We have been trying for four months and I am starting to get worried why its not happening for us. I have been on the pill for 8 years and got off in February. I have never missed a period and my cycle has been between 28-35 days. The strange thing is I have been breaking out on my back the last few months and was wondering if that is my hormones trying to get back to normal though I would think that being off the pill for 8 months now, my system should be back to normal. Any advice?
2006-10-24 06:28:06 · 17 answers · asked by stella 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
Stress can effect it too. Stop worrying about it so much and have some fun. It will happen. If you really are concerned have your doc check for some obvious problems.
2006-10-24 06:29:54 · answer #1 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The average healthy young couple has about a 20-25% chance of conceiving every month. This is assuming that all the factors line up right (timing, ovulation, good sperm count/motility/morphology). This means that it takes an average of 4-6 months of perfect timing for someone to conceive.
It can also take up to a year for your body to regulate itself after being on the pill, regardless of what docs tell you. The pill is not hindering you (which is what the docs look at) because you aren't taking it, but your body doesn't "remember" what it should be doing and it takes time.
Yes, some conceive faster - it seems that there are those out there who get pregnant as soon as someone looks at them. There are others who spend years trying to get pregnant and can't, even though there is nothing wrong (on paper) with them. Once you have been trying for a year you can start getting tests done, unless you are over 35 and then it's 6 months.
I'd say try not to worry, but that's impossible to do. For those who say "Stress causes you not to get pregnant", I say go jump off a cliff or do your research...stress does not make your ovaries hide your eggs until you relax. :) Just keep trying and hopefully you'll make it!
2006-10-24 07:19:26 · answer #2 · answered by tigger062077 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow..we are in similar situations. I too stopped the pill about 7 months ago after being on it for 10 years. My periods have ranged from 31-45 days and I am not sure that I am even ovulating yet. I, like you, have been breaking out when I never used to! Coming off the pill is playing a hormonal game with my body! I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone and that I am going through exactly what you are. I have been trying for 5 months with no luck. But I began charting my temps to see if I am even ovulating yet (I think coming off the pill screwed my ovulation up). I keep track of it on fertilityfriend.com
I wish you the best of luck and you are not alone! It will happen for you (and hopefully me too)
2006-10-24 07:29:37 · answer #3 · answered by TP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was on birth control for 2 years and it took us about 10 months to get pregnant. Although I have PCOS and don't ovulate regualrly so I am sure that made a big difference. I have a friend who has been on birth control for the last 15 months after the birth of her 1st child and she got pregnant with number 2 on the second month off the pill.
2006-10-24 06:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that after coming off the pill it can take up to a full year before your hormones get back to normal. Breaking out on your back is a definite sign of your hormones out of wack, so they are still getting back to normal. There are a couple of positions that I have heard are good for conceiving, I don't know what you've tried but if you haven't yet then try the spooning position and also "doggy-style". Anything that allows him to get as deep as possible so that the sperm has less of a distance to travel.
2006-10-24 06:34:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is my standard answer......... go get a book called Taking Charge of your fertility by Toni Weschler
This book will help you with all of your menstrual and conception questions. It’s for all women - not just women trying to conceive. It covers everything from temperature to mucus checking, etc.. 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 – or not! It tells you how to figure out your cycle and what to expect. My husband and I tried for a year to conceive and nothing happened. The first month I used the book we conceived right away. Now I am due Feb 2. 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!
2006-10-24 06:34:08 · answer #6 · answered by jachooz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may take up to 4-6 months before your body regulates itself after taking a birth control and quitting and for it to completley get out of your system. Just dont go to the doctor to get some fertilitty drugs. Have yourself a healthy natural baby. But what you can ask the doctor is if you are healthy enough to have a baby and he may give you some options. Just dont take any drugs.
Don't worry to much.It's normally like that after being on birth control for so long trust me..Keep trying okay. Good luck. =]
2006-10-24 06:32:07 · answer #7 · answered by blah blah 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it could be your hormones and if you said that you were on the pill you should at least let a year pass before you try to get pregnant if you have already check a doctor and he assured you that nothing is the matter then you should give your self time or within 14 days after your periods you should try that is when you would be most fertile
2006-10-24 06:31:27 · answer #8 · answered by african princess 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try having intercourse around 2 weeks after your last cycle. that is when your body usually ovulates. Also, of you are trying, get your body ready by taking prenatal vitamins. Start eating healthy. Don't drink, start treating your body like you already are pregant, that way when you do get pregant you'll already be in the habit of doing what you are supposed to do and your body should be very healthy for the baby to live in for 9 months. Also pray. The best to you!
2006-10-24 06:34:24 · answer #9 · answered by God Is Awesome 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Surely, this is hard to answer unless you are a mother of 6 who has written down the sums and come up with the average as it must be linked to the biology factor of both individuals????? This is something that is unique to the couple, timings and nature.
Keep trying.....you never know. Good luck
2006-10-24 06:32:39 · answer #10 · answered by kellyyot 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been trying since 2/03. I have had two miscarriages in that time 2 years apart and the fertility dr's can't find a thing wrong.
2006-10-24 06:30:01 · answer #11 · answered by kimntrent 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