I’ve been on the pill for 6 years and want to come off it. Me & my husband want kids but not so soon. How long do I have to be off the pill before this to happen?
2006-08-08 05:53:47 · 12 answers · asked by Lisa 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
You could get pregnant right way, it could take months! Really, getting pregnant is a "crap shoot" (like the dice game craps), you can never really predict it. You ovulate 14 days after the start of your period, and then have a 24-48 hour window of fertility "Doing it" every day can reduce his sperm count, but the little guys can live for up to three days.
2006-08-08 06:01:13 · answer #1 · answered by MamaSunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend was on the pill for about the same length of time you were. She has been off the pill for about 2 years now, and cannot get pregnant. She thinks that being on the pill for so long may have messed her chances up.
I also have another friend that took the pill since she was like 16 or 17. She got off of it at the age of 24 and it took her 1 year to get pregnant. Everyone is different though.
2006-08-08 12:59:04 · answer #2 · answered by Brooke's Mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They usually recommend waiting 3 months before you start trying to make sure all of the hormeones are out of your system but I didn't wait when I was younger and ended up pregnant the first month with twins. . go get a book called Taking Charge of your fertility by Toni Weschler. It will help you understand your body and all the myths about it. It will help you time when you are ovulating and the best times to conceive. My Doctor recommended it to me and after 1 year of trying I got the book. It worked the very next month. It turns out that my timing was wrong due to mis-information. I hope it helps you, too! It's not only about getting pregnant. It's about knowing your body and knowing when you are fertile or not. You can pick and choose what you do with your info. Good luck and don't listen the all the myths!
2006-08-08 14:03:48 · answer #3 · answered by jachooz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got pregnant right after I stopped taking the pill. I had my period after the placebo pills, then my next one never came. They estimate I got pregnant a week or a week and a half later. My doctor said it usually takes 3-6 months after stopping the pill. Good luck!
2006-08-08 13:17:10 · answer #4 · answered by Nikky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what Ive been told by my doctors, it can take up to a full year to get pregnant once you get off the pill, however I got Pregnant while I was on the pill, so tred softly!
2006-08-08 12:58:40 · answer #5 · answered by Therena 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i stopped taking the pill over 3 years ago and have only just got pregnant, my friend however was on the pill for longer than me and got pregnant 3 months after she stopped taking it,
2006-08-08 13:16:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can take a long time to get pregnant after getting off of the pill. sometimes up to a year or longer. i heard on the show "Talk Sex with Sue" that the average woman takes 5.5 months to get pregnant.
2006-08-08 13:28:15 · answer #7 · answered by krystal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was still on the pill and got pregnant, it is very easy once you stop taking the pill to get prenant, it could happen right away
2006-08-08 13:00:05 · answer #8 · answered by mommy of 1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even when you haven't used the pill, it can take months and months and it doesn't mean anything is wrong.
2006-08-08 13:01:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just depends, some women have no problems and some takes a long time
2006-08-08 13:08:46 · answer #10 · answered by momie_2bee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