Pill

[Elsa12456]

Need someone’s help, I’ve been on the pill for around 2 and a half years I’ve never really took a break properly when your meant to but have had my periods a serval of times throughout my time taking it. I’ve decided that I want to come off it and have for around 2/3 weeks ago and had no sign of my period but me and my husband is trying and wondering if I still could?

[Afrohair]

If it Dosent come back you can get tablets to induce it from your g.p this is a common side effect of coming off the pill from a long time and the bleed you experienced wasn’t a period it was called a pill bleed you don’t ovulate on the pill or have periods you simply have pill bleeds where your hormones drop hope this helps your body may need a kickstart hope this helps 2-3 weeks is still quite early to have a period as periods come every 4 week as you have just come off pill you won’t know where you are in your cycle so you might have an irregular bleed to start with

[Elsa12456 in reply to Afrohair]

Could I still be able to try getting pregnant I’ve now came off it for 2/3 weeks?

[Afrohair in reply to Elsa12456]

Yes you can still try but if you got pregnant you wouldn’t know how far cause you don’t know your periods and it’s still possible to get pregnant

[Elsa12456 in reply to Afrohair]

Thank u

[Cooper27]

When you're on the pill, the break you have isn't actually a period, it's a withdrawal bleed. Missing it is not an issue, the only reason it's in there is essentially because men invented the pill, and felt it was unnatural for women to not bleed (I'm not meaning that as man bashing, it's just the story behind it).

In terms of coming off the pill, it can take several months for your period to return, so don't worry at all just now, it's only been a few weeks.

One thing to note is that the pill can deplete your body of some essential nutrients, and those nutrients are important for helping your period return and also for conceiving. You should definitely take time to work on your diet and also consider some pre-natal vitamins.

I've been eyeing up a book by Dr Jolene Brighten on support for coming off the pill, so it could be worth you checking out her website.

[Elsa12456 in reply to Cooper27]

Thank you, is it possible for me to be able to get pregnant during this time

[Cooper27 in reply to Elsa12456]

Potentially, but you have to get to a point where you're ovulating.

The way it works normally is: your body has to be in a healthy/hormone regulated way, you ovulate and 2 weeks later (or there abouts) you have a period. Potentially you'll get lucky and have unprotected sex in your first ever ovulation window, and get pregnant, but it's not the most likely outcome.

I don't want to scare you at all, from the bits I've picked up, the average timescale for falling pregnant after coming off the pill is 18 months. Most women don't realise this, and get worried they have fertility issues when the truth is their body just needs the time to recover from the pill. To be in that proportion that falls pregnant in less than 18 months, I would suggest putting pregnancy on a back-burner and focusing on getting your period back as first priority. By all means, have unprotected sex in the meantime, but just don't make that your focus and don't stress over that. When you get your first period, don't be disheartened that it means you're not pregnant - celebrate the fact it means you're ovulating & that means you have more chance of falling pregnant.