Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

When should I come off the pill?

3 replies

Findmeatthegym2020 · 13/07/2022 07:54

Me and my partner have decided that next year we are happy for my to come off my pill and see what happens so to speak. I only have enough pills to last me until the end of December now anyway and my GP won’t prescribe me any more of the ones I’m currently on due to the health risks so I would have to swap to a different pill if I wanted to continue taking one which I don’t really want to do for the sake of a few months.
we didn’t want to come off the pill until around mid next year so to come off it in Jan worries me slightly in case we end up getting pregnant straight away. We will be using Natural Cycles to try and control this however.
we also want to go on holiday early next year but this is also a concern with my periods possibly being all over the place once coming off the pill.

My question is, should I come off it in December and go into the new year getting my periods back to normal and try and be careful until the mid point of the year when we want to get pregnant or shall I buy some of the current pill I was advised against taking by the GP (only for an extra 3 months to get me through going on holiday) and come off it slightly later?

OP posts:
Flederjo · 13/07/2022 08:00

Come off the pill completely and he can wear protection 😐It's not just your responsibility!

DockOTheBay · 13/07/2022 08:02

Come off in January, use alternative methods such as cycle tracking or condoms. It wouldn't be the end of the world if you got pregnant in January if you're planning to in June anyway. I wouldn't stay on a medication which you have been advised to stop. TBH personally I would stop now for health reasons but January would be fine.

OneEyedPenguin · 13/07/2022 08:12

Can't you just use condoms?

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread