What happens to your body after you stop birth control?

It depends what method of birth control you are talking about.

• Depot medroxyprogesterone (the shot) can take 6–9 months to go back to normal.
• The pill/patch/ring – in 3 days you go back to normal.
• The IUD – you can go back to normal within 1 week of removal, possibly sooner.
• The implant – same as the pill/patch/ring.