As of this weekend, I'm no longer on the pill after 11 years of being on it! My husband and I decided to take the plunge and TTC. We've been married for a year, together over seven years. I'm definitely a little freaked out, but overall really excited!
I know the answer is "it varies!" but I was wondering how long it took you to get pregnant after being on the pill?
85 votes
pomegranate / 3160 posts
2 cycles...but each cycle was like, 55+ days after being on the pill for 10ish years.
ETA: I was charting/temping, too.
clementine / 794 posts
I went off last September and I'm still trying now. Current on my 7th cycle.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I was on the pill for 8 years and got pregnant my 6th cycle off.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Was never actively TTC but 3 cycles for LO 1 and first cycle for LO 2.
cantaloupe / 6791 posts
3 cycles (miscarried), then 5 more cycles. I was on the pill for 8 years.
nectarine / 2134 posts
I went off for two cycles, but we were using protection and not TTC (just wanted to get my body regulated). We then got pregnant and had an early miscarriage on cycle 2 TTC, then got pregnant again on cycle 6 (now I'm 34 weeks pregnant). I was on BC for 10+ years. Good luck!
pomegranate / 3895 posts
I waited for my body to regulate before TTC, so I'm not sure if my vote really makes sense. I think (??) this is fairly common. It took us 2 cycles after I regulated / determined when I was ovulating.
nectarine / 2932 posts
My 8th month off of BC I got pregnant. The first month off of BC I wasn't 'trying' though...we used condoms to prevent (I was coming off a medication that you absolutely cannot get pregnant on). So 7 months of trying.
apricot / 491 posts
3rd cycle, but that was the first one we were trying on. I went off early just to make sure. Looking at my charts, it took 1 cycle to get mostly normalized again.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
I voted 3 cycles, it was more 2 cycles of NTNP while learning the ropes of TTC, and then 1 cycle of active trying (charting, OPKs and all). My cycles were wonky (kept getting longer) so I had to do something to figure out when O was!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
I was on the pill for 10+ years, went off it and started TTC right away. Cycle 3 was lucky for us.
cherry / 186 posts
It took me 2 cycles but the second cycle is the first one where we actively tried (charting) for a baby. I was lucky in that after being on the pill for 15 years my cycles were normal as soon as I quit the pill.
pomegranate / 3809 posts
Was on the pill for about 2 years. Still trying on month 20 now.
clementine / 899 posts
Been off BCP since Nov and still no BFP (on cycle 7), but we weren't actively TTC til Feb though (on cycle 4 then)
apricot / 322 posts
First time was a score for us. I was on the pill for 5 years, and got pregnant right after stopping use. I even wondered before-hand if it'd take a while to conceive because I was irregular before using the BC pill. I wasn't expecting it to happen so soon, so I'm glad I waited until I was ready! Lol.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I was on the pill for 12 years with a few breaks. When I went off, I got pregnant on cycle 3 but miscarried.
Then waited a cycle to try again and got pregnant on cycle 3 trying again. So technically 7 cycles but it was 8 months.
pomegranate / 3565 posts
1st cycle we tried - I had been on it for 12+ years. I got off of it, waited about 3 months to try and got pregnant the first month we actively tried. With my second son, we also got pregnant the first month we tried.
coconut / 8854 posts
I went off the pill last August, and for a few months we used condoms. Then probably January we just used the "pull-out" method, knowing that I could get pregnant. Then the beginning of this month we are actively TTC now!
I have PCOS, so I haven't had a normal cycle yet though, I'm working with my doctor with different medications trying to get my body to ovulate now! I don't think I have ovulated once since coming off the pill.
clementine / 828 posts
I prevented the first cycle after going off the pill, and got pregnant the next cycle, the first one without preventing. I charted temperatures and CM for both cycles.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
Got off BCP in Dec 2010 and we started TTC in Nov 2011 and here I am still TTC for #1. We had a few mini breaks from TTC in the 2.5 years since we started TTC. Techniquely, I'm on cycle 23 of TTC. Finally got diagnosed and on meds now to treat PCOS & DOR. 23 is my favorite number so hoping this next set of IUIs is hopefully successful.
Sorry, I hope it doesn't scare you. I doubt you'll have trouble. People with IF have our own 'special club'.
BTW, there is no correlation between how long you were on BCP and your risk of having IF. Sadly, it's all just dumb luck.
So I wouldn't worry, enjoy yourselves! 
pineapple / 12053 posts
well, we didn't TTC right away, so not sure my vote helps, but I went off BCP to figure out my cycles after 10+ years on it. Then after 9 months, we TTC and I got pregnant right away.
grapefruit / 4028 posts
Got off BCP in Jan 2013. NTNP until June of 2013. Got pregnant in November, but miscarried in December. Have been trying to get KU ever since.
So, in total, so far its been 6 months NTNP plus an additional 11 months TTC, with no baby yet.
Everyone has different experiences, so don't be worried!
persimmon / 1367 posts
17 years on BC continuously, went off last fall but used other prevention methods for 4 cycles. Started NTNP in January, got pregnant on the first try!
nectarine / 2591 posts
I came of the pill 6 months before TTC and we got our BFP on cycle 2 so I said 8 - 9 cycles.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I don't know if this really helps, but I went off the pill after being on it for 10 years. I wasn't actively TTCing until almost 3 years later and we got pregnant on our first cycle. I charted during that time to get an idea if I was ovulating.
pomelo / 5720 posts
Off the pill for 3 months but got pregnant our first month trying.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
I got off the pill 7-8 months before TTC, so we used other methods of birth control but once we actually started trying it was two cycles, the first one being bad timing.
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