"i&#039;ve been on loestrin 24 fe for a little over a year now. this was the first birth control i&#039;ve ever used. i haven&#039;t gained a single pound on loestrin; if anything i&#039;ve lost weight while i&#039;ve been on it without trying! when i first started taking it i was moody for the first 3 months or so, but i was also under a lot of stress, so that might be part of it too. my periods were always cramp free and regular without birth control. on loestrin my period doesn&#039;t always come regularly which bothers me, i&#039;m always wondering if i&#039;m pregnant. i think since it&#039;s only a 4 day cycle my body doesn&#039;t realize what it&#039;s supposed to be doing until it&#039;s too late, and i&#039;m back on the white pills...so i never really get my period."