When I was young yes, now no

When I was a teen, my periods were horrible - very painful, nauseous - I frequently stayed home from school on the first day. I started BCP when I was 16 and took them up to a year ago (I'm 31), there were two very short breaks, a couple months each in my early twenties. Up until a year ago I would have said yes, and actually had contemplated period suppression, but now I would have to say no.

DH and I are currently TTC and in the year off BCP my periods have not been that bad, some mild cramping is usually the worst of it. I would like to never go back to hormonal birth control (though I loved NuvaRing). In our attempts to conceive I've learned lots about tracking fertility and feel this could be an effective was to also avoid pregnancy, espcially since after a year we are still trying.