9 WOMEN ON WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WENT OFF HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL

9 WOMEN ON WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WENT OFF HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL

By mindbodygreen.com - Anna Williams

The birth control pill is a synthetic hormone and it can really mess up your hormones over a long period of time.  I would not recommend it as an option for birth control.  Here is an article about 9 women's experiences.

Most of us are familiar with the side effects of starting hormonal birth control.

After all, four out of five sexually active American women have used the Pill at some point — and that's not including other forms of hormonal contraception, like the vaginal ring or injections.

But while we may be well aware of the changes that might result after taking birth control, we rarely hear what happens after women stop.

Of course, every woman's body handles hormones differently. But it's still helpful to know what you might encounter when you say goodbye to birth control. So we had nine women share what really happened after they quit hormones — from decreased mood swings to a seriously spiked sex drive. 

1. "My body forgot how to have a period."

"I was on NuvaRing, a vaginal ring that releases hormones, for two years. Because I wasn't happy with my weight gain, I stopped in June 2014 — and I was shocked at how imbalanced by natural cycle had become.

"For the next six months I had seemingly normal periods. But then my monthly bleeding stopped completely from January 2015 until June. Turns out my body forgot how to have a normal period! The bleeding I’d experienced before was just hormone withdrawal.

"I was so worried while waiting for it to return, and I wish doctors had been better about informing me of all the changes my body would go through with hormones."

— Rebekah Henson, 29, Philadelphia

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