Going back on HBC to see if that helps smooth out my UC symptoms

I have my annual with my midwife next month and am contemplating going back on HBC to see if that helps smooth out my UC symptoms. I never have issues once I ovulate each month but I always have gut issues for the week prior. Getting my period doesn't seem to cause me much grief at all, so I don't need to stop them.
So, if you take some sort of HBC, do you think it has helped and do you like it? I have taken ortho-cyclen when in my 20's and the mini pill after my oldest was not while I was breast feeding and I had a mirena for a couple of years after my youngest was born (Which I hated). I also worry about adding hormones that increase risk of clotting since we are at a higher risk of clots with this disease.
Thanks!

I just started a mini-pill. My periods have been getting progressively worse (cramps, irritability, bowel symptoms) since they started again after my daughter was born, and my OBGYN thinks the hormonal "crap" might have played a role/caused this small flare. Anyway, she recommended either the mini-pill or Mirena due to the estrogen issue. Because I don't really want to deal with getting Mirena inserted right now, I decided to start the mini-pill.

I'd been on some form of BC (either oral or NuvaRing) pretty much continuously since I was about 18, except for when I was pregnant or trying to get pregnant.