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You can get pregnant within a month of going off the pill, it all depends on each individual person and how long it takes for their body to adjust. I would not go off the pill until you're married.

@Bb1234: everyone is different, it can take 1 month or maybe a few more!

You can get pregnant the first month or it could take months to get your cycle back and then many more months to try. You should weigh your tolerance for an oops baby with your success rate for birth control with your desire for a specific birthday. So when we first started TTC, I absolutely did not want to risk being pregnant until November and did not want a summer baby. I went off of the pill and it took 2 months to get a period. I'd wait until the earliest time you'd be okay with getting pregnant and go off then

I definitely wouldn't get off the pill until you are ready to get pregnant. For now, I would take prenatal vitamins. Like others have said, it could take one month or a year. It just depends but if you aren't ready, you aren't ready. Good luck! I know someone who got pregnant her second month after being on BCP for 11 years.

I’d give yourself a few months at least. Just get off the pill when you are close to ready and use condoms until you are officially ready to TTC. After years of depo and months on the pill it took about 8 months for my cycle to regulate and I was pregnant within a couple months.

We got married, saved up a down payment for a house,, got things like life insurance etc set up (beyond what employers offer), upgraded our cars (we were still driving old ones from college), took trips together, etc. I’m glad we had that time together to travel, have lots of dates, etc. I started taking prenatals ahead of time but we didn’t stop birth control until we were really ready for a baby. Sometimes it takes a while but other times it happens quickly. You just never know!

Hey! You have a long ways to go before you start trying, but it’s never too soon to take a daily vitamin or prenatal.