Coming off the pill side effects

[MrsERH]

Hi all

I came of the pill (cerazette) 3 weeks ago today and still no sign of AF. I was just wondering how long it took for people to get back into some form of normality and what sort of side effects they experienced? For the last couple of weeks I've had massively sore boobs but that's about it.

We are going to be TTC from October and worried that because I've been on the pill for the last 12 years or so (at least 9 years on Cerazette with no period at all). I am overweight and was wondering if anyone else had experienced issues getting AF back and what you did?

@MrsERH I was on cerazette and it took me over 100 days to have any bleeding at all when I came off it to TTC. Hope it's quicker for you x

Not going to read into it to much been early days but will definitely do the deed x

@Hayley94 good luck... but I used to get a bfp OPK just before af. But I am a strange case lol. But good luck if you are ovulating soon 🤞 it is said that you are most fertile on your first cycles after stopping birth control.

@MrsERH I was on ovranette. My periods are still Irregular and all over the place. I hope yours comes quicker though x

Just as an update - AF arrived yesterday. 5 weeks to the day I stopped taking cerazette.

Not entirely sure it is a proper AF or a withdrawal bleed but I can't remember what my AF was like before I started on the pill years ago!! We shall see

I cam off Noriday 3 weeks ago today, had a withdrawal bleed 2 days later and nothing since, opk tests all negative.
Then last night I got spotting and odd cramps on right hand side but nothing this morning.
I had been on Noriday for 4 years and had fairly regular bleeds every month (towards the end it was very predictable when I was due on, tracked periods with period tracker and it was right to within 1 day).
I feel all over the place at the moment now though

I've also had reduced appetite since coming off and headaches - taken more paracetamol since coming off than I had in the last 3 months

Exactly the same as me with cerazette @MrsERH I guess our next period will help us to start tracking and seeing what it's like (having been on the pill for so long) 🤞🏻

@Wearenotyourkind Did yours feel like a normal period? This seems very light which makes me think it's more of a withdrawal one.

I guess I would describe it as normal. It certainly wasn't light. Last for 4/5 days.

Just another update really. This only lasted 2 days and was extremely light flow but very dark in colour. Weirdly I've had a similar flow this morning 4 days later. Odd

That is odd. I'm now on to cycle #2 as AF arrived yesterday. Exactly 28 days after last, so I'm hoping that means my cycle is all back to normal.