If you miss your period after you stop birth control, you might be concerned, especially if you’ve had a negative pregnancy test. But a delayed period after stopping hormonal birth control is common.

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Hormonal birth control can safely delay your period for important events or discomfort management.Delaying periods might help people with health conditions like ...

More than 65 percent of women ages 15 to 49 in the United States use some form of birth control, and many of them are on hormonal birth control methods like the pill, patch, ring, implant, injections, ...

The FDA is expected to approve a period-stopping pill Tuesday. May 18, 2007— -- TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Women looking for a simple way to avoid their menstrual period could soon have access the ...

It can take several months for your period to regulate after a Mirena IUD insertion. Some people may notice that their period stops within a year of insertion. While Mirena doesn’t stop periods in all ...

Since the approval of the first birth control pill in the 1960s, millions of women have relied on hormonal contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancies, regulate periods and manage other health ...

National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) is April 21 to April 27. Infertility is generally defined as not being able to get pregnant after one year, or longer, of unprotected sex. NIAW was founded ...