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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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Conceiving after long term contraceptive pill use

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pumpkinpieinmyeye · 06/10/2017 20:49

Just curious as to how long it took various ladies to conceive after being off the pill. I have been taking for around 10 years and have been pill free for one month, with the view to TTC after Christmas. Worrying what 10 years of pill use has done to my body! TIA x

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Dolwar · 06/10/2017 21:30

I had been on the combined pill for about 14 years until last December. I still don't have regular periods and no bfp

TheKidsAreTakingMySanity · 06/10/2017 21:18

Straight away. Decided on having kids on Valentines night so stopped taking my pill after about 10 years, I got a positive test in April.
Decided on another a year later and were pregnant the month after stopping the pill again. Sadly we lost that baby. Third baby took two months to conceive. Last pregnancy was the same.
Just remind yourself that plenty of women get pregnant after missing one single pill so don't worry.

Itsjustaphase84 · 06/10/2017 21:18

Within 4 months after 11 years on microgynon.

NiceCuppaTeaAndASitDown · 06/10/2017 21:11

Was on the pill for 15 years and got pregnant less than 6 months after coming off it. And we used condoms for the first 4 of those as I was worried about possibly having twins

HappyHedgehog247 · 06/10/2017 21:03

Conceived within 2 weeks. Nurse told me after there can be sudden surge of hormones so you may want to try asap/stay on pill until ready to try.

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pumpkinpieinmyeye · 06/10/2017 21:02

This is positive news! Were you both taking ovulation test and actively trying when you were fertile? Or more casually trying?

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ssssm · 06/10/2017 21:00

Similar to going but I had been on pill for 18 years bar a few months off here and there - was told it would take ages to conceive - conceived within 2 weeks of coming off pill - much to our shock - although obviously we were pleased but would have been better to have known. Was told fertility can shoot up suddenly after coming off pill but who knows?

goingagain · 06/10/2017 20:53

I had been on it about about 13 years, came off it in the September and conceived first month of trying in the December (had a few months off before to see what periods did etc).

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