https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:16:07 +0000 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>