How long did it take you to conceive, after more than 10 years of taking the pill ?

Hi here,

Will take my last pill this Sunday ! :dance:

I am sure this question must have been asked a million times before... and whilst i know that it?s different for everybody i just can?t help but wondering how long it will take ...:redface:

I have been taking the pill for over 10 years and i do have to admit that i am not the temp taking, charting my cycle person...i want it to just happen when it is meant to be... and i am sure DH won?t mind the ?trying part ?

Would love to hear your stories :D

12 months here! I didn't know anything about charting back then though

First time around I stopped taking the pill and had 2 cycles before we started trying (just to make sure my body was doing what it should). I fell pregnant after the first try (literally) once we started - I was 33 and had been on the pill since I was 17!

i was on the pill 4 11 years and I fell 3 months after we stopped taking it ... we weren't charting or anything just DTD a lot ...lol

I had been on the pill continuously for 12 years and got pg on our second month of trying. :)

I was on the pill for about 10 years with only a couple of breaks of about 3 months each time in that whole time. Got my BFP after 3 months of "just seeing what happened".

oh wow ! so it can happen quite fast ...that puts me more at ease :redface:
- i am fit and heathly so that should help a little as well right ? :rolleyes:

was on the pill for 12 years. and only took the sugar ones every 3 - 4 months (so i only got 3 or 4 periods a year). stopped taking and started trying straight away (obvioulsy got a period when stopped). got one more period after that then fell. so basically 2nd month trying.

some people will tell u for however many years u been on it u should wait in months or at least 3 months so ur body can 'shed' the effects of the pill. all advise is different. the advise i got (from medical practitioner) is that all is fine to try straight away after 1 period so they can work out dates (however u can do an ultrasound for this). the 'pill' only tricks ur body into thinking its already pregnant so it cant be that bad!!!

as much as u say 'wont be temp checker' when u have ur heart set on it its hard not to become paranoid but just relax.

good luck

hmm - never say never i guess ? i am sure you are right that i might look into it down the track if nothing is happening for a while ? hope not thought ...

did you guys take any conceive well tablets or something ? i started to take folic acid and some multi vitamins but that about it, do they help or is it only making your ?wee pretty bright yellow and you wallet empty? :doh:

Hi I don't want to worry you or anything but I was on the pill for about 12 years and it took us almost 2 years to get pregnant with DS.
I hope your ttc journey is short and sweet.

yeah i took 5mg of folate a day. very cheap tablet from the chemist. like i think $5 for 50 or something. helps prevent stillbirth and spinabifida i think (baby brain... i forget)

I had been on the pill for 11 years and we fell pregnant after 1 cycle and we weren't even trying...one oopsie and now have a gorgeous daughter. Another friend was the same. So it can happen very quickly.

My friend was on the pill for 9 years, it took her 13months to fall PG.
Bx

It would have been more like 15 years on the pill, and DS1 took 9 months of TTC. But I wasn't charting and I now think that I ovulate early in my cycle, so our timing would have been all wrong.

i am glad to read that the majority is/was falling rather quick
- as i am not really the patient type - it takes me ages to make up my mind - but once i have, i want to get on with it - just shows how true that is as i originally wanted to take two more round of my Pill and now since i am happy to TTC i couldn?t stand the thought of prolonging it any longer ... funny though as it only took me almost 8 years to get here :redface:

umm about 2 goes at DTD 2 weeks after I stopped lol.

I was only on microgynon ED20 though and it is really low dose.

I came off the pill about 3 mths before we concieved...
We werent actually trying, we were using condoms when we thought that i was O, i knew nothing about charting cycles and yep, we counted the weeks wrong, actually DH insisted that we were fine to DTD wthout protection that week, and yep we fell pg! Poor DH was so looking forward to months of 'trying'
I strongly blieve that i would have concieved in the first month if we had been trying.

I do however have a friend that it took 3 years for her to, so i guess it depends on you rather than howlong you have been on or off the pill for iykwim

Goodluck :D

The first time round I was on the pill for 10 years & it took 3 years to get pregnant after I went off it (miscarried). I never fell pregnant again in the next 5.5 years of that relationship.

The second time round I'd been on the pill for only 2 or 3 years and it took 9 months to conceive (miscarried), then it took I think 3 or 4 months (miscarried) then the sticky one took another 3 months.

@ hi Kim, may i ask what microgynon ED20 is ?
@ Sammiejane, You made me laugh, when i read that your hubby was upset that he didn't get the chance to try for longer, as mine can't wait fo my AF to go away haha

Gecko it's a low dose OCP. I couldn't cope with a stronger one - gave me too many migranes.

