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After over 5 years I’m going off the Pill.



During last few weeks I was looking for a kind of dairy blog to read about somebody else’s experience of going off the pill, but I have not seen anything like this in the web. Therefore I’ll do a weekly update of my journey of stopping the pills so maybe I can help some of you to make this decision too.

I was on Microgynon for the first 2 years



I started taking contraceptive pills when I was nineteen not because of heavy, painful, irregular periods or acne (I was very lucky of never having problems with them) but simply to avoid pregnancy as I was with my first serious boyfriend at that time. I kept taking them for over 5 years regardless periods of being single because I just didn’t have any problem with taking them – in fact I quite liked that my menstruation was so predictable, light and regular and that I didn’t have to worry about contraception at all.


The decision of coming off the pill was growing in me for the last 6 months or so. Theoretically everything was as usual, I never experienced any side effects apart from lower libido, I’m probably one of a very few women who didn’t put on weight, have migraines, mood swings etc, but for the last few months, my body has been just screaming to me to put them down. Slowly but surely I started to miss my female body rhythm and feel like trapped in the cage in my own body.  I recently even started to remember how fantastic and sexual I felt during my ovulation times and how seductive I found natural male smell during these days before I started taking the pills - and with this memory few weeks ago I finally reached the point when I just knew this current pack will be my last pack of pills.

For the last over 3 years I have been taking Marvelon
Because I never gave much thought to other contraceptive methods, I firstly ignored my body’s inner calling to stop taking pills because I just couldn’t imagine my relationship without the benefits it gives (worry free sex). However the urge to stop them was so strong that during last few weeks I researched all the alternatives and suddenly I noticed that not only I’m not afraid of non hormonal methods anymore, but also I feel confident and comfortable introducing them to my life. Yes, they come with the risk if not used properly, but I’m in the point of my life where I have a trusted partner who values my wellbeing above all and knows I’m not comfortable taking pills anymore and we are both ready to take that risk on. Moreover, thankfully we live in the age where ‘day after pill’ is freely and easily available so if something goes seriously wrong, there is always a plan B.

So here my new pill-free life begin:

-          I’ll do weekly updates of how I feel and how my body is taking it on
-          I’ll start recording my basal body temperature and observing my cervical mucus to practice charting my ovulation cycle (I know it will take at least 6 months for my body to get back to its natural rhythm after stopping the pills but when it happens I want to be comfortable with charting)
-          I will keep a healthy diet, regularly exercise and meditate to help my body transition in optimal conditions


More on what kind of contraceptive method I decided to use now in the next post. 

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