going off the pill

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Registered: 07-16-2003
going off the pill
Thu, 11-13-2003 - 1:01pm
to those who have been on the pill, how did you feel after you quit taking it? how long was your first cycle off the pill?

i'm on cd 30 today. on cd 27 and 28, i had extremely light spotting (only noticed on tp once each day) and then on cd 29, i had light spotting all day (still only noticed on tp). (the spotting was mostly pink, but some of it almost red.) yesterday and today i've been feeling woozie....not really like i'm going to throw up, but this weird combination of naucious, dizzy, and headachey. i've also been really tired the last couple of days - i fell asleep in my FAVORITE class, but then last night, it took me an hour before i could go to sleep, and then i woke up a ton of times in the night.

i've had unprotected sex twice since i quit taking the pill (not ttc, just tempting fate every once in awhile, as my husband says), so i suppose it is possible that i'm pregnant, but i really don't want to go through the whole wasting money on a test only to face a BFN and see AF the next day if this is all just my body trying to adjust. how long should i wait for her to show before i test?

thanx guys, you're all the best!

*anna~rae*