I haven't been on the pill since my eldest was about 6 months old, so 3 years. I felt terrible on the pill so went back on it for a month and stopped. Since then I have had another baby and when my period came back when he was 9 months old it was always a perfect 26/28 days. The weird bleeds only started in the last couple of months. I have noticed a huge difference in my skin around af time for about 4 months. I seem to be getting quite bad break outs which I also wasn't getting previously.