Hi. You are usually at your most fertile the first month after going off pill. Start taking your 0.5mg folic acid now and good luck! I hope your TTC journey is short and sweet. :hug:

yuhuu, belle75 i take your word for it ! ;)

I was on BCP for approximately 10 years with two or three breaks of 1-3 months in that time.

I came off BCP 6 months before starting TTC just to see what my body did. Fell pg first month trying. There seems to be genetics on my side though because my mother always fell in the first or second month of trying.

I think like others have said that it could depend more on you/your body/cycle as well as your partner's reproductive health than the length of time on BCP. I have friends who have taken longer to fall pg with less time on BCP than me. What were your cycles like before going on BCP?? That will probably be your best indicator of what they will return to. Sometimes BCP 'hides' cycle problems.

You should take folate up to 3 months before TTC, but one month is also ok I think. I took Blackmores Conceive Well but I wanted all the other vitamins and things like iron as well. The straight folic acid is much cheaper.

Good luck - I hope your TTC journey is short :)

WOOHOO Gecko for going off the pill!:dance:

I was on the pill since I was 12(irreguler cycle) so that makes it 11 years of taking Microgynon 50.Was off for 5 cycles befoe I got pregnant but I was only only charting etc for two of those.

Good luck.I hope it happens really soon.

Kaz,I am sitting here trying to remember what my cycle was like before i went on the pill, and i just can't remember, i think it was unusual long ...but that's about it ... i am taking the folic acid for a bit over a month and i am also on multi vitamins i am contemplating whether or not i should be getting the conceive well as i am on bit of a budget at the moment ...

Hi all!

I am new to this site, and this is my first post.:redface: DF and I are going to be TTC in the coming months, and in anticiapation, I stopped taking the pill in January 08. Since then AF has only come 5 times, with an average cycle of 50 days. Did anyone else have a similar experience coming off the pill??? And like Gecko, I cannot remember my cycles before the pill. It has now been 70 days since AF, and have had 2 negative HPTs. I also use Maybe Baby and fern pretty much every other day. I am seeing my GP tonight, so will see what he has to say on the matter.

Many thanks,

Gecko - i was on the pill for 9 years and we got pregnant the first month off.

my first period took 9 weeks to come after stopping! my periods have NEVER been regular though (thats why started the pill back in high school). went to the dr telling him this (as my next period hadnt come after 7 weeks... un beknown to me i was pregnant.. thats why) and apparently there is something u can take to make ur periods regular but still able to conceive. wouldnt know the name of it as in the end didnt need it but its worth asking ur doctor...

11years on the pill, 2nd month off, first was actually working out the whole CM thing! I didn't chart or temp! :wiggle:

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Hi all!

I am new to this site, and this is my first post.:redface: DF and I are going to be TTC in the coming months, and in anticiapation, I stopped taking the pill in January 08. Since then AF has only come 5 times, with an average cycle of 50 days. Did anyone else have a similar experience coming off the pill??? And like Gecko, I cannot remember my cycles before the pill. I am seeing my GP tonight, so will see what he has to say on the matter.

Many thanks,

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Welcome :D

I was put on the pill due to irregular periods when I was 16. When I went off the pill at 25 (in January too after we got married ;) ) it took 8 weeks for the first AF, then 7, then 6 weeks for a few then 5 week cycles till our first was conceived in December. Found out we were PG a few days after our first wedding anniversary!

There are herbal supplements you can take to regulate your cycle. I had success when TTC #3 with Vitex regulating and shortening my cycle down to 27 days. I was having average 39 day cycles before I started taking it.

From what I know now about my cycles, it could be of great benefit to you to learn your fertile signs and chart using your temperature and mucous now. You may be totally missing when your fertile time is, like I suspect I was.

hi Melis81 ! Welcome !!

How exciting for you, hope you Doc appointment went well !!!

I am curious now, how long it will take for my AF to return ,... but i guess i am getting a bit carried away now as i still need to get rid of the one i have now and who know may be i am that lucky that she does not even get the chance to come back ? when i told GP that i am not really into the MC and temping thing she told me to just "try/practice" every second day, DH does not know his luck yet ;)

Love to hear how it is all going for you :)

I was on the pill for 12 years ... I didn't get AF back for over 6 months, and even then AF was all over the place (duration and regularity). Approx 10 months after coming off the pill I went to my GP to suss out why AF was so out of whack, was immediately referred to a FS as I wasn't ovulating properly and I was put on Serophene (like Clomid) tablets. I was pregnant within two months (with a little help from hubby).

