This community doesn't seem to be suuuper active but I'm hoping at least a couple people will have some knowledge to answer my question with. ^_
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Once you get off the pill you should start ovulating the next cycle. Actually conceiving is a separate issue. Some people try for years, some people get pregnant very easily.
You should start ovulating the next cycle. There is some evidence that some women at very fertile for a few months after coming off the Pill.
However as for trying to plan when you give birth, you are on a hiding to nothing. It's June now and you have given yourself a two month window in which to conceive. Given that monthly fertility rate in humans is only 20% [1], that's low odds. Plus if you do conceive quickly you may well be super-fertile and super-fertile women (those who conceive within 1-2 cycles) are far more likely to miscarry than the standard population [2], so even if you do conceive quickly it isn't a done deal that you will still be pregnant for April.
Sorry to be a downer, but experience has shown me, as a super-fertile woman, that you just can't try to plan things that minutely when it comes to pregnancy.
You are unlikely to increase the likelihood by simply coming off the Pill. About 3% of women are super-fertile and you can'y, at present, change that or even predict it.
The point is you can't plan pregnancies with small windows: you can plan when you are going to start ttc-ing but not when you will get pregnant and as mummygeorgie says, even if you do get pregnant and carry to life-birth, you can't predict if the birth is going to be at 33 weeks or 43 weeks, even if the natural mean is 41w.
Even in women who aren't super-fertile the rate of early miscarriage is 30% of pregnancies, possibly higher as many early miscarriages are assumed to be late periods. Getting Pregnant =/= Having a baby all the time.
Everything that ias said, plus, August conception doesn't guarantee April birth-in fact, my older daughter, whose due date was early April (the 6 or 7 depending on who read the dating ultrasound, the 4 when I calculated a due date based on my longer-than-average cycle) was conceived in mid-July. She also wasn't born until mid-April-her birthday is April 18
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I was basing the August/April time frame off of a "birth calculator" so I know it's just kind of a rough estimate. I was 2 weeks late being born, personally. I can see what you all are saying about not trying to predict the birth month too much, since babies are going to do what babies are going to do.
Mostly we just wanted to avoid our baby being born in the summer, but after doing some calculating with what you all pointed out, even if I conceived in mid-August the baby might not be born until early or mid-June, which is not what I want.
I think I just got so "OHMYGOSH MUST CONCEIVE NOWWW" because my husband and I finally had the "I'm ready, are you ready?" talk. lol
Possible yes, but not a sure thing. With some women it can take up to a year for your cycles to go back to normal after coming off of birth control. Add to that the fact that perfectly healthy couples doing EVERYTHING right can still take up to 18 months to conceive on average.
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler or http://www.tcoyf.com/ is a good place to start.
It also depends on what kind of BC you're on. I know OP said pill, but others have had different results with different types of BC. I've known people to not have a period for up to two years (or more) coming off Depo.
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However as for trying to plan when you give birth, you are on a hiding to nothing. It's June now and you have given yourself a two month window in which to conceive. Given that monthly fertility rate in humans is only 20% [1], that's low odds. Plus if you do conceive quickly you may well be super-fertile and super-fertile women (those who conceive within 1-2 cycles) are far more likely to miscarry than the standard population [2], so even if you do conceive quickly it isn't a done deal that you will still be pregnant for April.
Sorry to be a downer, but experience has shown me, as a super-fertile woman, that you just can't try to plan things that minutely when it comes to pregnancy.
[1] Evers JL. Female subfertility. Lancet. 2002 Jul 13;360(9327):151-9.
[2] Natural Selection of Human Embryos: Impaired Decidualization of Endometrium Disables Embryo-Maternal Interactions and Causes ( ... )
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The point is you can't plan pregnancies with small windows: you can plan when you are going to start ttc-ing but not when you will get pregnant and as mummygeorgie says, even if you do get pregnant and carry to life-birth, you can't predict if the birth is going to be at 33 weeks or 43 weeks, even if the natural mean is 41w.
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Mostly we just wanted to avoid our baby being born in the summer, but after doing some calculating with what you all pointed out, even if I conceived in mid-August the baby might not be born until early or mid-June, which is not what I want.
I think I just got so "OHMYGOSH MUST CONCEIVE NOWWW" because my husband and I finally had the "I'm ready, are you ready?" talk. lol
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Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler or http://www.tcoyf.com/ is a good place to start.
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