For a few weeks now, I've been contemplating going off the birth control pill. My fiance and I are getting married next June and we want to start trying for a baby right away. I am 27 and he is 32. I have been taking the pill for 14 years with one break. The reason I am considering stopping the pill now is because I stopped in college (8 years ago) for a year and NEVER got my period back. The obgyn said I had post pill amenorrhea and very low estrogen when they ran blood work. I ended up going right back on birth control to induce my period which isn't really a period at all (just withdrawl bleed). I am worried that going back on the pill was just masking a more serious underlying issue that I still don't know about. At the time, I just went with it. I wasn't overly concerned as I was a 20-something college student with no plans of children in sight. I would ideally like to use condoms this next 11 months and let my body do its thing and hopefully get my period back regularly so we are set to start actually trying right away post wedding or at least I'll have time to work with the OB to see what they can do to normalize my cycle. I think my main worry is getting married and it taking a year or two for my cycle to even return.
This being said, I am still hesitant and on the fence because I am worried my skin will go crazy (bad breakouts), mood changes, etc. as well as the small risk of accidentally getting pregnant even with condoms. I'm just debating if it's even worth going down this road or if I should just deal with this all next July once we are actually married and it's less of a gamble. Just curious to hear what other's think and if you went off BC what your experience was like.
Thanks all!