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The average time to conceive a baby
Patience, patience. It is necessary to count on average 7 months to conceive a baby, according to the latest study by the National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED). After one year, 97% of couples will have achieved this. But every couple is different. And fertility varies a lot from one individual to another. Only 25% of couples (of average fertility) will achieve pregnancy in the first month after stopping contraception. But the more time passes, the more it shows a certain difficulty. If initially a couple has a 25% chance per menstrual cycle of achieving pregnancy, after one year, this figure increases to 12%, and to 7% after two years. That is why it is advisable to see a specialist after one year of regular intercourse without contraception. But it is not because we are helped by science that things go faster. Once the infertility assessment has been carried out, the treatments begin. The effectiveness is not immediate. It takes an average of 6 months to a year for a pregnancy to begin. A time that may seem long to us, especially when the infertility treatments are heavy and trying.
How long will it take to get pregnant after stopping the pill or other contraception?
You can be pregnant as early as the menstrual cycle after stopping the pill. Indeed, freed from any hormonal contraceptive, ovulation can resume again. Sometimes with caprice and irregularity, although this is rare (approximately 2% of cases). Most of the time, the cycle resets when you stop taking the pill.. No medical objection then to have a baby test. If the oocyte is there, it can be fertilized. A misconception that has persisted for a long time is that it is better to wait two or three cycles before getting pregnant to decrease the risk of miscarriage, because the uterine lining would be more developed. This belief has never been scientifically validated. So if you and your partner are feeling ready, you don’t have to wait!
Regarding other contraceptive methods, it’s the same: immediate green light. IUD, patches, implants, spermicides, all of these methods have immediate reversible contraceptive effects, at least in theory. So there is no need to wait any time before trying to have a baby. And if a pregnancy occurs while you are still wearing an IUD, this does not compromise the rest of the pregnancy. The doctor will then try to remove it. If it is not accessible, it can remain in place.
Baby test: when is it better to delay the pregnancy project?
Some situations sometimes require a delay before embarking on a pregnancy. Notably when you have a chronic illness since it is preferable that the disease is stabilized beforehand, for example in the case of Graves’ disease or lupus.
After certain operations of the genital area (conization of the cervix, for example), doctors also recommend waiting three or four months before becoming pregnant.
Finally, after treatment for breast cancer, it is also advisable to wait about two years before trying the adventure. From the age of 35, doctors consider that consultation should not be delayed. Because the fertility of women decreases markedly from that age. The risk of miscarriage also increases significantly. We do, the more we want to have a “late” baby, the less we have to wait.