Confused when can i stop using birth control

[Mackers123]

I am reading conflicting advice and wonder if we have any Drs or experts on here.

If you are in peri menopause i get that you can get pregnant but if you know for sure you haven’t had a period for a year, you are then in the next stage of menopause/post menopause. Is it then you can safely say you will not get pregnant?

thanks

I don't know OP, but I'd be interested in tagging on a supplementary question for any medics: if you're on cyclical HRT and therefore having withdrawal bleeds at the end of the progesterone part of the cycle, how do you know when you're no longer at risk of pregnancy?

I am OP, and would like to add I am 51

Contraception should be continued for at least one year after your last period if the periods stop after the age of 50, and for two years if your periods stop before the age of 50. This is because sometimes periods may restart even after several months with no bleeding.

However, if you are using progestogen-only hormonal contraception you may well have only occasional periods or no periods at all, thus making it difficult to tell if you are menopausal. These methods can be safely used until the age of 50 (55 years for the progestogen-only pill or the IUS). Your doctor may recommend a blood test which would give some guidance as to whether you are menopausal.

If using combined hormonal contraception you will experience regular periods or withdrawal bleeds which again would mask one of the signs of the menopause. Blood tests are not reliable and not recommended if you are using combined hormonal methods.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/menopause-contraceptive-pill/

www.fsrh.org/standards-and-guidance/documents/fsrh-guidance-contraception-for-women-aged-over-40-years-2017/ there's a file here with lots of Info

thank you