plan to TTC in Jan 2011.. when to come off pill

[nannyl]

We are thinking now of trying for a baby in Jan 2011
I really want an October baby so i would love to get pregnant in January. I really dont want an Augast baby (due to school reasons) and i wouldnt want a baby due in September to be a few weeks early and become an Augast baby and in an ideal world i dont want a baby too close to Christmas either...

When do you think i should come off the pill? was thinking 6 months before as in the past it has taken about 3 months for my cycles to become properly regular etc.... and i really want to know my body inside and out by the time i TTC and a few months before.

I eat healthily, dont smoke and very rarelt drink and OH also leads a very healthy life style and is very fit so i hope we wont have any problems, but then we wont know until we start trying.

How long before do i need to start taking folic acid and pre-pregnancy vitamins?

Was thinking of getting a clear blue fertility monitor to give me the best chance (and also using it a couple of months before to see more exactly what my dates are)

I realise it might not happen, i might not get my ideal october baby... i might accidently get preganant before, OR it might take ages like it does for some people...

BUT im hopeful that with my normally regular cycle (that i feel i can track and interpret well) and the fact that me and OH are both fit and healthy it is worth at least aiming for what I want

so with all that in mind when should i come off the pill (Augast?) and what do me and OH need to do to ensure that in January are bodies are both as healthy as possible to promote a healthy conception?

I don't really have any advice as I am in a similar posirion to you - ideal1y would want a sept 2011 baby, I was told by GP I could take up to a year for cycles to get back to normal, but I came off in Oct last year due to migriane and they came back to 28 days pretty much straight away, with the exception of last month when I had an alarming 33 day cycle which looking back I think was stress induced.

I think coming off 6 months in advance then start with the folic acid 3 months in advance, and start looking out for ovulation signs would be a good plan, but as you say, there are lots of other eventualities!!

I'm not sure if I'm goig to be able to wait til the end of the year!

thanks

have been googling and hadnt realised that we should be avoiding too much vitamin A, and also restricting intake of oily fish prior to concieving