Coming off the pill...

Does it matter where in your cycle you stop the pill?
Is it better to wait until you have finished a packet, or can you just stop in the middle of your active pills? DH wants to stop on a 'special occasion' (probably my birthday or our anniversary), but they both fall in mid cycle. So, does it matter?
And if you stopped the active pills mid-cycle, would you expect a withdrawal bleed right away?
Thanks

but you do end up getting AF as soon as you stop it, which can leave you a bit tired if it wasn't long since your last one. 

Sweet, thanks ladies.
Andie, I get very light periods on the pill, so I probably won't get too tired. But thats something I'd never considered, so will keep that in mind
Rianna, I don't actually know what happens if I forget a pill. I haven't missed one by more than 14 hours in 7 years (and then it was only because the airline lost my luggage!). But I'm a bit neurotic like that

Good point Chelle. DH and I figure because we have no idea how long it might take us to get conceive, we would rather make a 'thing' out of stopping contraception, rather than putting pressure on ourselves to conceive right away. Of course if it happened a couple of weeks later, great, but this way (hopefully) there won't be the disappointment of not conceiving on a particular day - rather we can celebrate our anniversary by letting it become a possibility. If that made any sense?

Almostthere I was going to do the same as you, go off the pill next month. BUT DH and I were talking last night and he has agreed that why wait another month. So as from today I am officially pill free . Having said that, we will wait until next month before we start trying as we come home from Aus Jan 09 and dont want to have children here. So now Im excited but anxious as well! Definitely more excited though!!

Wow Rianna!!! you go!
I know that DH is using this last month as his way to get used to the idea, so I wont hold it against him for that. After this last month there is nothing else to stop us! I cant fall back on the pill etc.

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ohhh good luck Rianna - hope all goes well for you and DH... DH and i have spoken and we are looking at around June i think.. who knows... but i am starting to think why wait but then i just remember it is May now LOL :)
DH is so wanting kids now - funny how the men think it is easy :)

I can remember taking my last pill, It was soo exciting.

I stopped the pill 6 months before we started TTC. I was put on the pill when I was 18 as I had very irregular af and VERY painful. I had no idea what a true cycle was for me. Turns out I didnt ovulate for that 6 months... so glad I decided to do that.

Good luck ladies, its so exciting knowing that you could have just created a new life.