So you’re considering coming off the Pill. Here, you can read stories of women who also came off hormonal birth control. They share why they went on birth control in the first place, what their experience was on it, when they first heard about fertility awareness/natural family planning, and what they now wish every woman knew about the harms of hormonal birth control and the benefits of fertility awareness methods.
And if you’re wondering about post-pill amenorrhea or other issues after coming off the Pill, including decreased libido, weight gain, or acne, rest assured! We’ve got you covered there, too.
This page was last updated on January 20, 2025.
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Coming Off the Pill: Eden’s Story
By Cassondra Moriarty • June 21, 2023Coming Off the Pill: Eden’s Story is another installment of our series profiling real-life Natural Womanhood readers who… -
Coming off the Pill: Taryn’s Story
By Taryn DeLong • November 27, 2021I first went to see a gynecologist when I was 17. I had just finished my first year… -
Coming off the Pill: Hanna’s Story
By Hanna Cox • September 8, 2021When Natural Womanhood asked me to write about my experience with coming off the birth control pill, I… -
Coming off the Pill: Cassie’s Story
By Cassondra Moriarty • August 26, 2021I haven’t used hormonal contraception in nearly 10 years. But I distinctly remember the day I threw out… -
Coming off the Pill with good nutrition
By Emily Kennedy • May 2, 2015Congratulations! You’ve decided to get off the Pill and stop using artificial hormones to suppress your menstrual cycle.… -
How post-pill amenorrhea exposes hormonal birth control’s inability to fix reproductive health problems
By Jasmine Adams Piescik • June 15, 2023It’s an all-too-familiar story: a young woman with an irregular cycle goes to the doctor and ends up… -
Will sex change after getting off the Pill? An honest answer from someone who’s been there
By Cassondra Moriarty • April 13, 2022One of the things people worry about when getting off of the Pill and starting a Fertility Awareness… -
Worried about acne returning after getting off the Pill? Read this.
By Taryn DeLong • April 13, 2022A common reason teenage girls and women begin taking birth control pills is to control their acne. On… -
Losing weight after getting off the Pill: How to listen to your body’s cues as you begin cycling again
By Anne Marie Williams, RN, BSN • April 13, 2022Are you getting off birth control for the first time in a long while, and wondering how to… -
What every woman getting off the Pill needs to know before trying to have a baby
By Lindsay Schlegel • March 2, 2022It can seem so simple: take a pill each day to suppress ovulation as long as you don’t…