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Can depo-provera make you infertile ?
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No: I assume you mean depo-provera, the contraceptive shot? No, it doesn't affect your fertility at all, but -and this is important - it can take up to one year (or more) for normal cycels to resume once you stop.
Answered 12/1/2017
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Can i get pregnant ? I have been trying to get pregnant and the doctors say im healthy everythings fine and i recently stopped the Depo-Provera pro vera shot . Now this month I've experienced two periods what could be the cause of this ? And am i infertil
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Iv'e been on the Depo-Provera only once which was on 0ct 27 , 2011 and never took it again and now were on nov 29 , 2012 and i haven't gotten pregnant. ?
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