How soon will I get pregnant?

Question

My husband and I just decided to stop taking birth control (ortho tri cyclen lo) because we want to have our third child! We have never "planned" before so I was wondering if I stop taking my birth control today.... how soon should I get pregnant?

Answer 1

There's no way to know- you could get pregnant this cycle, or it might take a year. It depends on many factors, and it's very hard to predict.

Answer 2

I was on Tri-Cyclen for about 5 years and my last month on it was August 2007 and I still haven't conceived!

Answer 3

I was on the same birth control and I took it for four years straight. I went off of it in October of 2007 and I'm still not pregnant. There is really no way for you to know - you could get pregnant the first month or it could take a year or longer. Since you have other children and you conceived without complications your chances of conceiving are very good.

Good luck and lots of baby dust!!

Answer 4

3 to 6 months

Answer 5

It may take 3 months for it to get out of your system..good luck BABY DUST!!!!

Answer 6

If you start ovulating immediately, you could become pregnant within a few weeks -- or require several months.  If (as occassionally happens) it takes you a few months to start ovulating again, you would start to 'count' from whenever you start again -- at which point you would probably get pregnant within 3-6 months.

It is safe to start 'trying' immediately, but it may make sense to wait until you have one normal period (not the withdrawal bleed after your last pill, but the next one), just to make things easier. (If you don't get a period you might not know if you are pregnant, or just taking a few months to start cycling again.)