There is no medical need to take a break from birth control. Your body does NOT medically need a “detox” nor does your system need to be “cleaned out” after prolonged hormonal birth control use. Even if birth control affects your periods, it does not mean you need a break to return to your natural period flow. The truth is, the hormones in birth control are out of your system so quickly after you stop birth control that you can get pregnant immediately after you stop taking birth control! SOURCE: Bedsider, 2019