How soon after you stop taking the depo provera shot can you get pregnant

How soon after you stop taking the depo provera shot can you get …?

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Depo Provera is a hormone injection that lasts for 3 months to prevent pregnancy. After 3 months, you’ll be able to get pregnant.

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How soon can you expect to get pregnant after coming off of depo provera birthccontrol?

Q: From personal experience or someone you know, how long did it take to get pregnant after stopping the depo shot?

A: after a molarpregnancy i had to be on the depo shot for a full year. i took my last shot i wanna say august of 2008 and i got preg. feburary 2009. my dr did advise me it could take 6 months to a year depending on how long you were on it, and your body. if you are wanting to get pregnant i would personally say to wait at least the three months that its going to def. still be in your system b/c you don’t want a baby with defects or a miscarriage (being on the nuva ring-bad spelling sorry- i got off and tried to concieve and had a molarpreg. from it still being in my system) but after that i would say get a ok from the dr. and begin to try but don’t stress..itll come. goodluck!!

Depo Provera problems, during and after, now am I pregnant?

Q: I have been on continuous birth control since January 2007 for control of cramps from endometriosis. My doctor put me on LoEstrin24Fe, and I simply skipped the placebo pills and started the new pack each month. It was supposed to stop my bleeding all together, and some bleeding would be normal the first few months while my body adjusted. After an entire year of having bleeding off and on every week, my doctor still said this was “normal.” I switched doctors in Jan.2008 knowing it wasn’t. My new doctor said that the low hormone dosage of the pill I was taking could have caused the irregular bleeding, and it just wasn’t enough for my body. She recommended the Depo Provera shot which would be “consistent dosages of hormones” for three months. WELL…I loved the shot the first few months, and didn’t have hardly any bleeding after the first two shots (over a 5 month period)! After the third shot, however, I had some bleeding off and on, but usually not until about 3 weeks before my next shot was due. I decided to stay on it, and got my shot on December 19, 2008. The bleeding stopped for a couple weeks after the shot, but then over the last few months I bled non-stop! I could handle the bleeding, although my fiance was getting a little irritated :-/, but I also began have terrible sores on my face. Not pimples, but almost like burns. I ultimately decided not to get my next shot that was due March 13th, and instead made an appointment with my doctor for March 19th to come to a decision about what to do next. Unfortunately, when I had called to find out when my next shot was due, the girl in the office gave me the wrong date, telling me I wasnt due until the end of march. Thinking I was covered, I had unprotected sex several times after March 13(when my shot was actually due). At my appointment on the 19th, the doctor did a pregnancy test, which came up negative, as I assumed it would since 6 days wouldnt be enough time to test positive. Not sure if I believe her, but she said that Depo stays in your system for weeks after your shot is technically “due,” and that it was almost impossible I could be pregnant. I didnt think much of it since about an hour after walking out of her office I got the first cramps I had had in two years, and then the bleeding of an actual period. I took it as a sign that I was not pregnant, and the bleeding ended about a week later. Because my doctor said it would probably take 6-8 months to have an actual cycle again, I’m worried that the Depo may have been out of my system too early since I was already having bleeding and some cramps before my doctor apt. I havent had a second period yet, but based on what is considered a “normal” cycle calculating from the last day of the last one, it should be around April 20th-ish, give or take a few days. Does anyone know if it is possible it “ran out” too soon, or sooner than expected? Has anyone gotten pregnant after missing a shot by a few days or a week?Sorry for my life story, but one more thing. I have had unprotected sex a few times in the last few weeks since the bleeding ended from my last period. I am fully aware that it is POSSIBLE to get pregnant almost ANY time you have sex, and very likely if you don’t use protection. In the last week or so, I have felt very nauseated and tired. Sometimes I cannot eat enough, and then others I can’t stand to think about food.f food. Over the last week, my breasts have swollen to the point where I cannot wear ANY of my bras, and they feel really heavy, sore, and sensitive to any touch, almost like a bruised achy feeling. I know these are all symptoms of pregnancy, but I have also heard of Depo having the same effects when coming off of it, except those people have not had a period in weeks or months since their shot was last due. It hasn’t been long enough to take a pregnancy test since the last time I had sex, but how am I supposed to know when “the first day of my missed period” is if I don’t even know if I have an actual cycle back yet? Thanks for taking the time to read! …I’m just tired of doctors not giving me a straightforward answer!!

A: I think it’s just from coming off of the depo shot, because I’ve had sore boobs on it as well. I took the pregnancy test twice and both times it was negative.

How soon can I get pregnant after stopping birth control?

Q: From August of 2005 to February of this year I took the Depo Provera shot, and in February I switched to Yaz . My husband and I decided this week to start trying, so I stopped the pills on Thursday. The thing is, I have not had a period in over 3 years-ever since my first Depo shot. Even when I was on the sugar pills in the Yaz packs, I never bleed or spotted at all. Has anyone else ever had a situation like this? How soon after getting off pills or the shot did you have a normal cycle again?

A: Oh my lord, I had the most miserable, awful few months while I was on Yaz! I bled for 3 months straight, lucky you. But that’s beside the point.The average time it takes to start ovulating and having periods again after stopping Depo Provera is 10 months. Since you immediately went on to Yaz, it may take several more months for your period to come back, or it could happen next month. It’s hard to tell. Doctors generally advise you to wait until you’ve had at least one post-pill cycle before trying to get pregnant. The average it takes to return to normal after the pill is 3-6 months. From there, it’s another 6-12 month average to get pregnant. Also, start taking a daily multi-vitamin (not prenatal). It takes a few weeks for vitamins to build up in your body. If you do get pregnant, you’re covered. The iron will help with your up-coming periods as well.I’d use condoms in the meantime & use OPK’s so you get a general idea of when you’re ovulating.