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Trying to Conceive After The Pill

Marcie Jones 1 Comment

If you want to get pregnant but you have been on birth control for 4 mths., when can you try to have a baby?”

Most women will ovulate within two to six weeks after stopping a daily birth control pill, and pregnancies that happen soon after the pill was stopped appear to be on average just as healthy as any other pregnancy, which is a big advantage of the birth control pill- if you decide you want to go off and try to have a baby you can start at any time. The hormones will be out of your body within 24-48 hours, depending on your metabolism.

After you stop the pill you may have irregular periods for a month or two, though, which can make it hard to tell when you are fertile and a little harder to figure out a baby’s due date should you conceive.

If you are not trying hard to not get pregnant, be sure to get enough folate (aka vitamin B9), which helps prevent birth defects- take a supplement that contains at least 600 mcg., and try to get another 1,000 mcg. through foods like lentils, fruit and leafy greens.

 

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Filed Under: Trying to Conceive, Featured Tagged With: birth control pill, folate, minerals, TTC

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  1. Julii says

    December 26, 2015 at 12:16 am

    i was 12 weeks when i started to show with my first it was nocbleaite i am 100 lbs when not pregnant with second one around the same time this pregnancy 12 weeks allso but not really nocbleaite untill 4 months it seems the more i have the les i show lol Was this answer helpful?

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