https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:20:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spotting-on-the-mini-pill#post-2803034 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:02:55 +0000 JennyPenny 2803034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks guys! I'm happy to hear the spotting went away after going off the pill. I'll have to run this by DH but I think its the way I'll go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spotting-on-the-mini-pill#post-2803025 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:33:07 +0000 Dahlia 2803025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mdf106: Sprintec Tri is the next one my doctor wants me to try. I'm glad to hear it worked for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spotting-on-the-mini-pill#post-2803013 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:51:25 +0000 mdf106 2803013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had awful spotting on the minipill, and I went off of it until I was done nursing (I used condoms). I had normal cycles while off the pill. I had previously used the minipill after LO1 with no issues. I also had some spotting on the regular pill, and finally found one that is working for me (Sprintec Tri). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spotting-on-the-mini-pill#post-2802997 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:03:56 +0000 winniebee 2802997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this experience while on mini pill -- for this reason i got the Mirena 3.5 months after my last birth. I spotted for about six weeks on it and then was fine...but now I've had it for about 4 months and in the last month I've had minor spotting a day a week. I hear that gets better after 6 months.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spotting-on-the-mini-pill#post-2802991 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:49:17 +0000 Dahlia 2802991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice specifically on the mini pill, but since I got my period back pp I haven't been able to find a single pill I don't spot on. This month I decided to go off and I have had a perfect cycle with no spotting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spotting-on-the-mini-pill#post-2802942 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:35:46 +0000 JennyPenny 2802942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got my period back at 9 months pp and it was a doozie...then 4 days after it stopped it started right back up again. With DS1 I had basically 2 periods every month while I was on the mini pill and it drove me NUTS. I'm worried that's what is happening again now. I'm thinking about just quitting hormonal BCP until I'm done nursing. Has anyone who had crazy spotting/breakthrough bleeding on the mini pill tried this? I'm worried about a) the spotting continuing and b) how can I get a good sense of my cycles to start if I don't know what is *actually* a period? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-536404 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:13:16 +0000 Vegmama 536404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been off of them for 6 years, but it was like seeing the world through new eyes when I quit taking them!! :)</p> <p>BEST: Not being psychotic (I shouldn't joke about that). Seriously though, I was so irritable with no sex-drive. </p> <p>WORST: I had a really hard time keeping track of my cycle (this was before I had an iphone app). With the pills, you could see when your period was to arrive. Oh, and now I have adult acne. Nothing too bad, but I know the BC helped manage that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-535486 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:52:26 +0000 Dapple Grey 535486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: ugh i was one of those weirdos i was up at least 20 pounds in a month..totally horrifying. Most of it went to the belly. So i went back on for about a year and now im back off it. So far no gain, but weigt loss. Phewww </p> <p>So far pros are not remembering to take something, the money, also leatning about my body and cervical mucus and all that. I also have no more cramping or headaches.</p> <p>Cons: not any yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-535378 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:09:57 +0000 pui 535378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've definitely got more acne since I went off BCP, but it's a nice feeling knowing that I am no longer on artificial hormones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-534541 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:00:13 +0000 BananaPancakes 534541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: When I went in for my annual pap that year, I asked them about it and they said that randomly, some women will gain like 40lbs within months of coming off of the pill. I was so terrified that was going to happen, but it held steady at 12 lbs. I could not get rid of it, though, and then I got pregnant, so now it's part of my postpartum weight I'm tying to get rid of now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-534494 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:42:24 +0000 Foodnerd81 534494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: Yup, sex drive. To the point that I never want to go back on them again. Also I felt less foggy overall, somehow. Not remembering to take them. Not paying for them.</p> <p>Worst: Unpredictable periods-- I charted right away, so I would know within a few days when my period would begin after I O'ed, but I couldn't predict it weeks in advance, or months, like on the pill.<br /> Cramps and periods were only a little bit worse, which was a pleasant surprise-- expected them to be as bad as before.<br /> Skin got a lot oilier- not terrible acne, really, but I had to learn to deal with a completely different skin type than I had for 8 years.<br /> Headaches- I had wicked hormonal headaches on an off for the first 2 cycles, then they leveled off, thankfully. Kicked way back up when I got pregnant, but I know it was hormone related. </p> <p>@bree72: I gained a little going off too. I was really, really hoping it would drop off like magic, somehow, but nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-534467 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:32:37 +0000 alayaya 534467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the same as you ladies.</p> <p>Best: Sex drive is back</p> <p>Worst: Acne and cramps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-534446 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:26:20 +0000 doxielove 534446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: Not shelling out $35/month for them</p> <p>Worst: Greasy hair, greasy skin. I'm just one big greaseball off BCP. Ick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-534068 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:45:48 +0000 fussygal 534068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: Sex drive is BACK, nothing to remember to take.