Question 1

how to stop taking birth control to ensure you'll get your period and that your cycle will return to normal?

Accepted Answer

Can't: can't predict if your periods will return to normal.  if they were normal before birth control, good chance they will be normal after birth control (expect for Depo-Provera)

Question 2

how to stop vagina polyp bleeding? birth control pills?

Accepted Answer

If you have a polyp: That is bleeding get it medically checked. Oral contraceptives are not the answer.

Question 3

what happens if i stop birth control?

Accepted Answer

You would markedly ^: Your chances of becoming pregnant if you are sexually active.

Question 4

wat can u take to stop your birth control?

Accepted Answer

Birth control: If you are taking birth control pills, just stop taking them.

Question 5

when should someone stop taking birth control?

Accepted Answer

Health risks: A woman taking birth control pills should stop taking those only if health risks have evolved that outweigh the risk of pregnancy. It takes at least a week, before a pregnancy test becomes positive. A typical scenario is that  a woman has been partying, has had unprotected sex, then misses her period, finds out that she is pregnant, and then concerns arise, if the baby could have been harmed.

Question 6

when you stop taking birth control what happens?

Accepted Answer

Menstruation returns: In majority of women, without the suppression of the birth control pills, ovaries wake up and natural menstrual cycles return. 
In small number of women, particularly these who did not have regular menstruation before the pill, it may take several months before regular menstruation resumes. If normal menstruation does not return in 6 months, it's time to visit the doctor.

Question 7

what can i expect when i stop taking birth control?

Accepted Answer

Cycle resumption: Your menstrual cycle will resume as it was previous to the pill initiation and you will then be able to conceive, if you were ovulating before the pill. If you were having irregular periods before the pill they may resume and be irregular after the pill cessation.

Question 8

if i stop taking my birth control, what will happen?

Accepted Answer

If you: Stop taking it then you may become pregnant if you have sex.....

Question 9

is it bad to stop birth control for one month and then start again?

Accepted Answer

No harm: But there is no benefit either to such a "rest".  And, obviously, you don't have birth control for a while.

Question 10

i want to stop my birth control. when will my body be back to normal?

Accepted Answer

Which method?: It depends what method you are using. If you are referring to birth control pills then they are out of your system after about 7 days.

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