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When Should I Try To Conceive After Discontinuing The Depo Shot?
Should i be worried because i want to have children and my husband and I have been trying {I was on the depo for about a year} when should i expect my body to return to normal {i have been getting a seven day period for the last two months}. My cervical mucus is not clear like egg whites (its like a mixture of clear and white). What should i do?
Tue, 29 Dec 2015
Hello, and I hope I can help you today.
It can take a while for the effects of Depo to wear off enough for a woman to ovulate again. However, in your case, the fact that you have had two normal cycles is reassuring that your hormones are working normally. 80 percent of couples conceive within 1 year of trying, so it is not necessary to have any evaluation for fertility problems unless you have been trying for at least a year.
The best time to try to get pregnant is between when your period finishes and the time you begin to feel PMS symptoms. Once you get PMS symptoms, it means you are already pregnant or your ovulation had passed. Intercourse every other day maximizes the sperm count per ejaculate.
I hope I adequately answered your question today and that this information was reassuring.
Best wishes, Dr. Brown
It can take a while for the effects of Depo to wear off enough for a woman to ovulate again. However, in your case, the fact that you have had two normal cycles is reassuring that your hormones are working normally. 80 percent of couples conceive within 1 year of trying, so it is not necessary to have any evaluation for fertility problems unless you have been trying for at least a year.
The best time to try to get pregnant is between when your period finishes and the time you begin to feel PMS symptoms. Once you get PMS symptoms, it means you are already pregnant or your ovulation had passed. Intercourse every other day maximizes the sperm count per ejaculate.
I hope I adequately answered your question today and that this information was reassuring.
Best wishes, Dr. Brown
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