Ladies, what is your experience with birth control pills and your periods?

I apologize to everyone for my sudden obsession with birth control pills, but I’m new to taking them and I honestly don’t have any friends on the Pill, otherwise I would be bugging them and not you guys.

I’m wondering what other women experience in terms of menstruation when taking the Pill, in order to form some kind of picture as to what to expect.

I’m taking Ortho-Novum and just wrapped up my first pill cycle. Tonight will be the 4th inactive pill. I thought I was starting my period yesterday because of the cramps, but it seems to just have been a little bit of spotting and now it looks like it’s stopped? Anyway, I find it weird and it made me curious as to what other women experience.

Would you care to share? :)