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so someone could get pregnant?

Depending on what you were taking, how long and how your body was reacting to it the process may take a week or it may take months.

I concur that you should either check out Taking Charge of your Fertility or other types of Fertility Charting, www.ccli.org, www.creightonmodel.com

Knowing your cycle can really aid with getting pregnant. Natural Family Planning works wonderful both for Achieving childbirth and avoiding childbirth depending on your desires.

Once you stop taking the pill, the hormones are out of your body quickly, usually within a couple of days. When the hormones are gone your body needs to start again on its own to function. That mean it will start producing follicles again, which eventually lead you to ovulate. Everybody acts differently, some may take a couple of weeks to ovulate, other may take some months, but in general your body should be in "normal mode" within less than two to three months after stopping the pill. So if you now ovulate normally, that means your body is back to its normal rhythm.

Really not sure because i was taking birth control pills for about 5 yrs and it took 5 yrs for my to get pregnant

It could depend on a lot of things - how long she was on BC, what type of BC she took, and it always differs from person to person.

I went off of BC in June 2009, but I had some months where I did not ovulate. It wasn't until December 2009 that we conceived.

Theoretically it could take a healthy couple up to a year to conceive after coming off of BC. For reading purposes, I suggest you all read "Taking Charge of Your Fertility." The book had an amazing scope of information and making sure timing was right for trying for the baby. (www.tcoyf.com)