What should every woman know about pills and pregnancy?

Before deciding to stop the pill, a woman has several concerns. She suspects that her previous treatment with the pill exposes her to some form of infertility or decreases her chances of having a child.

Is it risky to become pregnant as soon as I stop taking it?

If a woman becomes pregnant much earlier, she may be at risk of miscarriage. This is because the uterus may not have taken the time to allow the egg to place properly. Before considering pregnancy, it is therefore advisable to wait until one or two cycles pass after stopping the pill. This wait allows the reproductive organs to return to their best form after a period of falling asleep on the pill. However, the child conceived under these conditions is not at risk of developing any malformation. Many women have become pregnant because of a single oversight and without knowing they have continued to take the pill during their pregnancy. It did not affect their baby's health in any way.

Can you easily get pregnant after taking the pill?

This is the concern of all women, especially those who desire a child after taking the pill for a long time. There are generally accepted ideas that contraception, and particularly the pill, would lead to fertility problems in women. It is therefore good to know that the pill has never been a cause of infertility in women. In a couple, the normal time to be able to conceive a child is 6 months to 1 year. The majority of women who took the pill got pregnant within the first few months after stopping their treatment. If after a year of regular intercourse nothing presents itself, it is because the problem is really elsewhere: infertility not detected before taking the pill, lack of harmony in the couple, fatigue or stress, etc. In this case, the best is to consult a specialist.

What you must remember

Taking the pill does not affect the possibility of getting pregnant when you stop taking the pill. A woman uses a contraceptive to prevent a pregnancy from forming. Stopping it therefore implies the possibility of giving birth again. The chances of getting pregnant are almost the same for all women. Here are some figures to reassure the most skeptical: (We see the same figures for women who do not take contraceptives):

- 85% of women who have used the pill become pregnant within 12 months of stopping the pill.
- Between 20% and 25% of those who quit get pregnant the month after.
- Being used to contraceptives or not, to conceive a child, you have to be patient.

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