What are some pro and cons health wise getting off birth control?

Question

Just want some helpful advice as I go to the doctors tomorrow. I know my period will change but other than that advice what are some things I should try or notice health wise.. thank you

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Pro: 
-while you've been on birth control, your body hasn't ovulated which is an essential part of your cycle your body should be experiencing every month. When you stop birth control, your body will resume ovulating which is natural and healthy.
- no more synthetic hormones in your body, only natural ones that your body makes on it's own.
- birth control has negative side effects that you will no longer experience. One of these side effects is an increased likelihood of blood clots which can be life threatening. Also, things like headaches, mood disorders (depression, anxiety, OCD) can be caused by birth control and can be fixed simply by getting off birth control.
- obviously, you can get pregnant if you want to (woo!)
- the biggest thing is your body will be acting the way it's supposed to act. It's cycle will be whole and normal and to me, that's so important.

Cons:
- your period may become heavier and possibly more painful, especially at first. When you're on birth control, you don't ovulate which means your body doesn't produce the correct hormones and your uterine lining just sort of builds up until you stop taking the pill at the end of the month which tells your body to shed the uterine lining. Essentially, it's not a "real" period, it's actually just "breakthrough bleeding" because you never ovulated. So when you stop the pill and start ovulating, you have a "real" period for the first time in a while which might be heavier and more painful.
- you can get pregnant. There are other ways to avoid pregnancy than taking hormonal birth control. You can track your cycle to see exactly when you ovulate and avoid having sex around that time (as you can only get pregnant around the time you ovulate, the trick is knowing when that is!), you can use condoms, you can practice abstinence or you can get a copper IUD.

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Literally the only problem that I had going off birth control was a smidgen of acne and some weight gain as my little hormones tried too get their poop in a group.

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Pro: body going back to its natural state. Cons: you can get pregnant

What are some pro and cons health wise getting off birth control?

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