Thread: Getting pregnant after birth control

It does take a few months for your body to get on a regular cycle again after the pill but the time period is usually shorter than if you had been on a shot. To get pregnant your body needs to be able to create your natural hormones again that have been replaced by the pill for so many years. Some women are used to 3 day periods but a 5-7 day period shows that a healthy/sufficient stratum functionalis (lining of the uterus that cushions the embryo and is sloughed off during menstruation) is being formed monthly in anticipation of a baby

This is a pretty big concern of mine too. I was on the pill for nearly 8 years, off of it (since I wasn't in a relationship with a man anymore) for 3 years and I just started it again year ago... now I worry that, when my boyfriend and I do get married, I may have trouble getting pregnant.

I got pregnant 4 times within the first month of being off the pill. My doctor said I must be particularly fertile compared to most women. So, for me, I can pretty much plan to get pregnant as soon as I stop taking it. Maybe you are like that too!

Originally Posted by skylar

I got pregnant 4 times within the first month of being off the pill. My doctor said I must be particularly fertile compared to most women. So, for me, I can pretty much plan to get pregnant as soon as I stop taking it. Maybe you are like that too!

This may be s stupid question, but out of curiosity, how did you know you got pregnant on 4 separate occasion in 1 month? How does that work? Did you go one week, get pregnant, terminate it, have sex immediately after that, get immediately pregnant again, repeat? If so, you ARE the most fertile woman on the planet! haha

I don't know her, but it sounds to me that maybe she has 4 children, that this occurred four DIFFERENT times.

But an answer to the question:

I was on BC for 11 years. Stopped taking my pills, had a period immediately. The next month, I never had my period, so I took a test and after a false negative I ended having a blood test. Lo and Behold, I was pregnant. I got pregnant 2 1/2 weeks after being on BC for 11 years. The nurse told me that my system hadn't had time to reset itself and form a cycle and so it was an extremely fertile time for my body. Supposedly, if you don't get pregnant within like 3 months of stopping the pill, that is when it could take a long time because your body begins it's own cycle.

Good Luck!

Originally Posted by skylar

I got pregnant 4 times within the first month of being off the pill. My doctor said I must be particularly fertile compared to most women. So, for me, I can pretty much plan to get pregnant as soon as I stop taking it. Maybe you are like that too!

How is that humanly possible?????? Did you have 4 abortions? That sounds a little wierd to me. Either wierd or you are one in a million

OK, I'm pretty surprised that it seems like some people are commenting on this woman's story without ACTUALLY reading it! what she's saying is the in 4 different times of her life when she was taking pills and then got off she got pregnant within a month. By the way, I know it is possible to get pregnant soon after getting off the pill because I know of a few people who have only missed their pills for a couple of days and have gotten pregnant. Like everyone else has been saying it really depends on you, it depends on your body.