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

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Dr. Dale Kristle answered

Specializes in Gynecology

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)

Answered 5/7/2015

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