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My hubbie-to-be and I are ready to start a family, and of the people I know, most of them had a gap after discontinuing birth control pills and starting to have regular cycles again. I'm approaching the end of an annual BCP prescrip and my so and I are thinking about not refilling it. If it takes a few months to get regular again, that will take us up to when we are married to possibly conceive, which is fine. Wondering how quickly people here got pregnant after going off the pill. I know everyone is diff but I wanted to see what kind of experience other people had as far as getting preg right away or it taking a while. Thanx.
Immediately. Seriously. We thought it would take up to a year (I'd been on birth control non stop since I was 15 for heavy periods--over 12 years). I stopped taking it in June (last period started July 1), and I was pregnant in July.
The doctors all rolled their eyes at me when I said I thought it would take a while. Multiple midwives/OBGYNs have now told me that when a woman is experiencing trouble conceiving, one of the first things they try is putting her on birth control for 3-4 months to regulate her cycle and often she will get pregnant the very next month.
"Cronin and colleagues tracked nearly 60,000 OC users, including those on drospirenone pills, for their satisfaction with their contraceptive efficacy and their chances of pregnancy after discontinuing OC use. About 20% achieved a pregnancy in their first cycle after cessation and 80% after 1 year, irrespective of the type of OC used. These data are comparable to women wishing to conceive but not having been on OCs. Naturally, women are older when they stop contraception than when they started and age does have an effect on fecundity. OC use does not positively or negatively affect age-appropriate fertility."
The first couple of months of pregnancy are exhausting and often you feel very emotional (kind of like pms times a hundred). If you're planning a big wedding or think it's going to be stressful for any reason, you may not want to risk being pregnant at the same time.
I got off the pill September, and then pregnant by November. Unfortunately I miscarried in January and went to see my doctor today and after doing all this blood work to determine everything is "fine" I'm now doing MORE blood tests to check my hormones and so on...
If you aren't ready, then don't get off the pill because you can get pregnant instantly. Pretty much all my friends who got off the pill got pregnant right away (within 1-3 months).
When are you getting married, I'd stay on the pill until then unless you want to be a pregnant bride! Nothing wrong with that, but if you want to look slim in your dress and not worry about toasting with alcohol and so on at the wedding, I'd wait.
I'd wait until you are married before I stopped BC. In early pregnancy you feel exhausted and many women have morning sickness. You do not want to be planning a wedding or be getting married and honeymooning when you do not feel well.
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