After almost 1 year of waiting, only 7 more pills left!

[Leasha16]

Hi all,

I'm so excited to start our TTC journey. It really feels we've waited for so long for this time to come. I have been ready for years, the feeling of broodiness is actually overwhelming at times. And now the time is almost here! I have just 7 more pills to take before we can start and couldn't get more excited. Although I am a little worried I have some break through bleeding currently (not uncommon for me) so I have wondered if that may be a problem..

How long after stopping the pill did it take you to conceive? I have terrible anxiety about this (my breakthrough bleeding being a factor in this)..
I am 27 and have been on contraception for 9 years, currently on the combined pill.

I was on the combined pill for 11 years and it took me 6 months to conceive, though my cycles were horribly long and irregular when I came off.
Just a note though, if you're anxious it might be best holding off until more is known about COVID-19 and impact on babies/foetal development... not to put a dampener on things but it is a very worrying time to be pregnant x

I would honestly hold off on the TTC.

Jobs are so uncertain, effects of covid on pregnant women, foetuses and newborns are still unknown and it is a advert anxious time. I’d honestly hold off until things are calmer and safer and you can enjoy it.

I was on the POP since I was about 14, and I conceived at 26 in my 4th month of trying. It didn’t have a happy ending, but feeling a lot more positive, older and wiser as we go into our second attempt at TTC!

Good luck, wishing you all the best x

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It took me 8 months to conceive after coming off the pill.

They still don't know what the impact is of coronavirus on pregnancy, but they do have evidence in China of increased stillbirth risk. I know how it feels to be desperate to conceive, but do you really think now is the time?

I didn'tovulate for a year after coming off the pill.

And I agree with the others OP, these are such uncertain times, I would hold off trying to get pregnant.

Hopefully it will all be back to normal soon. BUT until it is, there is no guarantee you will continue to be able to get proper antenatal care, you may well be prevented from leaving your home etc. Your diet may end up being suboptimal. Waiting 6 months to TTC would be the sensible thing to do

Give your body this uncertain time to get used to be chemical free but honestly, I'd use contraception.

If you get pregnant now you can't be guaranteed the usual care. Leave the few pregnancy related hcp staff to cope with those already pregnant

You have choice and free will, really you do but I'd hate for you to be here in 3 months - pregnant and upset you can't see a midwife for your booking appointment

I got pregnant after 2 months having been on COP for over ten years. Then it took 4 months second time around.

However, no way would I be starting TTC now.

I conceived the second month after coming off the combined pill (you know you can just stop taking them any time, no need to take those last 7?).

My friend is pregnant and she has been told to self isolate her whole family until the baby is born in the summer, owing to health risk. That's over 12 weeks. Even if you are 100% fit and healthy, pregnant women are being advised to basically isolate and it's dead hard for medical staff eg midwives to make appointments now knowing they risk infecting their own families. Sorry to piss on your chips but unless you've got age against you, wait 6 months until TTC.

I would also wait. The effects of coronavirus on early pregnancy aren't yet known. And what if a treatment or vaccine is found but can't be used by pregnant women?

Honestly? This is a terrible time to ttc. Wait a few months.

I'm actually really worried about the amount of people powering on and ttc on the conception board - I have a healthy ds and accepted a long time ago that he would be an only. People are actively encouraging each other 😪

@Bridecilla some of us don't have the luxury of being able to wait to see what happens. Those of us over 40 don't have time.

Please don't make those of us in that situation feel worse than we already do

Two months, I was also twenty seven and had been on the pill for a few years.

However it doesn’t matter how long it took others, please don’t do that to yourself, because the answers will range from immediately to never.

Is this really a good time to TTC? Surely waiting a few more months is prudent.

@claireb707 It's not a question of making people feel worse. Surely it's worth waiting a few months instead of embarking on a pregnancy which might be affected by the current situation?

When you are ttc over the age of 40 those few months could be a few months too long...

All I'm asking is to be sensitive to those of us that can't wait a few months

I'm 22 weeks pregnant and I would suggest you wait. My GP has closed, haven't heard a thing from my midwife, no partners allowed at scans (luckily I'd already had mine so partner was there) my blood pressure is high because of the stress. I had a nurse burst into tears on front of me.
Going to the hospital is anxiety inducing right now.
Please wait.

I understand the problem I really do. I still don't think it is the right decision to go ahead. How would you get out to go to check ups? What if pregnancy makes you more vulnerable to the virus? Sometimes you just have to wait. Everyone can wait regardless of their age.

@claireb707, the OP is in her 20’s. The vast majority of the TTC crew will not be in their 40’s. It isn’t all about you. Quit me-railing.

@JonHammIsMyJamm

Wow

Thing is, when is a good time to conceive? How many babies are born in war, famine, pestilence, nuclear meltdowns, poverty etc.

You could still lose your job, an asteroid might hit the earth, there might be a new Chernobyl disaster. Or a worldwide depression. Partners of pregnant women die. People get cancer.

Yet the world goes on turning.