My advice, for what it's worth, is that if you have any trouble with AF coming back after going off the pill, go get it checked out. Great to see you've had so many posts about gals getting pg so quickly after finishing with the pill!

Good luck!

Morning all!!!

First an update on my doctors appt last night. He was totally unconcerned about the irregularity of AF at the moment. He said its completely normal after coming off the pill, and my stressing about it probably makes it worse. With my wedding only 2 months away, he also said that the added stress (even though I dont think i'm stressed!) is also a factor. And its as if my body is determined to prove him right, I think I am ovulating today (ferning with MB, and mucous). Hopefully AF will grace me with her presence soon :pray:

All that being said, I also bought some Vitex last night as suggested by Raven - thank you, I never knew such a product existed until you mentioned it! :)

Gecko, glad to have someone on the journey with me too. Hope all goes well when you take your last little pill!

Cheers

Hi All
I was on the BCP for 10-11 yrs with very litle break. It took us 12 mnths TTC, but I never did any CM or temping etc - more go with the flow and not knowing heaps. My cycles were HUGELY irregular - first AF 14 wks after coming off pill, thren about 10-12 weeks for a couple and finally about 6 weeks... so I was not v likely to get preg!! I also travelled heaps for work and was v stressed... so what were the chances really!!! i was about the start getting 'scientific' about it all when we got preg...
This time around, have just stopped bf and have been on the mini pill...just finished that too... no AF yet so i went to chinese dr (acupuncture and herbs) to get cycle regular and then help TTC. i got my period 1 week after taking herbs... so now looking to regulate then shorten cycle and TTC in the next few mnths. I highly recommend herbs/acupuncture to get things regular and prepare and help with TTC.
FWIW my chinese dr mentioned that being on the pill for a longer time without breaks may help rather than hinder comapred to someone who stops and startsall the time....

GOOD LUCK!! Look fwd to hearing how it all goes!

hi Melis81

Great to hear that the doc is happy :)

Never the less i think the others have a point in regards to the chinese Dr (acupuncture and herbs) to get cycle regular to help TTC, i guess we should keep that in mind as it seems to work... i will see what my AF is up to once i get rid of this one ;) fingers cross she is not coming back ...

Who knows if everything goes well with the both of us we will be "belly buddies" for 9 month , really like that idea so keep me updated how it goes :)

Up date in my front: i took my last "active pill" last Sunday :dance: so technically i should be taking the sugar pills ( which i am not ) for this week and start again with the active one on Monday, but i woun't - instead i will keep my DH busy TTC hihi and :pray:

Hey Gecko!!

I just has an "OMG, can't believe we're really doing this!" moment. In one post I read it said you are most fertile the month after finishing the BCP, so you and DH might just get lucky! I've got my fingers crossed for you!

I've been reading quite a bit about accupuncture and herbs this week too, and agree they could be the go. As I said in an earlier post, I bought some Vitex (Natures Own Brand) and have been having 2 capsules every morning this week. Hopefully it will work its magic soon, and i'll be as regular as clockwork!

I've also started 'charting', I bought a BBT thermometer and registered on fertility friend. Whoever knew ttc was going to be so technical!!!

Ok, that's where I'm at right now..... :) Let me know how you're going :)

Funny that you say that, as i have a lot of the OMG moments in fact every time go home from work ... in the car once my work brain has switched off ...

thinking gee i am really doing this ...

i think it will really ring true after my AF has left the building ... and my DH gets "to be Lucky" i try to keep it "casual" if that's the right word to use as i don't want him to feel under pressure nor that the entire thing gets too technical... there is plenty of time for that if it's not going to happen as fast as i would like to...

Once we start trying after the weekend it will REALLY hit home !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will go to the shops though and have a sticky beak at that Vitex you are taking as i also consider getting the blackmore conceive well tablets ... won't be getting a thermometer as yet though ;)
- so let me know how you are going with all that ...

How awesome would it be if we fall around the same time :dance:

Hey Gecko!

You just reminded me, I forgot to mention that I am also taking the Blackmores Conceive Well. They are quite a mouthful, but contain all the necessary vitamins we need. I also have DF on the Centrum Multi Vitamins, can't hurt can it???

And yes, that would definitely be awesome!

Ok, time to get on with the weekend. Have a good one :D

Hi Melis81,

my Dh just had to go out for a couple of h to see a client - so i thought i quickly "pop in"

did get the conceive well and took the first 2 MONSTER tablet - gosh they are massive - better be, for $ 30 ;)

keep you posted :)

have a great weekend