The Pill VS AF on the BIG DAY!

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I just wondered what experiences people had when coming off the pill?
My fiancé and I are getting married next year and hope to start trying for a baby straight away. I have been on Microgynon for 3 years and am contemplating coming off the pill 3 or 4 months before the wedding to prepare my body for TTC.
My main worry is AF turning up on my wedding day / honeymoon. If I went back to a normal cycle, would AF start 28(ish) days after my breakthrough bleed?
Of course I know that I may not go straight back to normal, but I have crunched some dates to try and work out when to come off if I do decide to do so.
Any advice on my situation / coming off the pill generally would be appreciated! Thanks x

Others with medical knowledge may come along and disagree but id stay on the pill just to manage AF! Id stop as soon as i was back from honeymoon - i dont think there is any reason to not get pregnant straight away- just means dates etc are more reliable but happy to be told otherwise by those more in the know

I second @Happycow and say stay on the Pill. When I came off the Pill I had a few weeks of very up and down moods while my body adjusted to the change in hormones and that's the last thing you want in the run up to the wedding. Also if you stay on the Pill you can manage AF and enjoy your big day and honeymoon. It'll barely delay your plans when you TTC and lots of people find they get their BFP almost straight away when they stop contraception.

When you come off the pill you have absolutely no way of predicting when you will have af - some people have a huge gap after their breakthrough bleed until first proper af and for some people it comes much less than 28 days after. My cycles were properly irregular for 6 months after stopping microgynon but it can take up to a year for them to settle into anything resembling a “normal” pattern

As pp have said, if you really don’t want to have your period for your wedding then it’s best to stay on the pill until after it...

I would stay on the pill till the wedding, my first cycle after break bleed was 38 days when I previously had a very regular 28 day cycle. It’s completely random really, we did get pregnant on the third cycle of coming off the pill though so my body did settle quite quickly.

I would stay on the pill too. To control not having your period for the wedding but also, so you are not pregnant for the wedding. The first few months of pregnancy are really tiring. I can remember going to bed straight after work for an hour and I didn't have morning sickness.

While some people do get their normal cycle and get pregnant straight after coming off the pill, it can resale others up to a year top start ovulating again. And then it can take up to a year top conceive. The conception board is full of women in that position.

So weigh it up. Sure, AF on your wedding day would be a shame, but would out be worse than waiting another 2 years to get pregnant?

Also consider if you come off 3/4 months before the wedding you might be in the throes of your first trimester on the Big Day. I fell pregnant around two months after stopping the pill!
Everybody is different, but I felt utter rubbish both physically and emotionally in my first trimester and I wouldn’t want to risk that on my wedding day at all!
Congratulations on your wedding and the impending ttc - exciting times!

Ah yes. If you come off the pill, remind yourself how condoms work until the wedding...

We did the same as you. So I downloaded an app that I kept a record of the period dates. They are for me the same every month when on the pill so easy to keep a record off. But I stayed on the pill right up until the week before the wedding as my period was 2 weeks before the wedding and believe it or not I got pregnant first go on our honeymoon... now 15 weeks! We were not going with the 'if we don't get pregnant first time my life is over' we thought if it happens it happens as we got married etc. So if you are regular and you know you are due before the wedding day might be an option :)