd child, still no luck with that. I've been getting really heavy periods since getting it removed though.
  • ellenxmariex3
    ellenxmariex3 Posts: 165 Member
    I stopped the pill after my prescription ran out last July. I lost a few pounds but my period was so heavy I almost thought I was having a miscarriage. I went back on the pill right after that.
  • RuthSweetTooth
    RuthSweetTooth Posts: 461 Member
    Yes, you should stop and try to wait a few months before getting pregnant. Also increase your intake of folates and find out about good pre-pregnancy nutrition. The first few months of pregnancy are really important because that is the period when spina bifida occurs so it is important you start preparing without becoming pregnant in the meantime. Congratulations to you!

    Ruth
  • horrorghoul
    horrorghoul Posts: 59 Member
    I got off birth control because I was insane on it. The hormones are terrible. I heard the copper IUD is good. I was awesome on the patch & Depo but it made me bleed all the time and whats the point of a birth control that makes you bleed and you cant even have sex. ew., For now I am on nothing.
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