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J_9 · Dec 23, 2007, 08:17 AM

Shauna, your question has been answered wonderfully so far in all your other posts. I will reiterate what you have been told so far....

You have only been off for 2 months, it takes time, several months usually, for your body to begin making your own hormones again.

Also, you have only been trying for 2 months. Firstly, your body has not been producing it's own natural (endogenous) hormones while you were on the pill (exogenous hormones), and can take up to 6 months to get back to normal. Secondly, it takes many healthy couples up to a year or more of actively trying to become pregnant.

In the meantime, take a prenatal vitamin that contains folic acid so that your body is ready to conceive as many defects that can be prevented by taking folic acid happen before a woman even knows she is pregnant.

You can find these over the counter at any pharmacy.

Fr_Chuck · Dec 23, 2007, 02:42 PM

Also even for those that never took birth control it can take months to get pregnant sometimes ( and of course for others the first time does it)
But often couples will try for a year or two before they conceive.

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