How quick did you become pregnant after stopping birth control pills?

[user1491956947]

Can it happen right away? Or does it take a few months?

[Liska]

For me it was right away, which was a bit of a shock. I was 39, and expected it to take about a year, but I had one period after stopping the pill and then I was pregnant. Everyone's different, though - tippy really can't tell.

[IkeaTatPrincess]

2 cycles - I also thought it would take a while! I'm 26, on Ovranette for 11 years.

[MmmMalbec]

2 proper cycles but I'd had 5 months of totally messed up cycles when I came off the pill so felt like a lifetime until we could try properly!

[BellaGoth]

Conceived on the second cycle with both of mine.

[eternalopt]

Stopped pill just before wedding. Got pregnant on honeymoon. Bit of a shock but a lovely extra souvenir - our little surprise from Italy!

[eternalopt]

Took 3 cycles the second time.

[doge]

6 months, but my periods were months apart! And I wasn't tracking ovulation or anything (wasn't fussed about getting pregnant straight away). As soon I started using OPKs I got pregnant straight away.

[MilkTwoSugarsThanks]

3 years

[GrumpySausage]

2 cycles for me. That was after 2 years of the injection.

[DeliciouslyHella]

I took my last pill on the Monday (mid packet) and according to my dating scan, fell pregnant on the Wednesday.

[Rockandrollwithit]

A year

[Eeeeek2]

9 months

[beaches1]

On my youngest two, it happened the first month off the pill.
On my first, I came off it 6mths before we were going to start trying to let my cycle settle etc and it happened the second month of trying. But I think that it was more down to luck on our part and me paying v close attention to my cycle in terms of ovulation etc.

[Piehunter]

10 months and counting (cycle 11 in less than a week if AF turns up as I expect!) it was cerazette, progesterone only pill.

[Starfish83]

Stopped taking the pill in December, fell pregnant in January! x

[EchoesOfLeon]

About 3 years!

[Onemoresliceofcakewonthurt]

9 months; I was on the Evra patch for roughly 2 years prior, I had 9 months of irregular or near to no periods so made it difficult to track ovulation but now had my perfect little 2YO.

[arbrighton]

First cycle we tried after 3 months of being safe in other ways to try and get some idea of my cycle

[blue2014]

4 years and a round of IVF

[froofroomcgoo]

2 cycles, but we were only trying for one of those!

[Rinceoir]

It's very variable. I had a positive pregnancy test 3 weeks after stopping the combined pill. It's not unusual for ovulation to be delayed a few months after stopping the pill though, and in occasional cases if there is an underlying issue like PCOS the pill may have masked the symptoms and delayed the diagnosis (although it certainly won't have caused the problem).

[kel1493]

I stopped in July 2015, and became pregnant in November 2015, so 4 months it took us

[PotteringAlong]

7 weeks
17 months
6 months

[UnbornMortificado]

Between 2 months and 2 years. I believe the average is 9 months.

[summerson]

2.5. Years and a round of IVF