</p> <p>Worst: Acne (and since we're TTC I can't use Retin A), bad period cramps </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533985 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:25:23 +0000 kjpugs 533985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: I've had a little bit harder time with weight too. I think it's because PCOS is treated by BCP's (the horomones get regulated correctly) so I think by not treating that part of PCOS it makes it harder to lose weight. BUT I started metformin for PCOS so that might help now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533972 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:22:15 +0000 kjpugs 533972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: @2PeasinaPod: AGREED on the cramps, I forgot that one! Probably every 3 or 4 cycles I have bone-crushing cramps now. They ALWAYS wake me up at 2:30 am, and I sometimes puke, always cry, and take a HOT half hour shower. My OBGYN rec'd ibuprofin. GEE THANKS DOC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533743 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:07:11 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 533743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: Not paying for them, or having to remember to take them!</p> <p>Worst: My period cramps are SO much worse! AF showed up today and I'm miserable right now. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533667 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:45:33 +0000 BananaPancakes 533667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best : increased libido and not paying for them. </p> <p>Worst: weight gain. I'm the wierdo who gained 12 lbs within two weeks of getting off bc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533594 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:25:19 +0000 Pirouette 533594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it's only my first month off, so i'm hoping some of the "worsts" are more like hormone withdrawal symptoms and will go away next month, but...</p> <p>Best: SEX DRIVE! no more dryness, soreness, etc. don't know how i survived on it so long! and also just knowing i'm not shooting hormones into my body every day makes me feel better.</p> <p>Worst: this month i had massive cramps during O, for almost a week (again, hoping this goes away!) and have been having some symptoms during my LP as well (sore boobs, a little nausea, stomach aches). and having no idea when (or if!) i'll get AF and how bad cramps will be.</p> <p>all in all, major net WIN being off BCP :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533524 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:03:10 +0000 2PeasinaPod 533524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: No pill to remember finally! Lost the 15 pounds I gained when I went on it!</p> <p>Worst: So many things...acne, more intense cramps, longer periods, longer cycles, hair breakage and falling out </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533510 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:56:39 +0000 prettylizy 533510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: Not being a hormonal mess, BC messes with me</p> <p>Worst: having real periods instead of mini-periods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533501 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:53:55 +0000 LindsayInNY 533501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: Not sure yet, LOL.</p> <p>Worst: The unknown cycle lengths immediately after going off it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533442 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:38:20 +0000 autumnlove 533442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: no pill to remember<br /> Worst: Irregular &amp; long periods </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533434 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:35:32 +0000 sea_bass 533434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BEST: Being pregnant!<br /> WORST: Acne :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533424 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:31:54 +0000 Cherrybee 533424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: An increase in sex drive - although the romance-killer that is TTC soon put an end to that one!! </p> <p>Worst: Greasy, spotty skin! ARGH! It was like going through puberty again!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-and-worst-about-being-off-bcp#post-533414 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:29:22 +0000 kjpugs 533414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What are the BEST and WORST things you've experienced from going off BCP? It's crazy how many people are on them for so long, I couldn't believe the changes when I went off them. I went off BCP more than a year before we started TTC (we just used the "he's a full time student and worker and I'm a full time worker with a part time job too" method of BC!!!)</p> <p>BEST: Sex drive. Hooooly moly. Also not paying for them!<br /> WORST: acne! Headaches at first. I have PCOS so BCP is a treatment, so a lot of my PCOS symptoms are a ton worse off BCP.</p> <p>What did you guys notice? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-off-bcp-no-period-do-i-test#post-440282 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:49:30 +0000 ladyfingers 440282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally tested all the time but my cycles in the 6 months after quitting bc were all in the 30s whereas before starting bc I was 27 days like clockwork. I think my first cycle off was 38 days! It can take some time for your body to figure itself out again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-off-bcp-no-period-do-i-test#post-440271 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:36:50 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 440271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fuzzypeaches: I had no problem regulating after BC (sorry no help there) but I hated waiting for AF to show so I always tested early. HOWEVER, I hated wasting money on tests as well. I suggest going to the dollar store and stocking up on tests from there (sense you plan on ttc anyways) and have a digital on hand just encase the cheep one comes up positive. GOOD LUCK! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-off-bcp-no-period-do-i-test#post-440220 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:52:38 +0000 fuzzypeaches 440220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Belated thanks ladies! Still no AF, still sore boobs. It's so crazy. Since the neg test I'm dreaming babies non-stop haha. </p> <p>@Foodnerd81, @WINNIEBEE: I definitely need to stock up on the cheapies, as with more research I've realized how common a prolonged cycle is when coming off of BCP!<br /> @WALLAROO, @.TWIST. : I hope that happens to me too! I wasn't really trying, per say, but I was surprised at how said I was that its as negative! </p> <p>@LindsayInNYC: So exciting right? I didn't think I would have problems regulating either, because prior to BCP I was 28day cycle like clockwork. But I guess you never know! It's driving me crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-off-bcp-no-period-do-i-test#post-437493 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:55:28 +0000 WALLAROO 437493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fuzzypeaches: I got pregnant the first cycle going off BCP. I tested and it was negative. One week later I still didn't have my period so I tested again. I just wanted to have my period so I could really start charting but lo and behold I got a BFP </p>