Birth Control Fat Gain

Look into Mummy Tummy exercises. They focus on the innermost muscle that wraps around like a corset. Typical exercises, like crunches work the outer muscles and don't do much to help flatten the stomach. They can even make a diastasis worse (seperation of the outer muscles, which typically occurs with pregnancy). A diastasis can cause back problems and abdominal support weakness.
Make sure you drink enough water also.
As far as hormonal causes, I am clueless. Maybe call your doc and ask questions.

I agree with the other post. I had the same thing happen to me and I had eat healthy, and exercise more.

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Lots of crunches and walking will help trim you up.

Have you thought about natural family planning? It's just as reliable as hormonal birth control, but with no health- or weight-gain side effects.

I had the same problem with Orthocept when I was on it. I stayed at the same weight +/- a few pounds but I developed noticeable fat deposits on my hips and belly. I had to exercise a little more (especially cardio) to keep it under control and I cut way back on saturated fat intake-- no fast food. Best of luck to you! :)