When is this all going down?

As I gear up to go off the pill, I thought I'd let you know a little more about my timing strategy. I've read that it is best to stop taking the pill once you reach the end of the pack. This makes sense to me since your body is used to following the gradual hormone change the pill creates to make a period appear. Then you simply don't start a new pack and hope your body catches on that it is now up to it to create this cycle on its own.

Now I have waited an extra month since first researching all of this because I was ending my last pill pack just before traveling for vacation, to a beach destination.  I thought, spotting? Swimsuit? Sex in unfamiliar place? Switching up a routine when other things are changing? No thanks. I am going to go the condom route to prevent pregnancy and I thought it best to make that switch in the comfort of my own bed, with my familiar surroundings to be sure I do so successfully! And thus I took one last pack. That pack runs out this Sunday, and then the sugar pills start and that will mark the start of this journey.

Feel free to ask any questions, I won't be offended! I'll try my best to give tips and advice as I navigate this territory myself. XO