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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Did it take you a while to start ovulating after the pill?

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KylieP · 05/05/2012 21:20

I came off the pill 5 months ago and I don't think I'm ovulating, so am trying acupuncture, starting on Tuesday. I was freaking out googling a bit and I saw this article below, and wondered if the my body might have gone into "hibernation"?! This article might be PR-influenced but wondered if many people have to wait a while to ovulate? www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3350809/Pill-can-delay-a-baby-far-longer-than-you-want.html

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KylieP · 07/05/2012 13:54

I haven't tried OPK sticks - were your temps just pretty constant then, like mine, or all over the place? I've heard PCOS sends them all over the place, have you got PCOS? My doc seems to be having trouble diagnosing me, my ultrasound said I did have suspected PCOS and she made me do a blood test but then said she was limited on the tests she can run and can't tell much from the blood test?!? Need to get a referral to a specialist really but in the meantime hoping that acupuncture might help. Good luck x

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CraftyGirly · 06/05/2012 19:33

kylie I also read that article shortly after coming off the pill and it really freaked me out. my periods came back straight away but no idea if I'm ovlating, my temperatures say No and my OPK sticks say yes! No idea which to believe!

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KylieP · 06/05/2012 18:57

It is so frustrating! And ooh that's great pegster, I hope acupuncture does the same for me, I won't get my hopes up too much for it to work that quickly though to avoid disappointment oh who am I kidding, hopes are now sky high! x

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pegster · 06/05/2012 17:19

I didn't attempt any ovulation prediction but after coming off the pill it did take a while for my periods to re-start and even then my cycles were all over the place. I conceived my DS in December (2011) after taking my last pill mid march and in those 9 months had just 4 periods. I calculated that we conceived him following my second acupuncture session to regulate my cycle so fingers crossed for you too Wink

lalexander · 06/05/2012 17:16

i came off the piull in october and still waiting, it is so frustrating isn't it?

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